The House Next Door [Import] [Unbound]

Richie Tankersley Cusick (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (January 2002)
• ISBN-10: 074342204X
• ISBN-13: 978-0743422048
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling supernatural romance for teens., January 3, 2002

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Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The House Next Door (Paperback)

The house next door to Emma Donovan is a creepy, falling-apart old mansion that's been abandoned for many years. The house has always spooked Emma, and every time she looks at it, she gets a cold feeling of dread. When her best friend, Valerie, doesn't have a date for the school dance, Emma begs her twin brother Charlie to take her, and he agrees - on the condition that Emma spend a night alone in the house next door. Emma agrees, not knowing what she's getting herself into. Because during her night in the house, Emma will relive the events of many years ago, and a love with a handsome young man that can only lead to tragedy. Charlie says it was all a dream, but Emma knows it wasn't. She's determined to find out the truth about what happened in the house all those years ago, but is she risking her own life in the process? I highly recommend this book to teens who enjoy supernatural thrillers.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting But Lacking, February 5, 2002

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The House Next Door (Paperback)

Emma and Charlie Donovan share a lot of things. Their birthday for one, CD's, and dreams. On a dare, Emma bets Charlie that she can spend a night alone in the house next door. Which is, supposedly haunted. After one night in the house Emma begins having strange dreams, and living the life of a girl who lived in the house, who had the same name and age as Emma. Now her life is spinning out of control. While other girls her age are planning their outfits for the school dance, Emma is trying to rid her mind of a spirit and a love from 100 years ago.

While this book was very good at times it lacked in certain areas. I recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of the Buffy the Vampire slayer book series. Or anyone interested in the paranormal.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tragic Love!, July 15, 2002

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Aleisha (Lake Mary, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The House Next Door (Paperback)

Emma Donovan, in an attempt to get her twin brother Charlie (to whom she is physciclly linked) to take her friend Val to a dance at their school, accepts his challenge to spend a night in the old, deserted house next door that is supposedly haunted. The Haunted Farmington House. But while there Emma meets the Farmington ghost, Daniel and she steps straight into a tragic love story between the stable boy Daniel and his lady love, the beautiful Emma Farmington. Emma's father is an abusive drunkard who disapproves of their relationshp. One night Emma's father locks Daniel and Emma in a barn and sets fire to it. But only one person escaped. Now Emma has to relive the whole tragic accident so Daniel's ghost can be at peace. Will Emma survive? What will happen with Charlie and Val?

This was an excellent book. It was funny especially the dialouge between Charlie and Emma. And it was romantic. Great read!