The Shadowing: Hunted by Adam Slater is a spooky little book, perfect for curling up with on a cold winter’s night. At less than 200 pages, it’s also a short read and with its fast pace, a quick one.
Hunted is about a boy named Callum, who can see ghosts. He’s been able to see them all his life, although he’s never told anyone. The ghosts are spooky but boring; they don’t ever seem to see Callum. Callum lives with his Gran in a little cottage on the other side of woods from his small town. His mum died several years before, and he’s never met his dad, so when he starts seeing other creatures, besides the usual ghosts, he doesn’t know who to turn to. A demon is after Callum, and he’ll have to figure out, quickly, who to trust if he’s going to have any hope of defeating it.
Hunted is the first book in a trilogy, and I am already eager to read the next two books. Although this one could have used a little more depth to its characters, I otherwise appreciated the way Slater immediately plunges readers into the action of the story. The demon on Callum’s trail is legitimately creepy and the murders it commits gruesome. The stakes are set high from the very beginning, and I can imagine the books will only get more thrilling as Callum’s story progresses. I highly recommend this to readers looking for fast-paced thrills and chills. The second book is already sitting on my shelf, so I’ll let you know if it holds up to this one.
YA Horror 