What Stalks Among Us

Overall Verdict: More thriller than horror. May appeal more to younger YA readers who can tolerate the repetition of the story.

1/5 Stars

Book Summary: Best friends Sadie and Logan skip their senior trip and find themselves exploring a seemingly abandoned corn maze. Before they know it, a fun outing turns dark and twisty when they come across their own dead bodies. Time works strangely in the maze, and the two continually find themselves restarting over and over again. Determined to figure out what they need to do to escape, Sadie and Logan take risks, and learn about themselves in the process.

My Analysis: Cornfield maze and murder?! I was hooked on the premise. However, contrary to what seems to be popular opinion with this book, I was not drawn into the story. I found it tedious and repetitive (which yes, I get there has to be a certain amount for this to work, but it was too much). I think that it was too easy for the characters to figure certain things out and others were too obvious. But then the things that the reader would want to know more about, there was zero explanation. I was also expecting a horror book, and this was definitely not. It was not creepy in the slightest. If you’re dying for a thriller and have exhausted every other option, this may work for you. I hate to speak negatively so much about a book, but I honestly can’t determine one thing I actually enjoyed about this one. I kept pushing through hoping it would improve, but to me it did not. Perhaps the younger side of YA readers would appreciate this one more.