By Madeleine Roux
The perfect second book in the Asylum series. This book does a great job of tying up all of the loose ends from Asylum. Dan, Abby and Jordan are still in contact and decide to return to Brookline and the source of their nightmares. They meet up on campus during a prospective students weekend, strange things happen right away when one student begins to chant "Daniel Crawford" then jumps out of the window. Dan and his friends have been paired with current students who are supposed to show them the way around campus and keep them wrangled. Dan and his friends have other ideas of course, they want to hunt down some addresses and search for clues and a resolution to their nightmares.
The trio decide to visit the first abandoned house and find nothing extraordinary, but Dan does begin seeing glimpses of the past again. Somebody is working against the group, by stealing information from the library and trying to keep them contained within campus. The deeper they dig, the more convinced they become that something is not right. A secret cult has taken over the school and the surrounding community. Small subversive acts like attacking Dan at the carnival quickly spiral to more aggressive acts. They are being controlled by a hypnotist and a mysterious stone that has ties to the Warden. Anything that ties to Daniel Crawford it sure to be evil and deal with mind control. Dan and his friends discover a lot of information on the early life of the warden, and slowly unravel his secrets. But, will they be able to discover everything they need to know to save their lives? Will they be able to evade the Scarlet Cloaked figures? Will more people die?
This is a fitting sequel to "Asylum". I enjoyed the story telling and the deeper understanding of the characters. It is a fairly quick read, but the content might be a little gory for younger readers, so would keep it for mature 7th graders and up. I am giving the book a 4.5 stars for that reason, I just wish that it had a little less gore so younger readers could enjoy the tale. Basically, if you enjoy creepy, scary and a little gory you would love this book.
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