(The) Hidden #3 by Jessica Verday

Genre: Ghosts, Sleepy Hollow

Hardcover: 389 Pages

Published: September 6, 2011

Series: The Hollow

            1. The Hollow

            2. The Haunted

            3. The Hidden

Rating:★★★★

Goodreads Synopsis:

A love that knows no bounds. 

Abbey knows that Caspian is her destiny. Theirs is a bond that transcends even death. But as Abbey finally learns the full truth about the dark fate that links her to Caspian and ties them both to the town of Sleepy Hollow, she suddenly has some very hard choices to make. Caspian may be the love of her life, but is that love worth dying for? 

Beautifully spun, emotionally gripping, and irresistibly romantic, The Hidden will leave you breathless.

My Review:

Abby and Caspian are finally together. We now know that Caspian is a ghost and Abby wasn't just imagining him. They have been spending lots of time together and getting a chance to get to know each other. Everything seems all fine and dandy until three creepy teens start following Abby around. Everywhere she goes she sees them. And when Abby tries to tell Caspian he shrugs it off as her imagination and disappears. But when things start to get weird and the three teens show up at her house, Abby has had enough. She confronts Caspian and finds out secrets that she didn't know about him. Caspian has been hiding secrets from her and Abby will do anything to figure out what the are.

The ending took me by surprise. I'm not sure how I feel with what happened but it was something new. The characters were well developed, the pacing was good, and the story line was intriguing enough to keep the reader entertained. I really liked how the author incorporated the legend of Sleepy Hollow, which made this story creepy and interesting at the same time. If you have read this yet, I recommend you do cause it won't disappoint. 

(The) Haunted #2 by Jessica Verday

Genre: Ghosts, Sleepy Hollow

Hardcover: 467 Pages

Published: August 31, 2010

Series: The Hollow

            1. The Hollow

            2. The Haunted

            3. The Hidden

Rating:★★★★

Goodreads Synopsis:

An impossible truth. An impossible love.

After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into her schoolwork, her perfume-making, and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner, who just might be her ticket to getting over Caspian once and for all.

But Abbey can never get over Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side, for Caspian is a Shade, and Abbey is his destiny. They are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow, and to the famous legend that binds their fates--a legend whose dark truths they are only beginning to guess....

My Review:

Abbey has been desperately trying to forget Caspian, a boy she feel in love with only to discover he was a ghost. Shocked by the discovery and doubting her mental sanity, Abbey left Sleepy Hollow for the summer to forget everything. Now that summer is ending and it's time for school, Abbey must put on her big girl pants and return home. At first she throws herself into her school work and her new friend Ben, who happens to be alive and real. Trying to stay busy everyday in order to feel normal again is very hard for Abby. Then, one day, Caspian reappears in her life, and Abby realizes that you can never outrun your destiny no matter how hard you try.  

This second installment goes deeper into the mystery of Caspian. Is he real? Or is he a figment of Abby's imagination? Due to Abby's friends death, she has been having a hard time dealing with the pain. And Caspian is around all the time. So it makes sense that Abby has found some comfort in Caspian. But if he's not real then how can she be the only one who sees him? This is where the mystery lies. I honestly had an amazing time trying to figure out how Abby was able to see Caspian. Why was she able to touch him, talk to him, connect with him, but others couldn't? Well it turns out that the day Abby's friend died wasn't her death day. Instead someone else was supposed to die. The mystery is thrilling and if you haven't read this series yet, I recommend you go read it cause it will not disappoint! 

The Hallow by Jessica Verday

The Hollow by Jessica Verday

Genre: Ghosts, Sleepy Hollow

Hardcover: 513 Pages

Published: September 1, 2009

Series: The Hollow

            1. The Hollow

            2. The Haunted

            3. The Hidden

Rating:★★★★

Goodreads Synopsis:

A love like no other...

When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead...and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to believe that Kristen is really gone. Then she meets Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's funeral and keeps reappearing in Abbey's life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he's the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again...but also special.

Just when Abbey starts to feel that she might survive all this, she learns a secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could Kristen have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her death? As Abbey struggles to understand Kristen's betrayal, she uncovers a frightening truth that nearly unravels her - one that will challenge her emerging love for Caspian, as well as her own sanity.

My Short Review:

 It was original and kept me entertained for a good four hours or so. The pacing was okay but I would have liked it to be a little faster. I really liked the concept of the story which was based on Washington Irving's classic tale of Sleepy Hollow. Kind of creepy when you read at night (never doing that again!) so be warned. The characters had little potential but I believe they could have been expanded. Abbey's character was believable in the sense that the sorrow and grief in the book wasn't dulled down. I felt like I could feel her pain because that's how detailed the book was. Caspian on the other hand, was an interesting character. He is a ghost and only on his birthday he is able to turn human. I don't want to say too much, but his back story was fascinating to read. Overall, the book was fine. Not bad, but nowhere near amazing. So if you like the idea of Sleepy Hollow told with a unique perspective then do pick this book up.