A love like no other...
When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead...and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to believe that Kristen is really gone. Then she meets Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's funeral and keeps reappearing in Abbey's life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he's the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again...but also special.
Just when Abbey starts to feel that she might survive all this, she learns a secret that makes her 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 death? As Abbey struggles to understand Kristen's betrayal, she uncovers a frightening truth that nearly unravels her - one that will challenge her emerging love for Caspian, as well as her own sanity.
REVIEW :
The Hollow is a really unique book. The legend of sleepy hollow (which has Dutch roots) is used in all three books and made it original, thinking about it made me realize that somehow this is a retelling off that legend but at the same time very true to the legend.
The book starts with a very depressing and tragic funeral for Abbey's best friend Kristen. And the dead of Kristen is a red line through the entire trilogy.
It's beautiful how you follow Abbey's journey through grief, loss and also love, a love that is really special but also very true. I've never read a character that is so true and sweet and loveable as Caspian.
A lot happens at the cemetary, which sounds weird but it isn't.
Abbey and Caspian's relationship reminds me a little of Sam and Grace in the wolves of mercy falls trilogy. (and honestly, I like Abbey and Caspian the best, if I had to chose)
The thing is, I could really understand Abbey. She's a very lovable main character with clear idea's about her future (she wants to get her own perfume store) and a very strong personality. I really liked Abbey, and her hobby of perfume making is a very original detail.
When Abbey meets Caspian there is an immediate connection, and that connection developes quite easily and quickly (and beautifully).
At the end of the Hollow we get to know WHAT Caspian is, Abbey can't touch him (the exception is only once a year) but he can make things and move things, which made it quite difficult for me to figure out what he was. The only thing that made me expect what he was, was the fact that Abbey is the only one who can see him.
When Abbey finds out she doesn't take it as well as I'd hoped, but that makes for a funny and light cliffhanger.
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