A dark, gothic tale set in modern-day England, this thriller love story will captivate fans of Twilight and Wicked Lovely.Rayne can't wait to start...
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Jan 08, 2012
Judith
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Possessed. Even the name sounds creepy. This book, by Kate Cann, is the most chilling book I’ve ever read. By the cover of this book, you’d think it was about Rayne (rein), the main character, would be, in some way, possessed. Not this book. Follow Rayne through her life of an over-possessive boyfriend, Damien, sharing a room with her little brother, Jelly, and an over-protective mom on a flat in London, England. So when she hears about a job just outside a small town in the south, Morton’
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Oct 21, 2011
Shannon
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Rayne has decided that she needs to get away from her mother, her three-year-old brother, her boyfriend, and the overall busyness of London. She finds a job at a country estate, Morton’s Keep, that is steeped in history. She has finally found the silence and the space that she so craved, but the eeriness of the mansion and the stories and sounds keep her up at night. Before too long, she meets a group of other teenagers her own age, who immediately befriend her. St. John, the group’s unofficial
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Aug 21, 2011
Sarah
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Possessed is an exceptionally spooky novel that weaves a chilling web of encroaching menace around the reader. The story's heroine is sixteen year old Rayne. She feels trapped and smothered in London, where she takes care of her little brother for her irresponsible mother, and by her boyfriend who wants more than she is ready to give. She also craves silence and space, so she applies for a waitress job at an ancient estate in the countryside near the Wales border.
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Jul 07, 2011
Erin
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I really, really wanted to love this book, and then when I started the book it was nothing like I expected, I though that she got the job because it sounded nice, as a summer job. Then I find out its because she hates noise and where she lives and she's decided to take a year of school. It was nothing like I expected. That I could live with, but then she starts manipulating her Mom and her boyfriend so that they want her to go. I put that behind me to keep reading.... but then she starts screeni
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Feb 02, 2011
Mark
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For Rayne, life in her London apartment is getting stifling. She's not getting along well with her mother, doesn't enjoy taking care of her little brother, and isn't getting along particularly well with her boyfriend. She needs a change of scenery, so after a successful interview to work an ancient and isolated country estate, she jumps on the opportunity. But after arriving at Morton's Keep, Rayne begins to pick up on strange vibes around the grounds, hears frightening stories of the manor's
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Jun 19, 2010
Kasia
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I don't read tons of young adult fiction but this was an engrossing and fun read, little spooky, little mysterious and even realistic enough, I couldn't tear myself away from it and that provides certain satisfaction in itself when it comes to books and reading . It had a certain charm, there was something to it that kept me glued to the pages, it's one of those novels where you promise yourself to read one more chapter before bed and before you know it you're almost done. Rayne is a young girl
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May 15, 2010
Manda
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When Rayne decides that life at home in London, with an overbearing boyfriend and a mother who leaves raising her little brother up to her, is too much to handle she accepts a job at Morton's Keep. Morton's Keep is rumored to be haunted by some pretty evil spirits, but anything is better then her current life. In Possessed, readers join Rayne through some very spooky nights alone in her new little house. Who are the Fire Festival men? Are the involved with the strange happenings going on? And
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Apr 17, 2010
Susan
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I read a bit of this when I was typing up the new books and could not put it down. It would be hard to sympathize with Rayne if Cann didn't do such a good job in the first few chapters of detailing the smothering atmosphere of the council estate. Rayne is like an animal that chews its foot off to escape a trap. She is so desperate to flee she doesn't even care where she's running to.
St. John is dangerously charming. It's refreshing to see that kind of behavior shown for what it re More...
St. John is dangerously charming. It's refreshing to see that kind of behavior shown for what it re More...
Apr 01, 2010
Bethany
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Rayne lives in a tiny apartment in London slum with her mother and baby brother. She has a boyfriend who...seems shady, although he never actually does anything bad. She hates, uh, you know, urban life, so she gets a job in the country at the creepiest, most haunted house ever. And then she starts cheating on her boyfriend (which is totally understandable, because he...seems shady) with the hottest, creepiest guy ever. She loves everything about her job and the country, except for how creepy
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Feb 13, 2010
Rachael
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Rayne feels like London is closing in on her. It’s the heat, the nagging of her mother, her controlling boyfriend, and the incessant noise that makes her feel trapped and drives her crazy. So when she’s offered a position at a secluded estate in the countryside, she almost immediately accepts. Out here, there’s space, trees, and blessed silence. But Rayne’s transition to this new atmosphere isn’t quite so smooth. Morton’s Keep, her new home, is spooky to say the least and surrounded by rumors of
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Jan 26, 2010
Dark Faerie Tales
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Quick & Dirty: A vividly written novel that lends a genuinely creepy feel, and is sure to keep you away from the countryside.
Opening Sentence: Rayne sat on the end of her narrow bed next to Jelly’s cot, painting her nails.
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All Rayne can think about is escaping her miserable life in London. She lives in a rundown, crime laden, and crowded housing development with no real prospect of getting out. Rayne also feels suffocated and trapped by her mother, More...
Opening Sentence: Rayne sat on the end of her narrow bed next to Jelly’s cot, painting her nails.
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All Rayne can think about is escaping her miserable life in London. She lives in a rundown, crime laden, and crowded housing development with no real prospect of getting out. Rayne also feels suffocated and trapped by her mother, More...
Jan 17, 2010
Holly
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I was up late last night plowing through the last 100 pages of this book. I knew I should have gone to bed, but I simply could not put it down!
Rayne is set to head off to college, has the perfect boyfriend, and spends her free time helping her mom out by taking care of her little brother. With all that is going on she feels as though it is all very wrong. Rayne starts looking for an escape from the hustle and bustle of her life and finds that escape in an ancient country estate, hours More...
Rayne is set to head off to college, has the perfect boyfriend, and spends her free time helping her mom out by taking care of her little brother. With all that is going on she feels as though it is all very wrong. Rayne starts looking for an escape from the hustle and bustle of her life and finds that escape in an ancient country estate, hours More...
Sep 26, 2011
Emily (You Are Beautiful)
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Concept/Ideas: 4/5
Characters: 3.5/5
Storyline/Plot: 4/5
Overall Rating: 3/5 stars
To be honest this book wasnt as good as I expected it to be. Although the title implies that it's going to be a scary, creepy book.... It really wasn't. I don't even understand where exactly "Possessed" even comes into this book... Nobody was. It wasnt very scary, or suspensful, which dissappointed me. The only real good/creepy parts were in the very beginning, and the very end. More...
Characters: 3.5/5
Storyline/Plot: 4/5
Overall Rating: 3/5 stars
To be honest this book wasnt as good as I expected it to be. Although the title implies that it's going to be a scary, creepy book.... It really wasn't. I don't even understand where exactly "Possessed" even comes into this book... Nobody was. It wasnt very scary, or suspensful, which dissappointed me. The only real good/creepy parts were in the very beginning, and the very end. More...
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Jun 21, 2010
Jaime
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This was a pretty good little ghost story. Rayne is the typical teenager in many ways, feeling smothered by both her dependent mother and her boyfriend. So, like many teens, her solutions is ultimately to run away. To facilitate this she finds a job in a tearoom at Morton’s Keep, a mysterious English countryside manor with a long, dark history. I would have actually liked to have learned more about the history of the Keep, and could have used more details such as who the Black Prince was. N
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Sep 08, 2011
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Rayne feels trapped. Trapped by her mother, who only seems to want to control Rayne and uses her as a permanent babysitter for her toddler brother, Jelly. Trapped by her controlling boyfriend, who only seems to care about the status Rayne can bring him as a pretty girl and an accessory on his arm. Trapped by the noise and bustle and incessant action that surrounds her family’s London flat. So, when Ra More...
Rayne feels trapped. Trapped by her mother, who only seems to want to control Rayne and uses her as a permanent babysitter for her toddler brother, Jelly. Trapped by her controlling boyfriend, who only seems to care about the status Rayne can bring him as a pretty girl and an accessory on his arm. Trapped by the noise and bustle and incessant action that surrounds her family’s London flat. So, when Ra More...
Dec 29, 2011
Karen
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Rayne is a 16-year-old who feels suffocated in her life in London with her mom, new high-status boyfriend, toddler little brother she shares her room with, and with just all the noise and busyness of the city. She longs to escape. I think she has just passed some exam that's similar to getting your GEDs here?? Anyways, she doesn't know whether she wants to try for college or a job. She finally settles on trying for a job and finds an opening at Morton's Keep, some isolated, tourist attraction aw
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Oct 29, 2010
Samantha
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Feb 09, 2010
Diane
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Rayne is so tired of her life in London – her possessive boyfriend, her needy mother and little brother, and all the noise & hassle of the city. When she lands a job at an inn in the country, complete with a small apartment, she believes she has found peace at last. But, when she starts hearing strange noises and people keep telling her stories of the estate’s painful past, she begins to wonder if she made the right choice.
This is a tale of suspense that is carefully crafted. The susp More...
This is a tale of suspense that is carefully crafted. The susp More...
May 23, 2011
Amanda
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Have you ever felt trapped, overwhelmed, or crowded? Have you ever wanted to just get away from everything? If so, this is exactly how Rayne felt. All she could think of is how much she needed to leave her small, stifling hot apartment in London, and move somewhere where she could enjoy peace and quiet away from her mom, brother, and boyfriend. Rayne began going to the library in search of a job, and found an old estate called Morton's Keep that was hiring. As soon as she got there, she began to
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May 08, 2010
Jennifer
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Good scary, with fantasy elements but evil ones no "not very scary but incredibly sexy vampires" in this book in fact no vampires at all. The evil is historical, creepy, and not at all misunderstood, it is really evil.
Set outside London. I loved the voice of the main character, a girl from the projects trying to get away from her over controlling minor hoodlum boyfriend, and her low rent lame mom. Extra points for her being multi ethnic but not the main point of the story More...
Set outside London. I loved the voice of the main character, a girl from the projects trying to get away from her over controlling minor hoodlum boyfriend, and her low rent lame mom. Extra points for her being multi ethnic but not the main point of the story More...
Feb 17, 2010
Fiendishly
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Rayne Peters doesn’t know what she is getting herself into when she accepts a position at an ancient estate far from home. Desperate to get out of her East London council estate, escape her life, boyfriend, and family, Rayne thinks she’ll be able to buy some time to decide about college…her future and what she wants from life. But Morton’s Keep is no ordinary estate. Within its dense forests, and beneath its ancient flagstones, brick, mortar and timber lies a primordial evil just waiting to be r
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Apr 19, 2010
Elizabeth
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Rayne longs to get away from her mother and boyfriend in London so when an opportunity to live and waitress at an estate in the middle of nowhere appears she jumps at the chance. Once she arrives she senses there might be something to the haunted rumors she keeps hearing about, and she finds herself drawn to one of the local guys. . .
I really don't know what I was expecting from this story, but I feel like I didn't get it. The London aspect of her life was too easily resolved, and I More...
I really don't know what I was expecting from this story, but I feel like I didn't get it. The London aspect of her life was too easily resolved, and I More...
Aug 23, 2011
Alexandra
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I didn't really get this book. Who the hell is the Green Lady? What exactly caused Sir Simeon to go mad? I feel like nothing was explained in the book. It just was. But whatever. The reason I liked this book so much was because of the setting. It was very isolated and gray and dark. But also beautiful. I loved the fact that Rayne wanted to get away from the city and all the noise and just think. Morton's Keep was so peaceful & I just loved it.
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Mar 11, 2011
Alexis
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This book will make you want more. You wont be able to put it down. The main character is described well, though the other characters are described from her point of view, they're still described well. You can literally see Rayne's personality unfold. The plot builds and twists, so you dont know what will happen next.
Rayne, the main character, is a girl who thinks she knows what she wants. She feels traped in the Estate. She's looking for an escape for the chocking smog of London, an More...
Rayne, the main character, is a girl who thinks she knows what she wants. She feels traped in the Estate. She's looking for an escape for the chocking smog of London, an More...
Sep 25, 2010
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Well, that wasn't so bad, was it?
This book was intriguing, but it wasn't completely amazing like I expected it to be. Possessed just seemed a bit too... predictable, and a little bit on the already used side. Sure, the plot was exhilarating (but terrifying. Nololjk that's from Avatar), but it was too familiar to me, like a movie or a book that I've already read or seen. I just can't put my finger on it. Possessed was a classic haunted house story that everyone's read before in their More...
This book was intriguing, but it wasn't completely amazing like I expected it to be. Possessed just seemed a bit too... predictable, and a little bit on the already used side. Sure, the plot was exhilarating (but terrifying. Nololjk that's from Avatar), but it was too familiar to me, like a movie or a book that I've already read or seen. I just can't put my finger on it. Possessed was a classic haunted house story that everyone's read before in their More...
Aug 22, 2011
Schay
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I read this through the night and it scared the crap outta me. That'll teach me to stay up late.
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Apr 25, 2011
Emily
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This book had that Turn of the Screw meets Rebecca meets a little Jane Eyre kind of feel but, naturally, paled in comparison. The beginning was rushed. I sort of understood why Rayne wanted to leave the busy city and escape into the quiet countryside, but not enough happened to make it believable. Her mom is a deadbeat and her boyfriend and is kinda..kinda what? I don't know. Nothing really happened with him to make me sympathize with why Rayne wanted to leave. Actually, she turned out to be a b
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Mar 11, 2011
Cora Linn
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Amazing read, I can't wait to get stuck into the next one :)
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Apr 18, 2011
Andrea
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Rayne lives in London in a crowded apartment with her mom and her little brother. She has a boyfriend but he's really out of necessity since their neighborhood is a high crime area. She decides to move away for a job in the country. This job is at Morton's Keep, a country estate, where she will be a waitress in the estate's tea room. While researching her job prospect, strange pop-ups happen on their website. Rayne clicks on the pop-up and emails the website that it links to, a website about s
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Mar 11, 2011
Amy Louise
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One of my favourite books ever!
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