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A review by outsmartyourshelf
The Inn Between by Marina Cohen, Sarah Watts
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Quinn and Kara are best friends, and when Kara's parents decide to move the family away, they take Kara, her brother Josh, and Quinn on a final holiday. Quinn is sad her best friend will be moving away, Quinn already lost her sister, Emma, who disappeared whilst walking home from school. After a close call whilst driving, they decide to stay overnight at The Inn Between, a weird place where you can get anything you want but where the staff seem strangely happy and the other guests disappear at odd moment. The next morning Kara and Josh wake to find that their parents have also disappeared, and Quinn starts to fear that they may never return and the kids will never be able to leave.
I really enjoyed reading this one. I think adults will cotton on to what's happening fairly quickly, but the author does a great job of writing a book that's eerie rather than scary for a young age group. It's fairly short at just over 200 pages, but I think a longer book would have started to meander a little, whereas this kept my attention all the way through. Definitely recommended.
I really enjoyed reading this one. I think adults will cotton on to what's happening fairly quickly, but the author does a great job of writing a book that's eerie rather than scary for a young age group. It's fairly short at just over 200 pages, but I think a longer book would have started to meander a little, whereas this kept my attention all the way through. Definitely recommended.