Imaginary Girls

Title: Imaginary Girls

Authors: Nova Ren Suma

Release Date: 14 June 2011

Genre: YA

Series: N/A

Pages: 348

Goodreads Description:

Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can't be captured or caged. When a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby.

But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood.

With palpable drama and delicious craft, Nova Ren Suma bursts onto the YA scene with the story that everyone will be talking about.

The horror was... gripping. I loved the mystery surrounding what Ruby could do-- or what she would do, the lengths at which she would take to protect her sister. It seems so dementedly obsessive, the tone of the whole story. It's those stories that scare you, that fear of the unknown, yet so intriguing you have to read on. Even the way the story is narrated is so unique, it just makes you feel like you're floating in the water, and everything's very surreal.
What scares me the most is that I still did not know the extent of Ruby's mysterious powers. Heck, I don't even know if it's a power. Not knowing is what makes the whole story so scary. It will give you chills, this one.

5/5