STUDENT WRITER RABSEL GYELTSJE RECOMMENDS IT LURKS IN THE NIGHT
It Lurks in the Night is a chilling yet interesting book told from the perspective of Maya Woods, the daughter of a famous politician. Hoping to reunite her three best friends, Lystra, Pearl, and Erica, who have drifted apart over the years, Maya organizes one last boat trip around their Caribbean home before they graduate from high school.
Maya wants nothing more than to create one last good memory with her three best friends during this boat trip. But when the girls are forced to make an emergency landing on Annatto, an island avoided by locals and tourists alike because of rumours of monsters and shadows lurking in its depths, their yearly tradition descends into darkness.
Erica turns up dead and the other girls have no choice but to leave her body behind. In their tight-knit community, everyone spirals into grief and suspicion. Maya and her friends struggle to understand what happened on the island: was it simply an accident, or is there truth to the rumours of Annatto?
It Lurks in The Night by Sarah Dass was a terrifying but well-written book which perfectly shows how the consequences of your actions could be right around the corner, waiting in the darkness ready to strike at any moment. The plot of the story is simple, but I enjoyed it a lot because the author was very careful with their choice of words to describe a scene, which made it easy to imagine the horrors witnessed by the characters. The book also had the author’s obvious raw emotions put into every word, which made it very easy to realize Sarah Dass’s passion while writing this book, which also affected my view for the book and how I read it.
I recommend this book to young adults who enjoy genres like horror, drama, and mystery.
Rabsel Gyeltshen has not written any books, but he has reviewed and critiqued many from his cozy room in Lincoln Heights. Although he did not enjoy writing, critiquing, or reviewing when he was younger, he gradually grew accustomed to it. As a child, Rabsel loved running and won as many as seven gold medals by the age of eight. He enjoyed the adrenaline rush of competition and never wanted to fall off the podium that had become home for his two little feet. After many years as a runner, Rabsel eventually discovered two new hobbies, basketball and soccer, which quickly became passions of his. Rabsel loves R&B. Rabsel loves his family. Rabsel loves his hobbies. Oh yeah, and one little fun fact: in his first year of high school, he despised the game of basketball. Crazy.