I think I’ll have to call this 3.5 stars rounded up. I wish the author hadn’t done Auntie the way she did!

I enjoyed Sara’s story a lot. I think the diary doesn’t quite pass as realistic, but I went along with it. Katherine felt like she added the least - just an unnecessary story complication. I also didn’t care for Candace and the O’Rourkes and all that. I would have enjoyed some simplification of the plot because the idea of the sleepers was interesting and creepy.

The cave felt super claustrophobic, loved that. Loved the spooky woods and all the sleeper stuff. There was some good imagery here.

There were parts that felt rushed at the end, and I don’t love when things are explained via dialogue narration when they would be more interesting as full flashbacks. So it was definitely a bit messy, but successfully suspenseful - I was turning those pages!