The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall
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Summary
In this asylum， your mind plays tricks on you all the time…
Delia’s new house isn’t just a house。 Long ago， it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females—an insane asylum nicknamed “Hysteria Hall。” However， many of the inmates were not insane， just defiant and strong willed。 Kind of like Delia herself。
But the house still wants to keep “troubled” girls locked away。 So， in the most horrifying way， Delia gets trapped。
And that’s when she learns that the house is also haunted。
Ghost girls wander the halls in their old-fashioned nightgowns。 A handsome ghost boy named Theo roams the grounds。 Delia finds that all the spirits are unsettled and full of dark secrets。 The house， as well， harbors shocking truths within its walls—truths that only Delia can uncover， and that may set her free。
But she’ll need to act quickly， before the house’s power overtakes everything she loves。
From master of suspense Katie Alender comes a riveting tale of twisted memories and betrayals， and the meaning of madness。
Delia’s new house isn’t just a house。 Long ago， it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females—an insane asylum nicknamed “Hysteria Hall。” However， many of the inmates were not insane， just defiant and strong willed。 Kind of like Delia herself。
But the house still wants to keep “troubled” girls locked away。 So， in the most horrifying way， Delia gets trapped。
And that’s when she learns that the house is also haunted。
Ghost girls wander the halls in their old-fashioned nightgowns。 A handsome ghost boy named Theo roams the grounds。 Delia finds that all the spirits are unsettled and full of dark secrets。 The house， as well， harbors shocking truths within its walls—truths that only Delia can uncover， and that may set her free。
But she’ll need to act quickly， before the house’s power overtakes everything she loves。
From master of suspense Katie Alender comes a riveting tale of twisted memories and betrayals， and the meaning of madness。
Reviews
Mallory
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Forever one of my favorite books
Shreya
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I read this book when I was in 6th grade and let me tell you， it was amazing。 It is not a horror book even though the cover seems to differ but "don't judge a book by its cover"。 It is such an amazing story about this young girl and her life in a haunted house。 It is more of a mystery but not really， I'm not sure if this helps but don't think too much and just read it。 If you like a very light yet mysterious read this is defo a must。 I read this book when I was in 6th grade and let me tell you， it was amazing。 It is not a horror book even though the cover seems to differ but "don't judge a book by its cover"。 It is such an amazing story about this young girl and her life in a haunted house。 It is more of a mystery but not really， I'm not sure if this helps but don't think too much and just read it。 If you like a very light yet mysterious read this is defo a must。 。。。more
Merin
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I went into this book with literally zero knowledge of what it was about， solely drawn in by the title。 I was expecting something spooky and horror-ish， and I guess maybe it was？ But I never really felt the creep factor I was expecting。 Which wasn't necessarily a bad thing - I still really enjoyed this story - but it just wasn't what I thought I'd be getting。 Nonetheless， this is a story about a strong， stubborn girl， her love of her family， and her fight to uncover truths and defeat the evil lu I went into this book with literally zero knowledge of what it was about， solely drawn in by the title。 I was expecting something spooky and horror-ish， and I guess maybe it was？ But I never really felt the creep factor I was expecting。 Which wasn't necessarily a bad thing - I still really enjoyed this story - but it just wasn't what I thought I'd be getting。 Nonetheless， this is a story about a strong， stubborn girl， her love of her family， and her fight to uncover truths and defeat the evil lurking in her new home。 There were lots of twists and turns， and I was eagerly reading along， especially once we hit about the 70% mark。 If you're interested， I say give it a go！ It's a very entertaining read。 。。。more
Chrisy Markey
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This young adult book was really a page turner。 I couldn’t wait to find out more about each character and why they were where they were。 The story is one that you might expect， but it’s told well。 So that you care what happens to each character in the end。 Great ghost story about the love of sisters and family and friends。 I liked it so much i donated my copy to our middle school library so some more people can enjoy it。
Jasmine
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Theme: In this book we learn that everyone has a reason that they are living their life。Overall Impression: I really enjoyed this book because of all the plot changes。 I also enjoyed the way it tells you want is going on and why it is happening。Likes: 1。 the point of view details。2。 the lesson that we learn。3。 Plot changes that happened。Dislikes1。 The place it took place in。2。 The nice person is really mean and the "mean" is nice Theme: In this book we learn that everyone has a reason that they are living their life。Overall Impression: I really enjoyed this book because of all the plot changes。 I also enjoyed the way it tells you want is going on and why it is happening。Likes: 1。 the point of view details。2。 the lesson that we learn。3。 Plot changes that happened。Dislikes1。 The place it took place in。2。 The nice person is really mean and the "mean" is nice 。。。more
Kira Moericke
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Not as scary a I'd thought it be， though it did have a nice ending。 Not as scary a I'd thought it be， though it did have a nice ending。 。。。more
Erin
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What a fast read！ And a nice twist at the end。 Highly recommend！
Jaydyn Loomis
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This book was great， I couldnt stop reading and it was in total just a great book with lots of emotion
Helen Pugsley
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Alender has done it again！Killing off the main character was a wild creative choice but Whoa！ It paid off！I was up late reading this， carrying it around， utterly entranced。I like that Alender's ghost stories deal with grief。 It's nice。 Alender has done it again！Killing off the main character was a wild creative choice but Whoa！ It paid off！I was up late reading this， carrying it around， utterly entranced。I like that Alender's ghost stories deal with grief。 It's nice。 。。。more
Sab
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The initial setup to the conflict of the whole story was well done。 I liked it。But that's it。 I found myself dragging to finish this book just because I wanted to know how they resolve the problem but it felt so draggy。 Some characters would confuse me because one moment they're supposed to be bad and then towards the end they help？ With little to no explanation。 Maybe because they were more of background characters？ And the rules of this world feels inconsistent。 It changes to fit the story or The initial setup to the conflict of the whole story was well done。 I liked it。But that's it。 I found myself dragging to finish this book just because I wanted to know how they resolve the problem but it felt so draggy。 Some characters would confuse me because one moment they're supposed to be bad and then towards the end they help？ With little to no explanation。 Maybe because they were more of background characters？ And the rules of this world feels inconsistent。 It changes to fit the story or depending on what needs to happen。The ending was so bland and the love interest at the end was so unnecessary。 Personally， I found it a boring read but it wasn't atrocious。 。。。more
Cari Fisher
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Sidenote: Have you ever read something that had a couple familar parts to it， similar to something you've read before？ And then you realize。。。 you did read this books years ago。 *face palm*That happened with this book。Alright， so this story definitely gets better as it goes along。 I appreciate the imaginative creations and storylines of Katie Alender。 She's got a good flow and easy to read that you can blow through 100 pages easily。 She draws a lot of connections to objects and people throughout Sidenote: Have you ever read something that had a couple familar parts to it， similar to something you've read before？ And then you realize。。。 you did read this books years ago。 *face palm*That happened with this book。Alright， so this story definitely gets better as it goes along。 I appreciate the imaginative creations and storylines of Katie Alender。 She's got a good flow and easy to read that you can blow through 100 pages easily。 She draws a lot of connections to objects and people throughout the plot， as any good mystery author should。And of course， love the nod to Walter S again， who is an author on things supernatural that is mentioned in all of her books so far [except maybe Marie Antoinette， Serial Killer。 I haven't read that and also seems a little not like her other books。] This time he seems to be with the times and onto supernatural forums online。 Seriously Katie Alender， I would LOVE to have a great story about Walter。 I want to know his background and how he became to be！The sour parts---1。 The little ghost fight between the Delia and Florence。 They get so raged up they turn into bright lights？ Sorry but you lost me there。 And I know Florence was merely a pawn but that battle was cut a little short。 Anticlimactic。2。 The cheesiness: first with her reason she would win the fight with Florence was bc of her love。 Gag me。 I don't need another love wins all reminder。 And then the ending when they're all turning bright and leaving and the last sentence "Rest in peace"。 Yes I'm glad the ghosts aren't being held hostage anymore and they're moving on but can we find some way to not have cheesy ghosts endings like this？3。 The main character（s） are kind of the same in her books。 Bad Girls Don't Die we have two sisters。 Here we have the same main character is the older sister， main side character is the younger sister。 And personalities don't waver much between the main characters。 I like a girl becoming strong willed but can we not make it seem cookie cutter in all the books？In conclusion， I like this book， but it does has some annoying flaws。 It needs more depth。 Not keeping it on my shelf but a good read。 Has some creepy moments。 But if you want the best and an actual horror book， read the Bad Girls Don't Die trilogy by her。 First book is creepy， second book is scary， and third is straight horror。 Seriously， I almost had nightmares。 I love them。 。。。more
Muskan G
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In the end there is always love satisfaction and contentment and oneness with the universe。 This book made me cry， laugh and loved。 Thank you for this book
Bookish Corner
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If you love thriller novels， where a lot of questions are for you to interpret， then pick up this book。 I haven’t been able to put it down since I got it。 Granted I got it in the middle of school， but I started it as soon as I got home with a few brain brakes here and there。 This story is so compelling and the characters are so interesting。 I will definitely have to get my own copy and tab it cause it’s that amazing
StarMan
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Good juvenile/YA haunted house tale。 3。4 YA stars。Award for: Criminally Stupid ParentsAlso check out Alender's Bad Girls Don't Die （3。8 YA stars） Good juvenile/YA haunted house tale。 3。4 YA stars。Award for: Criminally Stupid ParentsAlso check out Alender's Bad Girls Don't Die （3。8 YA stars） 。。。more
Safa
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This was my first time reading a horror book 。。but it is not scary and all。（view spoiler）[ Pretty good book， taught me to love people as much as we can while we live than to regret later。 Even the people we think who hate us might not actually hate us。 And as for love we can find it we after we die。 （hide spoiler）] Its an easy read can complete it by a week or even earlier ， keeps you pretty thrilled。 Some parts are really interesting and doesn't allow to keep down that book。 This was my first time reading a horror book 。。but it is not scary and all。（view spoiler）[ Pretty good book， taught me to love people as much as we can while we live than to regret later。 Even the people we think who hate us might not actually hate us。 And as for love we can find it we after we die。 （hide spoiler）] Its an easy read can complete it by a week or even earlier ， keeps you pretty thrilled。 Some parts are really interesting and doesn't allow to keep down that book。 。。。more
Jonathan Rainbolt
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Gave me some heavy Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children vibes， so if you liked that book; you might find this enjoyable。
bookedbrunette
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"𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲，" 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝。 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬。 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞， 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠。 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞。I picked this book up from a used bookstore without even thinking because I enjoy the horror genre and it looked scary。 I was pleasantly surprised about a lot of things。-Delia: the main character， the heroine。 I loved her character so much。 She was strong， brave， headstrong and sometimes sassy。 I loved her BUT， she was "𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲，" 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝。 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬。 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞， 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠。 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞。I picked this book up from a used bookstore without even thinking because I enjoy the horror genre and it looked scary。 I was pleasantly surprised about a lot of things。-Delia: the main character， the heroine。 I loved her character so much。 She was strong， brave， headstrong and sometimes sassy。 I loved her BUT， she was very opposite。 What I mean is that she was extremely dumb like a teenager in some parts but， she like figured out every mystery quicker THAN I DID！！！！ Her character as much as I loved it， felt like two people in one。 -the setting: LOVED IT， PERFECT FOR A HORROR BOOK FILLED WITH MYSTERY AND GHOSTS AND SCARY， EVIL SPIRITS。 -characters: there were amazing characters that I loved so， so much。 I enjoyed the family together， the love they shared for each other and the real character development of each and every character， it was so enjoyable。 - a VERY GOOD READ！ AND it goes by fast， pretty action packed！！！！！！！！！！！ SPOILER WARNING！！！！！！！- I had some issues with some of the plot line。。。。。。。THE MAXWELL PIVENS！ I was so confused and still am to what he WAS actually。。。。Delia defeated him， pretty much with her words and he was gone yet， he was keeping all of the females imprisoned and enslaved to the houses doings？？ I- ok。 - I ALSO STILL REALLY DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SHADOW BLACK FIRE MONSTER WAS LIKE。。。WAS IT OR WAS IT NOT A PART OF THE EVIL OF MAXWELL PIVENS。KINDA WACK。-THE ENDING: so ofc the twists were great and the story of the house reveals itself with the knowledge that the sweet southern belle FLORENCE IS THE PUPPET MASTER。 That as a decent enough twist， I enjoyed it but not as much as MARIA GETTING HER REDEMPTION， YES GIRL。 ANYWHO， I did enjoy the ending， I felt at peace as they found their peace。。。。to be completely honest， no matter how cheesy it was。。。I SQUEALED at the fact that THEO kissed DELIA。 God I wanted them to have more ice-skating moments。。。。。 :（（（all in all， good read， not the best but， DEFINITELY， not the worst。 。。。more
₴₭ɎⱠ₳Ɽ ฿ⱠɄɆ♥||I've always liked to play with fire~
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NOOOO COMMENTTTTTT。 SERIOUSLY。 HOW DO PEOPLE MAKE BOOKS LIKE THIS？！？！？！ I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE A BOOK LIKE THIS。 "Did you even try？" You may ask。 YES I HAVE AND IT SUCKED。 I COULDN'T EVEN MAKE 2 PARAGRAPHS！！！！ AND IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE。 ok， but seriously， this book was really good。 Peridot NOOOO COMMENTTTTTT。 SERIOUSLY。 HOW DO PEOPLE MAKE BOOKS LIKE THIS？！？！？！ I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE A BOOK LIKE THIS。 "Did you even try？" You may ask。 YES I HAVE AND IT SUCKED。 I COULDN'T EVEN MAKE 2 PARAGRAPHS！！！！ AND IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE。 ok， but seriously， this book was really good。 Peridot 。。。more
Mika
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Here's my short review:This is a really good book！ I was sorely disappointed after reading "Marie Antoinette， Serial Killer" by the same author， Katie Alender， hence i was quite discouraged from picking another book by her， also because of the mixed reviews。 Turned out this is a really good read。 The writing is fantastic， so is the story telling。 Although the whole concept of a haunted house sounds pretty cliche and uninteresting， this book wasn't the least bit 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨。 Yes， the story sure isn't Here's my short review:This is a really good book！ I was sorely disappointed after reading "Marie Antoinette， Serial Killer" by the same author， Katie Alender， hence i was quite discouraged from picking another book by her， also because of the mixed reviews。 Turned out this is a really good read。 The writing is fantastic， so is the story telling。 Although the whole concept of a haunted house sounds pretty cliche and uninteresting， this book wasn't the least bit 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨。 Yes， the story sure isn't mind boggling or brilliant， or something out-of-the-world revolutionary， but it's enjoyable and， as i mentioned earlier， the writing is what truly makes this amazing。 It can also get a bit predictable at times。 ʕ •ᴥ•ʔEnjoyed this one， i can actually recommend this book to people。 。。。more
Izzybella
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One of my favorite books！
Trigger Warning Database
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Trigger & Content Warnings:Suicide （mentioned） and self-harm （mentioned）Blood depictionMurder
Leeya
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 WOW what an amazing book
Jacie
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4。5*
Tabitha
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A very interesting read。 Had me hooked throughout the entire time。 The ending was very sweet。
Ashley Freeman
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 It’s more of a 4。5 than a 4 star。 I liked it enough to finish it in 24 hours but I wouldn’t have said it’s a favorite。 I did really like Delia and Janie and how their sisterhood really stayed together even after she had been dead for four years。 I did like how it had to be them that saved all the ghosts！
Ridgewood Public Library Youth Services
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This was a book that I picked up at the book fair， since I've always been into books with dark themes and mysteries。 The story revolves around an old house that Delia and her family move into。 However， to Delia's horror， the house used to be an insane asylum。 Whether it was her imagination or not， the aura that the house gives off leads Delia to protest living in the house （as anyone would）。 But in a shocking twist， the house traps Delia as well， leaving her to unravel the mysteries she's not ev This was a book that I picked up at the book fair， since I've always been into books with dark themes and mysteries。 The story revolves around an old house that Delia and her family move into。 However， to Delia's horror， the house used to be an insane asylum。 Whether it was her imagination or not， the aura that the house gives off leads Delia to protest living in the house （as anyone would）。 But in a shocking twist， the house traps Delia as well， leaving her to unravel the mysteries she's not even sure exists。Though the book's back cover gave a summary， I was still surprised by the plot twists that happened from even the first few chapters。 It's a book that plays with perspective without actually changing the narrator， and manipulates your mind into believing something that isn't truth。 It never failed to surprise me。Something readers should know is that despite its plot twists， I would consider the plot to be somewhat of a slow burn。 That doesn't equate boring， however。 The puzzle pieces come together through various interactions and findings without you ever really realizing。 Things that seemed trivial were actually key。 Basically， this book is all about false truths。 It was a really enticing read， and I especially enjoyed the ending that the author created。- Kate， Grade 10 。。。more
Lana
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Well written。 Interesting。 A bit of a slow story and you get bored a little bit over all it’s not bad。
Jean
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I read through this book in preparation for giving it to my 10 year old granddaughter for Christmas， as she had asked for it。 I do not think this is a good choice for her， after all。 In turns， this book is scary and sad。 But worst of all， it makes being dead into a fantasy adventure。 I think there is nothing uplifting or useful in this book for a pre-teen， especially during this troubling pandemic time。
Katerina Kondrenko
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2。5 out of 10ревью на русском/review in russianHonestly， I didn't like the book。 It was readable but predictable， troped， and cheesy。 Any possible cliche was here。 Paranormal creatures acted like people， like modern people， even though most of them were born centuries ago and had no chance to interact with nowadays folks to learn。 （view spoiler）[Parents who locked their scared daughter in the presumed haunted house and were surprised to found her dead are a golden example of awesome parentin 2。5 out of 10ревью на русском/review in russianHonestly， I didn't like the book。 It was readable but predictable， troped， and cheesy。 Any possible cliche was here。 Paranormal creatures acted like people， like modern people， even though most of them were born centuries ago and had no chance to interact with nowadays folks to learn。 （view spoiler）[Parents who locked their scared daughter in the presumed haunted house and were surprised to found her dead are a golden example of awesome parenting， yeah。 （hide spoiler）] This Theo guy was placed in the plot for teen romance's sake only， but what about development， or at least something？ （view spoiler）[The author gave the MC and her love interest ~3 scenes to chat for a while， then left them be for the entire book to suddenly connect them， loving each other， in the end。 （hide spoiler）] Nuh， I'm out of this ship。 I also didn't find interesting any of the secondary characters。 Unusual case。 The horror side wasn't scary， the mystery part was meh， the drama piece was lame。 So。。。 。。。more
Subhoshri
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