3 out of 5 stars ***
Strange things taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, or thereabouts. A young girl hears rumors of young boys missing for a few days then returning a changed person. Her home life is strained by an alcoholic father who can go off at any moment causing her, her sister, and her mother to feel more uncomfortable than loved. Once, she feels protected by him when she meets the older boy known as "Goblin." This ex high school football jock gets this nickname after an automobile accident leaves him with severe head injuries that cause him to behave like some demon possessed creature who eats fingers and brutalizes animals. Her father warns her and her sister to never go over to this boys house. Strange, inappropriate sexual parties start up involving neighbors. This depresses the children. The kids start to investigate the strange abductions of young boys on their own.
This book is told through the eyes of an adolescent girl, 12 going on 13. It has the feel of a Young Adult Horror story based on real occurrences. The character development is good and the story line suspenseful. This reader has a different ending in mind once it ends but that speaks to the author's ability to be mysterious with the obvious. This bleak tale does not have closure in its finale but the beginning of new stories to flesh out.
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