Synopsis from Goodreads:
"After leaving an abusive relationship, Abby visits an old friend on her way to her mother’s in Florida. Hayden’s Uncle Jack is renovating a building into high-end apartments in town, and with the lure of living rent-free in a beautiful loft, Abby becomes the caretaker with the entire building all to herself. Abby hears strange sounds in the building. Shadows move as if they’re alive. Led to believe the structure was previously a school, Abby is told by the last living employee of Harper’s Grove that the building used to be a home for the infirm and unwanted children, the Dead Pennies of society, unfit for circulation.
Abby and Hayden search for the cause of the strange events at Harper’s Grove, and find out why the spirits of the dead children won’t sleep until they get vengeance.
But there’s also another evil at play—this one of a human nature. Abby’s ex-boyfriend, Nick, finds out where she has run off to. He won’t stop for anything until she’s back in his clutches, but Nick doesn’t expect to come up against the raging spirits of the Dead Pennies."
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I enjoy a good horror book every now and again .... takes me back to my youth (many, many years ago!!) ... and The Dead Pennies certainly hit the spot with added supernatural shenanigans going on as well.
The story centres around the main character, Abby, who is escaping her waste of a skin boyfriend and takes her school friend, Hayden's, offer to stop by the town he lives in on her way home to Florida. Abby lands on her feet when she gets the opportunity to stay in a brand new apartment within the unfinished redevelopment of the old Harper's Grove Hospital but almost immediately, she begins to experience strange things.
This starts out as a creepy and unnerving supernatural story which turns in to a full-on horror fest. The characters are great, the tension and overall creepiness builds and builds and the ending is quite satisfying.
I must give a warning that this book deals with historical child abuse, addiction and domestic violence so if these are triggers for you, please think twice before reading.
Many thanks to the author, Cemetary Dance Publications, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of The Dead Pennies.
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