Carrie Jones has made me afraid of the state of Maine. That’s right. After having read Need, I’m afraid to go to Maine, lest pixies attack me.
I’ll back up a bit: Our heroine, Zara, has been shipped off to her parents’ home state — Maine — several months after the death of her father. When the book opens, Zara is horribly depressed, deflated and inactive. Her mother sends her up to live with her Grandma Betty for awhile.
And then … well, then there are pixies. I won’t say much about that part, because then there would be spoilers galore.
But what I will say is this: Carrie’s book is a thriller made of awesome. She writes about Stephen King making Maine scary, but she does it just as well. I write this sitting in the desolate aftermath of the March snowstorm that has poured wrath on New York City, and I feel afraid of the cold. (Well, actually, there’s no heat in my house, so I am afraid of the cold anyway.) Seriously.
Oh, another cool thing Carrie does is she talks about fears. She names them. I believe she even names “fear of the cold,” but really it is cold enough in this house that my fingers are too cold for me to bother looking it up.
Anyway, I’m a bit late with this review, but I really wanted to make sure you all do go out and read Need if you haven’t already. And if you have read it, do come tell me what you thought!
PS. Random fact about Carrie Jones: she is not only a writer, she is a politician! In … Maine. I’d vote for her next time she runs for office, but I’m never going north of Boston after reading this book. No, indeed.
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It’d be fun to take a map of the U.S. and the world and mark out all the places that are too scary to visit now and the books responsible.
Very cute! I’ll have to add this one to my “must read” list as I actually grew up in Maine. Alas, I never saw any pixies.
I already wanted to read this book–but now, after your review, I’m getting upset that I don’t have it in my hands already!! I wanted it from the first look of the cover. Then after reading about it on Barnes and Noble, I really wanted to read it. Your review was wonderful and like I said…now Im upset and pouting. I want this book! lol.
Cheryl @ Just Your Typical Book Blog
love carrie and need!
This looks really awesome. I loved Stephen King (and still do) so this looks like a good read.
Bought two copies for my library and it has not been on the shelves at all! It must be the sparkly gold lipstick on the cover, because I generally just hand the book to the students and say “You’ve GOT to read this! Evil pixies! So good!” and they still pick it up! Really, really liked this one.