From the back cover:
"The phone and radio were dead, but they'd already heard the news: a mass murderer was on the loose. Hannah and her younger sister Meg were miles from the nearest neighbor, trapped in a raging blizzard, home alone. Until the knock at the door. Two strangers burst in to the house, wounded, bleeding and nearly frozen. Hannah couldn't just turn Lance and Jonathan away, so she made them promise to leave in the morning. But they stayed, insisting the girls needed protection. Wary of Lance's brooding good looks, Hannah was drawn to Jonathan's reassuring presence. Until the dog, and the axe, disappeared - and the girls wondered protection from whom?"
Review:
I love horror films and YA horror novels that focus on characters being trapped and isolated somewhere. This book has that down in spades: a girl and her younger sister stranded at home during a snow storm. And wouldn't you know, a crazed murderer just recently escaped from a mental hospital! What could be more fun than that?
Lots of great suspense throughout the book. I particularly loved the scene early on when the two strangers show up in the dead of night, pounding on the door and scaring the main characters half to death. Hannah and the other characters were good, but the younger sister, Meg, was pretty annoying. She was constantly whining and running off and doing stupid things. I wanted to strangle her myself!
The book was a little on the long side, but never got boring or felt drawn out. And the twist ending was excellent. I have to admit, I was expecting something else to happen. And how can you not love the cover art?
4 out of 5
