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    The Doll's Eye

    By Marina Cohen

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    All Hadley wants is for everything to go back to the way it used to be—back when she didn’t have to share her mother with her stepfather and stepbrother. Back when she wasn't forced to live in a musty, decomposing house. Back when she had a life in the city with her friends.

    As Hadley whiles away what’s left of her summer, exploring the nearby woods and splitting her time between her strange, bug-obsessed neighbor Gabe and the nice old lady that lives above the garage, she begins to notice the house isn’t just old and creaky. It’s full of secrets, just like appearance of a mysterious dollhouse and the family of perfect dolls she finds.

    Oh, how she wishes her family were more like those lovely dolls! Then one day, Hadley discovers a lone glass eye rolling around the floor of the attic. Holding it close one night, she makes a wish that just might change her world forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateFeb 28, 2017
    ISBN9781626722057
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    Marina Cohen

    Marina Cohen grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, where she spent far too much time asking herself what if. . . . In elementary school, her favorite author was Edgar Allan Poe. She loved “The Tell-Tale Heart” and aspired to write similar stories. She is attracted to the fantastical, the bizarre, and all things eerie. Her previous books include The Inn Between, A Box of Bones, and The Doll's Eye.

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      Hadley misses the way she and her mother used to be. They've recently moved out of their apartment in the big city and Hadley now has to share her mother with a stepfather and stepbrother. The house they moved into is in the suburbs. It isn't a pleasant place and it constantly gives Hadley an uneasy feeling. She longs for a warm and comfortable home, but instead she has to get used to a house that's musty and chilly. She doesn't feel completely at ease in her new surroundings and spending time with the additional family she never wanted makes Hadley feel deeply unhappy.

      The house comes with a large number of items that have been left behind by the previous owners. One of those items is a dollhouse. The lovely tenant who's lived on the premises for a long time even gives Hadley new dolls for her treasured possession. However, something strange is going on with the dolls and the house and Hadley is curious to uncover their secrets. When she finds a glass eye she thinks it belongs to another doll, but which one? She knows something sinister is happening, when one night she accidentally makes a wish. Wishes can't be undone and it's the beginning of a very different time for Hadley. Will she be able to uncover the mystery behind the dollhouse before it's too late?

      The Doll's Eye is a fantastic creepy story. I love frightening stories about dolls, so I was immediately intrigued by the subject of this book. Hadley is a sweet girl whose world has been turned upside down because her mother suddenly found love. Hadley has to get used to having a stepfather and a little brother and this isn't easy. She wants things to go back to the way they were, but that isn't what happens when she makes her wishes. Hadley knows something worrisome is going on with the house she's living in and the dollhouse she has in her room, but the question is if she can uncover its secrets quickly enough and fight the magic that's messing with her. Her search kept me on the edge of my seat and I read the book in one sitting because I was so anxious to discover if she'd eventually be okay again.

      Marina Cohen has written a terrific eerie book. I was mesmerized by her writing from the start. It's captivating, descriptive and vivid. She knows how to divide tension and this constantly made me curious. I love it when an author manages to surprise me and Marina Cohen has definitely done that with this story. I was constantly amazed and loved the many unexpected twists and turns and overall scariness of her subject matter. The ending is sublime and gorgeously suffocating. I really loved The Doll's Eye, it's creative, distressing and enchanting.