31 Days Of Thrills And Chills #23 ~ Shutter

Posted: October 23, 2019 in horror, reviews, YA
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Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2019! I did this the last couple of years and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!

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 Shutter

by Courtney Alameda

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Genre:  Horror / YA

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My Review

I remember the first time I came across this book and thought how deliciously creepy the cover was. Of course, I had to see what it was all about. Lucky enough to have won a copy, I wish I could remember who from so I could thank them for a copy of this very creepy book.

I’m all for a tough female protagonist and Micheline fills those shoes so well. And I’d never come across a tetrachromat before. She can see the auras of ghost. As a descendant of Van Helsing, she was born to hunt monsters and ghosts. Her special camera is one of most valuable tools. When a hunt goes terribly wrong, her team is cursed by a soulchain. Breaking the rules, they go off on their own to break the curse before they’re all consumed by it. They have seven days to complete their mission. Good thing they work together like a well oiled machine.

Right from the opening scene I was captured by this story. It had a very eerie vibe and some great characters. I couldn’t help but pull for them as they sought a cure from the curse. There was some edge of your seat action, some deadly creatures and nasty ghosts, and some fun dialogue to break up the suspense.

There’s a bit of romance but it wasn’t the main focus. It just sprinkled a little something nice into what is tagged a horror story. And while the book didn’t necessarily scare me, that takes a lot as I’ve read and watched horror since I was a wee girl, my imagination created some vivid visuals that made for an exciting, eerie experience.

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Synopsis

Micheline Helsing is a tetrachromat—a girl who sees the auras of the undead in a prismatic spectrum. As one of the last descendants of the Van Helsing lineage, she has trained since childhood to destroy monsters both corporeal and spiritual: the corporeal undead go down by the bullet, the spiritual undead by the lens. With an analog SLR camera as her best weapon, Micheline exorcises ghosts by capturing their spiritual energy on film. She’s aided by her crew: Oliver, a techno-whiz and the boy who developed her camera’s technology; Jude, who can predict death; and Ryder, the boy Micheline has known and loved forever.

When a routine ghost hunt goes awry, Micheline and the boys are infected with a curse known as a soulchain.

As the ghostly chains spread through their bodies, Micheline learns that if she doesn’t exorcise her entity in seven days or less, she and her friends will die. Now pursued as a renegade agent by her monster-hunting father, Leonard Helsing, she must track and destroy an entity more powerful than anything she’s faced before . . . or die trying.

Lock, stock, and lens, she’s in for one hell of a week.

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Comments
  1. Lori says:

    I have heard great things about this author and book! I think that the cover is absolutely terrifying and I am intrigued to give it a try.

  2. Tammy says:

    I loved this too! It was such a unique story, with the use of cameras and ghosts😁

  3. This is another one that’s gotten lost in Kindle oblivion. I know I have it on there but just never made time. I’ve heard lots of positive things about this book though so I know I’ll pick it up someday.

  4. creealicious cover. i would grab it for that reason alone
    sherry @ fundinmental

  5. Oh my goodness, the cover of this book is terrifying! The premise sounds like something my husband might enjoy though so I’ll make a note of the title for him. I’m a total wimp but slowly introducing myself to slightly scarier reads! Great review 🙂

  6. Beware Of The Reader says:

    Well maybe it did not scare you Laura but I bet it would scare me!!!

  7. alisbooks says:

    OMG! I think these covers you’re sharing are just getting creepier! Glad you enjoyed it!

  8. Liliana says:

    Oh I read this one a while back! I remember really enjoying it! Plus I really love the creepy cover! Great review! 😊

    • fuonlyknew says:

      This was on my wish list and I chose it when I won a book of choice giveaway. It sure was wicked fun. And the cover is perfect for the story!

  9. Lelia T says:

    That really is quite the cover 😉

  10. I’ve always been creeped out by that cover when I’ve seen it! *shudder*

  11. ericarobyn says:

    This cover gets me every time I see it! So creepy!

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