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The Unleashed

(The Haunted #2)

Danielle Vega (Goodreads Author)

3.86 · Rating details · 234 ratings · 50 reviews

In the terrifying sequel to The Haunted, Hendricks discovers that even though Steele House is gone, the hauntings in Drearfield are far from over — and it’s up to her to stop them.

Following the devastating blaze at Steele House, Hendricks and her friends are trying to return to normal. Prom is coming up and the school is in full preparation mode. Hendricks tries to pitch i ...more

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Jul 30, 2020 Jess rated it it was amazing

This was soooo good!!! I loved the first book and was so excited to read this book and see what happened next with Hendricks & all her new friends. And I have to say this did not disappoint. This was just as good as the first book. These were the first books I have read by Vega but they will not be my last. I have a strong feeling she will quickly be one of my new fav authors. If you’re into teen/YA horror then please do yourself a favor and read these books!!!!

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Jun 30, 2020 Angela Staudt rated it really liked it

Thank you Penguin Teen for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Danielle Vega has done it again; she has made a thrilling book from start to the finish. Full of twists and chilling moments. I love how this takes place with the same characters from the first book, and we basically start right where it ended in The Haunted.

I didn’t find this one as scary as The Haunted, but while this one lacks a bit of gore and horror, Vega makes up for it with a spectacular plotline! The Unleashed still take ...more

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Sep 26, 2020 Stay Fetters rated it really liked it

"A cold finger touched the back of her neck and traced down her spine. Hendricks yelped and spun around, one hand grasping for her neck. Who’s there? she shouted.... And then in her ear, the same raspy voice she’d heard in her room last night: He’ll be back for you."

*Actual rating is 3.5 but rounded up.*

Would you hold a séance to communicate with a dead loved one? Even though it could bring evil up from the ground? Danielle Vega brings fear to life as it gets overrun by evil spirits of the undea "A cold finger touched the back of her neck and traced down her spine. Hendricks yelped and spun around, one hand grasping for her neck. Who’s there? she shouted.... And then in her ear, the same raspy voice she’d heard in her room last night: He’ll be back for you."

*Actual rating is 3.5 but rounded up.*

Would you hold a séance to communicate with a dead loved one? Even though it could bring evil up from the ground? Danielle Vega brings fear to life as it gets overrun by evil spirits of the undead.

Hendricks and her little gang of weirdos are back for round two. They just want everything to return to normal and move on but the darker side of life has other things in store for them.

Hendricks just can't let go of Eddie. She believes that his spirit is still out there and wants to communicate with her. Instead of letting the past go, she gathers six friends to hold a séance to talk with Eddie one last time. But those things never go as planned. What she thought was going to happen, didn't and she brought forth a spirit that is out to get revenge.

Violent attacks start to happen to not only her but her friends as well. Steele House was just the beginning of all of her haunted issues but now things get more dangerous.
Will Hendricks and her friends stop this evil entity before it destroys them?

This book was good but not as good as the first one. The Haunted made my skin crawl and made me feel uneasy inside of my own house. I just didn't feel that with this one. The spirits were darker and more violent in this one but that's not what I really wanted from a haunting book. I want that creep factor where I have to sleep with the lights on.

And is it just me, or was Hendricks even more annoying with her puppy love attitude?

The Unleashed was a good book and it left it way open for a third book. The ending had me wide-eyed with my jaw on the floor. Now I really need the third book because I have answers! If you're looking for a good spooky read for the season, this would be a great start. Just prepare yourself mentally before you hop on in because the water is cold. ...more

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Jul 21, 2020 Mandy rated it it was ok

Shelves: did-not-finish

I loved The Haunted but this book is so badly in need of a good editor that I simply gave up.

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Jul 16, 2020 Books on Stereo rated it did not like it

The Unleashed is the sequel to the The Haunted. After finishing the Haunted, I was a bit apprehensive about a sequel to a seemingly standalone book and I was correct in my apprehension. The Haunted does nothing to improve on the weak world building and character work while creating more questions than answers.

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Feb 22, 2020 misskaelyn14 rated it liked it

So this wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and definitely an improvement from The Haunted. Somethings that happened in the book was weird and dumb, but there was also a good amount of spooks towards the end. Overall 3.5/5 stars. ...more

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Aug 09, 2020 Kat rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2020, ya-that-didn-t-suck, favorites

“Steele House was being rebuilt.”

Trigger warning: This book contains mentions and insinuations of rape.

Hendricks Becker-O’Malley is still reeling from the unfortunate events that happened 3 months ago at Steele House. Her friend Raven is in a coma and Eddie sacrificed himself for her. How is a girl supposed to go on and resume life as normal when that’s happened? Portia is talking to her again and Connor is willing to be just her friend, but she can’t get over Eddie’s death. So she does what an ...more

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Aug 02, 2020 Danielle Bush rated it it was amazing

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Aug 22, 2020 Danielle rated it it was ok

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Dec 17, 2020 Kat rated it it was amazing

I really loved this installment. I didn’t even know they’re be a second novel! Growth development of unexpected proportions and dark twists to boot. I love Vega’s book and this ghosty tale has been a lot of fun.

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Aug 04, 2020 Paige Hettinger rated it really liked it

UPDATE: mini-reviews up now!!! https://yabooksdaily.wordpress.com/20...

mini-reviews coming so soon—will update when they post on friday!!! ...more

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Oct 01, 2020 Marlee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: spooky-reads, ya, 2-spooky-months-2020

A profoundly beautiful and effective sequel. It's been a while since I've been so affected by YA angst. Even though I love these characters, I hope there aren't any more in the series, because this is the perfect place to end things. ...more

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Nov 16, 2020 Woodsmoke rated it did not like it

Let me preface this by saying I've read her other books. The other books aren't shit. I actually really enjoyed her other books. This one is shit. Where the fuck was her editor? Was she on drugs when she wrote this? Did she hit her head? Is she okay? Someone go check on Vega, because this book was literal trash. It was a damn dumpster fire. I've written better stories in a couple of words with vegetable soup!

***Spoilers below***

Okay, so first off, the writing is subpar and the dialogue is even w Let me preface this by saying I've read her other books. The other books aren't shit. I actually really enjoyed her other books. This one is shit. Where the fuck was her editor? Was she on drugs when she wrote this? Did she hit her head? Is she okay? Someone go check on Vega, because this book was literal trash. It was a damn dumpster fire. I've written better stories in a couple of words with vegetable soup!

***Spoilers below***

Okay, so first off, the writing is subpar and the dialogue is even worse. It's super annoying in real life when people say, "like." Why the actual fuck do you need to put it in dialogue too? Was the goal to annoy the reader. If so, job well done. I can see this being a quirk of one character, but a few characters actually do this - including a grown man - and it bugs the shit out of me.

Next, Hendricks the main character, comes off as an insensitive bitch in the first half of the book. I would have written down an example (or three) but at that point, I was hoping the book would get better so I wouldn't have to rant about it. I was.... misguided. The book, in fact, got much worse. However, I will say that Hendricks is also stupid. I do have an example of this. There are so many examples, how could I not have one. For instance, Hendricks does the logical thing and has Connor walk her home because scary shit tends to happen to her when she is alone. I'm thinking to myself, "Okay, homegirl made a good decision for once." But then when she gets to her house, and Connor leaves, she turns the other direction and walks to a fucking graveyard instead of going into her house. Didn't you just say that.... But why would you.... FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS, WHY?!?!?! Why do authors continuously write stupid characters?! Characters are supposed to be relatable so we like them and root for them. Does Danielle Vega think her audience is this dumb? Dear author, this isn't a cliche horror movie, do something different and inspiring or get a different job! Anywho, when Hendricks gets to this graveyard, you guessed it, some scary shit goes down and she gets hurt. *facepalm*

This next bit leaves me with so many questions. I'm so butthurt over this. So, you mean to tell me that ghosts are now corporeal for no other reason than just because? Why did this happen? How did this happen? Is it a demon or a ghost? Why can it feel pain if it's a ghost? How can you reach out and physically touch or hit this thing if it's a ghost? At this point it's not a ghost. Then what the fuck is it? When Justin was doing his ritual did he summon a demon? Did that demon get unleashed unto the world and decided to take on his form? If so, why and how? I'm so effing confused. The worldbuilding leaves EVERYTHING to be desired. If you're gonna write something like this and you're not intending it to have a bad B-rated horror movie vibe, don't just shrug your shoulders and turn the other cheek when it comes to worldbuilding. Also, we know why Justin wanted Sam's mediumship abilities because it was only explained with one friggin' sentence. This is where character development takes a nosedive as well. Justin wanted to talk to his deceased father, but we never get to see what kind of a relationship he even had with his father. What was his family dynamic like in the first place for him to turn into such an asshole? This is just plain bad. Any book that has an antagonist that's just evil for the sake of being evil without any backstory is pure trash.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming: ranting. In the last book, ghosts caused a massive housefire and skeletons came up from the ground and started attacking people. These same people that got attacked think it's a great idea to go back to that place and hold a seance. Why is no one talking about the supernatural phenomenon that happened at Steele house? I mean did everyone repress those memories? Why is everyone all of a sudden in such disbelief that ghosts exist when they've experienced the paranormal first hand? (Then again, I can't remember who was all at that party and who saw what.)

Something else that I found to be particularly annoying is all of the really OUT THERE writing choices Vega made. Some things were straight up ridiculous and some things she wrote about but never gave closure too. For example, Justin chloroforms Sam, throws her over his shoulder and proceeds to walk from the school to Steele house. You mean to tell me that no one saw an unconscious chick slung over a dude's shoulder, with a gag in her mouth? COME ON! Another eye-roll moment I had was when the teens sneak into Raven's house and steal her unconscious body by distracting her mom because they need a conduit to aid in closing the seal. Raven just happens to be on a portable oxygen machine. How convenient. Additionally, when the seance is underway, the ghost throws Vi across the foundation and she doesn't get back up. Hendricks also gets thrown and it is mentioned that she thinks her wrist is potentially broken. These two things are never addressed once the seance is over and the seal is closed. Everyone is magically okay? What happened to Vi? Why wasn't she moving? Hendrick's wrist was magically repaired? How was she able to climb out from under the foundation with a broken wrist?

Since we are on the topic of annoying things. If a writer is going to write about spells and wicca, the least she could do is do some research into it so she can have the characters construct a proper ritual/spell/seance. Oh! I just happened to think, whatever happened to Ileana after she got done barfing up black goo and blood? Doesn't this happen when a spirit is cohabitating in a body that isn't theirs and the spirit is being dispelled from said body? This is the shit I'm really frustrated with. There is no cohesiveness, there was a lack of research done, things that needed closure didn't get closure. I have questions! Is Ileana even okay?

Grammar mistakes and spelling mistakes abound! I hate this. I really do because this type of thing can be easily avoided. I didn't keep track of all of them, and there are a lot of them, but one such instance is on one page in particular when Justin is about to carve a pentagram into Sam, Vega spells his name "Just" instead of "Justin." This is irritating and takes the reader out of the story. Another example was when someone was supposed to have a "frown" on their face but it said "from" instead.

Lastly, but certainly not least. Diversity. I love books with diversity. I have many diverse friends. The world itself is diverse and I love inclusion. With that being said, I also hate when books force diversity just for the sake of being inclusive. This book was one such example. If something has to be explicitly stated (gender identity) it feels forced to me. I'm obviously referring to the scene where Ileana wants girls on one side and boys on the other for the seance. Ileana calls Vi out in front of everyone (which is a shitty thing to do in of itself if Vi isn't ready to come out as non-binary.) You couldn't show that by describing what the character wears or how they act? This is basic writing 101. Don't tell the reader what they need to know, show the reader. This goes back to what I was saying about Vega dumbing things down for her audience... which I actually feel insulted by. I can read between the lines and pick up on subtle nuances. Vega, give your readers some credit.

At the end of the day, people will probably comment and say, "Calm down. It's just YA." Aaaannnnnd NO I WILL NOT! I wasted my time on this, and it's made worse by the fact Vega is not a terrible writer. Was she asleep at the wheel this time? Her editor was, that's for sure. In closing, don't waste your time. It will leave you with more questions than answers and a bad taste in your mouth for having spent the money. If you must torture yourself with how awful this is, rent it from your local library instead. No harm done, just time you won't be able to get back. ...more

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Jun 25, 2020 Samantha (Samsara Parchment) rated it really liked it

Goddess in the Machine, by Lora Beth Johnson, follows a young woman named Andra (short for Andromeda—badass, I know), who goes into a cryogenic sleep in order to travel with her family and other “colonists” to a new planet where they will set up a home away from Earth. But when she is woken, she is alone, in a foreign land, and it’s 1000 years later than when she was supposed to wake up. The current residents of the planet she’s on—who seem to have undergone a technological regression or a “dark Goddess in the Machine, by Lora Beth Johnson, follows a young woman named Andra (short for Andromeda—badass, I know), who goes into a cryogenic sleep in order to travel with her family and other “colonists” to a new planet where they will set up a home away from Earth. But when she is woken, she is alone, in a foreign land, and it’s 1000 years later than when she was supposed to wake up. The current residents of the planet she’s on—who seem to have undergone a technological regression or a “dark age” of sorts—don’t understand what cryogenic sleep is and think she’s a goddess. The teenager, who up until this point thought she was ordinary, finds herself plunged into an existence that couldn’t be more different from her former life—along with a bastard prince named Zhade, who makes her his reluctant companion in trying to buy his way back into his kingdom and save his people.

If you’re a fan of YA fantasy novels, you’ll probably like this one—even if you’re not usually a huge fan of sci-fi. It reads a lot like a young adult fantasy. It may not be a lost princess story, but it’s a lost princess story. In this case, Andra is a goddess, but at its heart of hearts, it’s classic lost princess: she doesn’t know who she is, she comes to find out as the story goes on, she doesn’t know her own power, and it’s up to her to save the people. And of course, we’ve got a somewhat arrogant male companion in one of everyone’s favorite tropes—hate to love. Or at the very least, reluctant cooperation to love. Zhade actually reminds me of a more futuristic, more royal Jace Wayland/Herondale/Morgenstern from TMI (which means, of course, I liked him). Once Andra and Zhade make it to Eerensed, Zhade’s city inside a biodome, it also reads like a YA fantasy in a lot of ways as they spend their time in the palace with the current prince (who is called a “guv” in this rendition of our classic tale) and servants, and make their way through hidden tunnels under the city. It’s like a princess-y fantasy with touches of sci-fi as they incorporate futuristic technology and talk about space travel and AI. Toward the end of the book, it gets more heavily into the sci-fi and feels more like straight sci-fi, but throughout the novel, it’s definitely a sci-fi/fantasy blend.

Andra as a main character is very likable. She’s relatable and feels super real, especially because she talks about her body and her own insecurities about it when she’s woken up naked and drowning in her cryo tank by a boy she doesn’t know and yet has seen every inch of her very exposed. It’s nice to see a YA heroine who isn’t described as flawlessly beautiful (though of course she doesn’t know it) and stick skinny and perfect, but is instead a real person like you or I with a real young woman’s body.

Although the blurb makes it sound like it’s entirely Andra’s story, we actually get a lot from her companion, Zhade, as it alternates POVs to show us his thoughts and what he’s going through as someone who has been awake, and as the person who woke the Goddess in the first place. He knows Andra is in danger if she admits what she knows—that she’s not a goddess but a teenage girl—and needs to protect her not just for her own good, but for his intentions and goals, as well. And Zhade’s chapters are…well, interesting. Which leads me to my next point…

The language of the novel. Johnson actually developed her own new and unique language for this book, which is a vision of what the English language might look like thousands of years down the road as it has developed and changed over time, as words get shortened or even entirely repurposed.
I want to be clear, I think a lot of people are going to go crazy for this aspect of the book and will absolutely love it. For some, it will probably be their favorite thing about it. And also to be clear, I 100% respect the sheer amount of work and ambition that went into inventing this futuristic language for the author. I can definitely see why she did it—it’s natural to assume that as time goes on, language will continue to develop and alter, just like it did over the past centuries up until now. But I didn’t like it.

I really found the newly invented language more distracting than helpful. It’s easy enough to get used to and after a little bit of it, you slip right into it, and despite the fact that it’s a very, very clunky language, you can easily discern (for the most part) how the words are being used and what the characters are talking about. But I found it distracting because my brain would get too busy dissecting the language to pay attention to what was actually going on. I’d find myself wondering why the language would have developed in exactly that way, or why they would use the word in that way, pondering the etymology behind it. I’d wonder why some words were shortened (like “certz” for “certain”) but others somehow became longer and more awkward (like “boyo” for “boy”), and then I’d have to reread the section because I got so wrapped up in that, that I missed what was happening. Some of it sounded like the characters were speaking out loud in lazy teen Internet slang (or at least someone’s interpretation of lazy teen Internet slang), which resulted in making the characters sound a little silly. I’d also find myself wondering why some areas of text were more heavily developed into the language, and others remained the same. Zhade’s chapters are entirely in the new language (not just his dialogue), but some sentences still slipped back into modern syntax, and then I’d wonder why that particular choice was made. Again, I definitely think other people are going to love this aspect of the novel and I respect the work that went into it—but it was not my cup of tea.

What was my cup of tea was the fact that this novel is full of twists and turns that you will probably not see coming. Especially in the third act of the novel, things really pick up and there are so many twists and new discoveries and surprising moments, and I could not put it down because I had to know what would happen next!

Overall, I’d give this one four out of five stars. The language took away from it for me, and it’s a bit of a slow starter, but overall, it’s interesting, it’s got a good plot, its main character is sassy and relatable, it has a cute love story, and I loved the more sci-fi, futuristic technology aspects of it that hearken back to old favorites like Alien or Star Wars. Despite its minor drawbacks, it’s definitely set up to have a sequel, and yeah, I’ll definitely be reading that one, too.

This book is perfect (and I mean perfect) for fans of The 100 and The Final Six (me) for its sci-fi aspects and efforts to save humanity through technology and space travel, and also for fans of Cinder and The Lunar Chronicles series. In fact, it reminded me of Cinder in a lot of ways! (And has an equally beautiful purple-themed cover.) Definitely check it out if you’re into any of those books, or if you’re just looking for a fun read, or if you are looking for a good entry point into YA sci-fi—this would be an excellent place to start. ...more

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Dec 26, 2020 Ale96_CalS Paola rated it really liked it

Shelves: friendship, supernatural, thriller, teen-flick, demon, ya, lgbtq, isolated

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I was okay however a bit terrified about reading this sequel. I was okay with it because I liked the first one though it had its flaws in character development, but I enjoyed it without being fearful like with The Merciless (I’m still scarred by that). However, I still remembered this was a Danielle Vega book, so there was a chance I still could be scarred for life because of her writing and gory/creative choices, so, yeah that factor was there in my little mind all the way through. Anyway, the I was okay however a bit terrified about reading this sequel. I was okay with it because I liked the first one though it had its flaws in character development, but I enjoyed it without being fearful like with The Merciless (I’m still scarred by that). However, I still remembered this was a Danielle Vega book, so there was a chance I still could be scarred for life because of her writing and gory/creative choices, so, yeah that factor was there in my little mind all the way through. Anyway, the book was a good one, with the TV series features I again could see it being transformed into, it was better in so many aspects and I freaking bought the story and Hendricks’ POV way more than in the first book.
BETTER METAPHORS.
I got the metaphors from the isolated girl who just went through a departure from her first real love, here made through Eddie’s passing and how Hendricks dealt with it. I got the metaphors of the girl trying to regain her trust in her own capabilities on her own after going through a mental breakdown over an abusive ex, here made via Hendricks dealing with the demonic ghost of Justin and her status with the occult. They were beautiful and captivating, however, I wish we got Hendricks to realize more of her own powers and value, not as someone worthy of a sweet boy but as her own person.
BETTER CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
Even though I still didn’t like Portia and Vi, they are too snobbish for my taste. I, as a reader, was able to see their flaws and recognize their good deeds, sort of. I saw how Hendricks was part of their crew not only as a sobby replacement for lovely Raven but as a regular friend. Also, I wish we got to see more of the sweet lover boy pining after Hendricks (I cannot recall his name), because until now we only saw a moaning lover boy who reacts badly at being rejected, and I want to see more than just that awful side that had me saying “just stay as acquaintances” during most parts of the book where they both interacted.
I WANT ANOTHER.
I don’t know how this could go on having the whole town with a closed portal, but I want it to get more sequels. I need some development for Hendricks, to find her own call and discover more about the lore of her own powers and perhaps find love in a guy that is the nameless lover boy nor the ghost of Eddie, seriously. This has potential for more world-building.
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Sep 10, 2020 Lauren rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: horror-thriller-and-mystery, terrible-books, kindle-books

I have so many thoughts and feelings and none of them are positive LOL. I knew that I would feel this way after reading this book's predecessor, The Haunted, but here we are gang!

Hendricks is still reeling from the death of her boyfriend of 1 month, Eddie Ruiz, and is having the hardest time moving on from him for some reason. She decides that she's going to attempt to bring him back from the dead by performing a seance with her friends, and instead brings back a malevolent force hell bent on h I have so many thoughts and feelings and none of them are positive LOL. I knew that I would feel this way after reading this book's predecessor, The Haunted, but here we are gang!

Hendricks is still reeling from the death of her boyfriend of 1 month, Eddie Ruiz, and is having the hardest time moving on from him for some reason. She decides that she's going to attempt to bring him back from the dead by performing a seance with her friends, and instead brings back a malevolent force hell bent on hurting her and, in particular, her best friend Portia. Can Hendricks get over herself in time to stop the ghost?

GODDAMN THIS BOOK. Knowing what I know about the first book, Vega is really asking me to suspend my disbelief that ANYONE would do this. I'm sorry, but if I have only known you for 1 month and we kissed and maybe banged once, I would NOT feel compelled to bring your ass back from the dead. Sorry! This would have made so much more sense had their relationship spanned a year or two, and we can get some character development, but no. Also we have desperate good boy Connor who is so in love with Hendricks and her non-personality it makes my head spin.
The big reveal at the end and the whole mystery of the ghost they bring back is so out of left field and not played out well at all. It just left me being like "wait what?" and "who?" and "why did that even matter in the grand scheme of the story?". The pieces that the story needed to make that make sense were not introduced soon enough, so it seemed like a cheap cop-out with a battle scene that made me honestly almost fall asleep from boredom. AND SHE ENDS THIS BOOK FOR SETTING UP FOR A THIRD BOOK HOLY CRAP.

Here's another problem: why do main characters who are women not wear makeup? Why can't they? Why can't main characters who are women enjoy makeup? Is it because that would make them like other girls? Because we must remember that Hendricks is #notlikeothergirls. The mere mention of that pissed me off so much because it is CLICHED AS HELL!

I hope you enjoyed my ranting and raving, I'll be reading the 3rd so I can rant and rave some more! ...more

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Jul 10, 2020 Maxwell Ochman rated it really liked it

I loved almost every second of this book! There was a definite hole in my heart for something extremely gory and creepy, and Danielle Vega filled that so nicely!

I had so much fun reading this book! Vega’s writing never disappoints when it comes to unapologetically bringing on the horror. If you’re looking for an author that will GO THERE with their horror, read anything Vega related. She is not afraid to make your stomach squirm!

That being said, I did have two minor issues with this book. The ...more

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Aug 28, 2020 Blu Enom publishing house rated it it was amazing

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we have just launched our 1st gothic fiction on our own publishing house.
name of the book : The Journey to Immortalism
Language : English
A book about sea adventures, bravery, friendship and the importance of forgiveness.

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The plot concerns the quest of Philip Vanderdecken of Terneuzen in the Netherlands to save his father - who has been doomed to sail for eternity as the Captain of the Bewitched Immortalism Ship, after he made a rash oath to heaven and slew one of the crew whi ...more

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Oct 22, 2020 Heather Furnas rated it really liked it

Shelves: left-reviews

I want to start off by saying how much I love Danielle Vega/Collins and the lengths she goes in her books, they are one of a kind!

This is the second book to The Haunted. The Haunted was actually one of my least favorite books out of all Vega's work. BUT I didn't hate it. The Haunted just wasn't as scary as her other books but the character development in the Haunted was great and I think that helped.

The Unleashed takes place after the Steele House has fallen and Eddie, the boy she loved died. ...more

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Oct 29, 2020 Christina rated it really liked it

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Dec 26, 2020 Shannon Dahl rated it it was amazing

As a young adult novel, Vega hit all the boxes. As an adult reader, I enjoyed the book for simplicity sake....being a sucker for a combo supernatural/love plot, the novel pulled my literature string. thinking back to my youth and turning pages of R.L. Stine's Fear Street and L.M. Montgomery is Free Gables series, both Unleashed and its prequel The Haunted intertwine these two genres creating a dream pool of young adult goodness. What I appreciate about Vega is her courage not to conform to the n ...more

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Jun 15, 2020 Nicole (FearYourEx) rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs-read-in-2020

4/5 Stars

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC

I tend to really enjoy Danielle Vega's books, I haven't read any under her Danielle Rollins name. But aside from Survive the Night (which I actually threw across the room because I was mad at the ending) I've liked them all and read them quickly.

They're all really quick reads which is how I tend to prefer my thrillers and horror books. I just cannot read Stephen King style books.

The Unleashed is the sequel to The Haunted and picks ...more

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Jul 07, 2020 Kim rated it really liked it

This review is based on an ARC of this novel. Well let me just start by saying that this second book offered literally ZERO answers I’ve had since I read the ARC of the first book. This was a totally different storyline and I’m not sure I liked that. I wanted at least a little bit more. More addressing things from the first book, more solid backstory for this plot, more delving into Hendricks and her role in the story/town...just more. Don’t get me wrong, I still liked it and Vega is still a go ...more

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Jul 08, 2020 Brandi Aga rated it really liked it

Shelves: paperback

Vega, I love you so. Please don’t ever stop writing young adult horror. It’s my favorite!

Vega’s take on paranormal is always so fascinating to me. You know it could never happen (I mean, maybe, never say never) but nonetheless I still turn those pages like they’re gonna disappear if I don’t read them fast enough.

And that is why I will always grab her books!

This book is the second in the series. You will definitely need to read the first, though these two books gave off totally different vibes ...more

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Aug 06, 2020 Felicia Allen rated it it was amazing

I loved this one as much as the first, and it left me hoping for a book three in the future.

Danielle Vega did it again, she has been the only author to scare me in over 13 years!

In the aftermath of book one, Hendrix is trying to figure out if Eddie's ghost is still around. Her friendship with Conner and Portia is rocky at best, and Raven is in a coma. Hendrix gets everyone to help her perform a seance to try to contact Eddie and unleashed something evil. Amid ghost attacks and trying to figure ...more

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Sep 02, 2020 Nicole Heil rated it really liked it

Shelves: finished-reading

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Jan 25, 2021 Sierra rated it liked it

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Aug 24, 2020 Lynndell rated it it was amazing

Shelves: horror, advanced-reading-copy, asked-to-blog, edelweiss, hauntings, creepy

Creepy and more complex than The Haunted!
Hendricks is trying to get past the loss of Eddie with the help of her friends. She thinks that Steele House is destroyed and when strange things start to happen again, she hopes that it’s Eddie trying to contact her. An evil has been set loose in Drearford that connects the murders that have occurred in town over the past several decades. New terror builds on top of what Hendricks has already uncovered, creating a complex string of horrible events. Suspe ...more

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Oct 26, 2020 CR rated it it was amazing

This follow up to The Haunted was perfect!! I loved every second of it and I could not put it down!! I think that these people that these kids meet up with to learn about the Occult should be slapped. Being someone who had been in the occult for 20+ years some of what these kids were doing and how they were doing it should never have been done. But for the story it worked out well. I loved the characters and the story and I need more!! This one will knock your socks off and its perfect for the s ...more

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Jan 03, 2021 Poetniknowit rated it it was amazing

Wow, this novel was a bajillion times cleaner than any of Vega's last novels!

I tend to judge YA a bit more harshly, bc of YA authors' tendencies to write their teens and scenes unrealistically. People act in unbelievable ways. Parents are nowhere to be found and seen not to notice where their kids are. Ghosts magically come and go. Endings are perfectly wrapped in a bow.

The Unleashed was a tonmore interesting and way less cringey than it's predecessor The Haunted.

Definitely recommend it! ...more

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