The Hollow

Jessica Verday

2010 • 528 pages

Ratings15

Average rating3.6

Growing up in the town of Sleepy Hollow, the mystery and intrigue over Washington Irving's classic legend are all part of daily life for sixteen-year-old Abbey. But when her best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Abbey's world is suddenly turned upside down. While everyone is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead, Abbey refuses to believe that she is really gone. And when Abbey meets the gorgeous, but mysterious, Caspian at Kristen's memorial she starts to feel like she has something to hold on to for the first time since Kristen's disappearance. But when Abbey finds a diary hidden in Kristen's bedroom, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could Kristen have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her disappearance or even her death? Hurt and angry at Kristen's betrayal, Abbey turns to Caspian for support… and uncovers a frightening truth about him that threatens both their emerging love and her sanity…

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Series

4 primary books

#1 in The Hollow

The Hollow is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Jessica Verday, Christopher Golden, and Ford Lytle Gilmore.

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Allison

I enjoyed this book but I have to be honest, nothing happened. Seriously, not a thing. This entire book was the day to day life of a teenage girl with minor spooky bits thrown in. Also, Caspian is a shitty name.

So why did I like it? Eh, I dunno. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I spent a large chunk of my youth skulking around cemeteries swathed in black wishing the world didn't insist on being so damn cheerful.

Jessica Verday does a good job bringing gloomy little Sleepy Hollow to life, and I enjoyed Abbey. I feel she has a lot of room to grow but that isn't a bad thing considering there are two more books in this series.

Also, if you do pick this book up you will probably finish it in a day or two. Despite the fact that it is a little over 500 pages, it is a very quick read.

April 27, 2013

Kari

I don't even really know what to say about this book. It was okay, but there were so many parts that were so pointless, page fillers. The story took forever to unfold! Abbey was dramatic at times, bordering on hysterical and that was BEFORE she learned what was going on around her. I don't know. I'm left slightly confused and a little disappointed.

July 17, 2011

Sionna

This one was amazing and I immediately jumped into book 2! The thing is, book 2 felt like a completely different beast and I almost DNF'd it. It felt like a filler and like the relationships took more attention over everything, but the characters lost their spark. So... bummer. I didn't even continue onto book 3.

March 29, 2020