August 2013 by HarperTeen
313 pages
Four stars
"Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program—it's a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. And not just any asylum—a last resort for the criminally insane.
As Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their creepy summer home, they soon discover it's no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Featuring found photos of unsettling history and real abandoned asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Madeleine Roux's teen debut, Asylum, is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity." - Goodreads
This was such a fun book to read! The cover art is beautiful and it was the first thing that drew me to the book before I had any idea what it was about. It's so mysterious and I feel like it really embodies what the book is about.
Asylum kept me on the edge of my seat for most of it and just kept throwing surprises at me left and right. It did have spots that dragged a little bit and I wish there had been a little more character development, but thats usually what happens in the first book of a series. I don't suggest reading the book in the dark because it's just creepy enough that I couldn't fall asleep right away. I kept thinking I would wake up and be in an insane asylum. Of course that was just my imagination and paranoia but this book did a great job at giving me the heebie jeebies.
I thought I had the plot figured out and I knew what was going to happen and I was so wrong! I really thought that Dan was actually just crazy and that when he was blacking out, it was him going crazy on people. Whenever Dan would go down to the basement or do something stupid I would just yell at my Kindle and I was near throwing it across the room at times. The ending really surprised me and looking back now I'm pretty happy they went the way they did with the story. It makes a lot of sense and gives the location of the story more personality and makes it larger than life. I really enjoy book where the location and setting as so much personality that it's almost a character itself.
I love where the book left off and cannot wait to start the next book, Sanctum. I'm looking forward to learning more information about this town and the people that lived in it. We all know carnivals are creepy. I can't wait to see what Madeleine Roux does to make it even more creepy.
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