Sanctum

By: Madeleine Roux

Narrated by: Michael Goldstrom

In the chilling second book in the New York Times bestselling Asylum series, three teens must return to the asylum that still haunts their dreams to end the nightmare once and for all. With the page-turning suspense and horror that made Asylum such a standout, and featuring found photographs from real vintage carnivals, Sanctum is a mind-bending reading experience that's perfect for fans of the smash hit Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Dan, Abby, and Jordan remain traumatized by the summer they shared in the Brookline asylum. Much as they'd love to move on, many questions remain, and someone is determined to keep the terror alive, sending the teens photos of an old-timey carnival, with no note and no name. Forsaking their plan never to go back, the teens return to New Hampshire College under the guise of a weekend for prospective students, and there they realize that the carnival from the photos is not only real, it's here on campus, apparently for the first time in many years.

Sneaking away from sample classes and college parties, Dan and his friends lead a tour of their own—one through the abandoned houses and hidden places of a surrounding town. Camford is hiding a terrible past, and the truth behind Dan's connection to the asylum's evil warden is more terrifying than Dan ever imagined.

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better than the first. A st and nail bitting. a

Better than the first. A fast paced read, tense and twisting tale. The love angle needs to pick up.

My Favorite Parts Of The Book:

1) When Dan was freaking out when Doug kept screaming his first and last name repeatedly.
2) When Jordan walked in the room, both arms full of snacks, consisting 2 bottles of water for Dan and Abby, a diet Mt. Dew, and a bag of Doritos for himself.
3) Dan having conversations with Maudire and getting annoyed by the bird saying "Turk".
4) A Harry Potter reference was made about Professor Reyes' office looking as if it belonged to Dolores Umbridge, but without the pink and cats everywhere.
5) The whole last chapter.

attention catching and keeping

sad to hear this one end. it definitely caught and kept my attention during the mind numbing commute to and from work daily.

Sanctum

This was great!! The only complaint I have was that the action didn't come sooner. It took me a long time to finish this book because I often got bored of it. But once I sat down and read it, it was amazing. I do recommend this book.

enjoyable

I thought the book was very interesting. it tied on nicely with the previous one !