House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland follows Iris Hollow as she lives a seemingly normal teenage life, though strange events seem to follow her and her older sisters. Flashback to when Iris was young, she and her two sisters inexplicably disappear, coming back a month later with no memory of their time away and with changed appearances. The book starts when Iris’s mega-famous eldest sister Grey goes missing, with only perplexing clues in her wake. While reading this book, I went on a paranormal adventure with Iris as her normal life turned more and more supernatural. Intoxicating is the perfect word to describe the Hollow sisters, and I loved the alluring nature of each sister, which made me entranced by their entertaining lives. My favorite part of the book was unraveling the secrets of Iris’s life and the world alongside her, going through the twists and turns of this exploit. This book gives the reader strong and powerful female leads that use their beauty and wits as weapons to carve themselves a space in the world. The unnerving and creepy moments of this book kept me on the edge of my seat, compelling me to finish this book in one day.

Review by: Gabriel Friedman

Gabriel is a teen volunteer at the Palms-Rancho Park Library. He is a 9th grader at the Geffen Academy at UCLA.

—Emily Meehan, Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library