Dark Waters
(Small Spaces #3)
by Katherine Arden
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
on August 10, 2021
Genre: Middle Grade, Horror
Length: 198 pages
Ages: 10 - 12 years
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Synopsis:
New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in this follow-up to the critically acclaimed Small Spaces and Dead Voices.
Having met and outsmarted the smiling man in Dead Voices but fearful of when he'll come again, Ollie, Brian, and Coco are anxiously searching for a way to defeat him once and for all. By staying together and avoiding remote places, they've steered clear of him so far but their constant worry and stress is taking a toll on their lives and friendship. So when Ollie's dad and Coco's mom plan a "fun" boat trip on Lake Champlain, the three are apprehensive to say the least. They haven't had the best of luck on their recent trips and even worse their frenemy Phil is on the boat as well. But when a lake monster destroys their boat, they end up shipwrecked on a deserted island. This isn't just any island though. It's hidden from the outside world in a fog and unless everyone works together to find a way to escape, they won't survive long.
My Thoughts:
Ollie, Brian, and Coco are on edge at every little sound, anxiously awaiting the smiling man's next attack, so when Coco's journalist mother offers for them all to join her on a boat trip to Lake Champlain to interview a boat captain about a rumored lake monster, they jump at the chance. They see it as a vacation from their woes and are eager to join. But once out on the open water, odd things start happening and they find themselves shipwrecked on an uncharted island!
The three friends (and their frenemy, Phil) are back in this third installment to the spooky Small Spaces series!
Ollie, Brian, and Coco escaped the smiling man on a field trip to a small town farm in Small Spaces, and again at a haunted orphanage turned winter resort in Dead Voices. This time around, the smiling man finds another way to execute the sinister plans he has in store for the three friends; a vicious lake monster that is very, very hungry!
This middle grade series has been a lot of fun to read but also some of the absolute spookiest books in the age group that I've read in a long time!
My only issue with this new sequel is that it ended with a pretty sudden and unexpected cliffhanger and there is no update on the fourth book at all so far!
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