The Merciless: Volume 1
Jun 2014 · The Merciless Book 1 · Penguin
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"The Merciless is chilling. Think Mean Girls meets The Exorcist."—MTV.com
Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page of this thrilling debut novel. Fans of Asylum by Madeleine Roux and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this terrifying series.
Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.
Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.
Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls...unless she wants to be next.
By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?
“Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless…a nail biting thriller.”—Seventeen Magazine
Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page of this thrilling debut novel. Fans of Asylum by Madeleine Roux and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this terrifying series.
Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.
Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.
Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls...unless she wants to be next.
By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?
“Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless…a nail biting thriller.”—Seventeen Magazine
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4.4
71 reviews
Lauren Peacock
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16 June 2015
Very immature characterisation. Absurd plot. Teenage readers may like it. I think it is a book I would have enjoyed around the age of 14, particularly the "shock" ending. I didn't think the violence was anywhere near as shocking as some reviews said. Also I found myself grazing over paragraphs just to get thru- never a good sign in a novel that is supposed to be a thriller/horror/ mystery.
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Ray & Donna Knutson
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29 October 2016
Honestly I never read books. But this one only took me about 10 hours to read the whole thing. I love the books she writes. I want to own them all. I'm thinking we would be good friends if we ever met. We had similar childhoods. :)
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Sarah Verity
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3 November 2016
I read this last night before I went to sleep. (Anyone else feel like ebooks go by so much quicker than physical copies?! Lol) And I had to turn my night lamp on, I just got a bit too creeped out. I creep out easily lol It was enjoyable and had me soo soo confused with who I thought was good and who was bad! But one thing is for sure, ALL of the girls got some major ass issues... Lmao Some are a bit crazy or f*cked up even. (Pardon the language) I plan on reading them all, & buying physical copies!
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About the author
Danielle Vega spent her childhood hiding under the covers while her mother retold tales from the pages of Stephen King novels instead of reading bedtime stories about princesses and dwarves like a normal parent. Now an adult, she can count on one hand the number of times in her life she's been truly afraid. Danielle has won numerous awards for her fiction and nonfiction, and earned a 2009 Pushcart Prize nomination for her short story “Drive.” She is also the author of Survive the Night.
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