I was very excited to start this book, hoping for some mutilation (as one does), and expecting to be thrown into the most twisted and creepy episode of Criminal Minds. you better believe I'll be all up on that chiznit. So when I find a book written from the POV of a kidnapped victim.

When I'm not watching Ina Garten, you will find me cuddled under the blankets watching a Criminal Minds marathon or Law and Order: SVU. Let me begin by saying that I am quite possibly the biggest crime show freak to ever exist in this world. and turn you into my flower mwahaha! But don't you dare pollenate, because pollenating is for sluts. throw you into a very non-cliche white van. STATUS IN MY LIBRARY: Just added it to my first book order for my new school.And welcome to my review. You never know which publishers will see it! It will also help to encourage students to publish their own writing on WattPad or another online publishing service. This will be easy to booktalk, especially with reluctant readers. THE BOTTOM LINE: Ultimately, I did enjoy this book once I got past the simplistic writing style and numerous grammatical errors. THEMES: abduction, serial killers, family

I wish we had also gotten Poppy, Violet, and especially Rose’s perspectives. I liked the four girls and that the viewpoint bounces between Summer/Lily, Clover, and Summer’s boyfriend Lewis. The story itself is interesting I truly wanted to know what happened. I pressed on anyway, thinking the simplistic writing style and short sentences could appeal to reluctant readers. I’ve not read loads of WattPad titles, but the few I have read were badly in need of a strong editor. On Goodreads, I discovered that The Cellar was originally a WattPad title, which actually explains a lot. How many choppy sentences that begin with “I” do I really need to read? Did anyone edit this book at all? I went to Goodreads, looking for a reason to keep reading. The simplistic writing style drove me nuts. So when she recommended The Cellar to me, I jumped on it.Īt first, I was pretty underwhelmed. She has recently finished college, and I’ve never known her to be a huge reader. Summer, who Clover calls Lily, joins Poppy, Rose, and Violet as Clover’s flowers, his family of beautiful, pure girls. But she strays from a party and is snatched by a man who calls himself “Clover.” He forces Summer into his cellar, where she finds three other young women who were kidnapped just like her. Sixteen-year old Summer Robinson doesn’t think anything ever happens in the small town of Long Thorpe, England.

The cellar series in order