Breaker by Kat Ellis 334 p. RP Teens/ Running Press, May 24, 2016. 9780762459087.
Publisher synopsis: Kyle Henry has a new name, a new school, and a new life—one without the shadow of the Bonebreaker hanging over him. It's been a year since his serial killer father's execution, and it finally looks like things are turning around for Kyle.
Until he recognizes the girl sitting in the back row in homeroom.
Naomi Steadman is immediately intrigued by Killdeer Academy's newcomer. She does not know he is the son of the man who murdered her mother. What she does know is she and Kyle have a connection with each other—and a spark that Kyle continues to back away from.
Soon after Kyle’s arrival, the death count on campus starts to rise. Someone is set on finishing what the Bonebreaker started, and murdering ghosts from the past may be the only thing that can stop the spree.
Told in alternating viewpoints, Kat Ellis’s tale of mystery and horror is full of broken bonds and new beginnings.
First Line: The rope around my ankles burned, but it was a good burn.
Page 56: The mouse's black-eyed gaze had never flinched, never blinked, not even after-when the newscaster was telling me all about how my daddy was the monster everybody called the Bonebreaker. I sat next to Uncle Coby on the couch that afternoon, his big arm over my shoulders, the smell of Dad's cigarettes hanging thick in the air like he was still there, sitting in that high-backed chair of his watching the news with us. I was determined I wasn't going to cry it out like a little wuss. I kept my eyes fixed tight on that mouse, and I never flinched, never blinked, while my life fell apart.
I'm participating in a blog tour for this. Look for my review on May 20th.
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