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Comes the Night (Casters Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Norah Wilson (Author), Heather Doherty (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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How far would you go to escape your own personal teenage hell? Would you run away, break away from everything you know—even your own body?

Alex Robbins, Brooke Saunders and Maryanne Hemlock could not be more different, yet they all have something in common—deep and soul-searing pain. They are also all students at Streep Academy, a boarding school just one step away from juvie, where they've come to complete high school. The three have been relegated to Harvell House, the residence reserved for the hardest cases, the so-called Rejects from Reject Row.

In the forbidden attic of the old Victorian house-turned-residence, the girls discover the diary of Connie Harvell, a young woman who was confined and abused there some 50 years ago. In the end, Connie’s attic prison couldn't hold her—not completely. She found a way out. At least a dark part of her did. And after reading her diary, the girls discover they can escape at will too. A terrifying, thrilling flight from their bodies and their troubles.

But God help them, their pain isn't all they leave behind when they join with the night.

And God help anyone who’s wronged them...
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AEVUERY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Something Shiny Press; 1st edition (November 27, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 27, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 853 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 331 pages
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  1. Norah Wilson

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    The tenth of eleven children, I had to do something to distinguish myself. That thing turned out to be writing.

    One of the coolest things that ever happened to me was finalling in RWA's Golden Heart contest for unpublished romance writers in 2001. I went on to do it again in 2002 and 2003.

    Another cool thing: winning the 2003 New Voice in Romance contest sponsored by Dorchester Publishing and Romantic Times Magazine. My contest-winning story went on to be published by Dorchester.

    A *super* cool thing: the revolutionizing of reading habits by Kindle and other eReaders. That development allowed me to publish my romantic suspense stories that didn't quite fit for traditional publishers, but which have been very well received by readers. Yay, Amazon!

    My newest cool thing? Being able to put "USA Today bestselling author" after my name.

    I live in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, with my family, a Rotti-Shepherd cross (Rottherd? Sheprotti?) and a tuxedo cat.

    You can find my romance website at http://norahwilsonwrites.com and my YA / Casters series (co-written with Heather Doherty) website at http://castersthebooks.com. And at long last, you can read about Dix Dodd's adventurs at www.dixdodd.com.

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    Heather Doherty fell completely in love with writing while taking creative writing courses through Athabasca University. Motivated by her university success, and a life-long dream of becoming a novelist, she later enrolled in the Humber School for Writers. Her first literary novel was published in 2006. While still writing dark literary (as well as not-so-dark children's lit), she is beyond thrilled to be writing paranormal/horror as well as the hilarious Dix Dodd series, with Norah Wilson. Heather lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick with her family.

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Ozmatoo
5.0 out of 5 stars Team Writing Effort Hits a Home Run for this YA Book.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2013
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Authors Wilson & Doherty's book "Comes The Night" is intended to be the first in a YA supernatural series. It's a keeper! There's not a boring moment in this story, and the sequels are fairly likely to be just as good. If it takes a writing duo to create a book this well done, we need more team efforts.

I will only refer to the story in a general way, because it would be a shame to ruin the refreshing experience this tale offers. Everything you look for in this genre of books is there: good writing, fast pace, deftly created plot, supernatural abilities, and very compelling characters. It depicts three very different school girls - all lonely, hurting, and distrustful- whose growing friendship offers them the chance to learn what it takes to heal and help support others. Coping with sexual assault is a major plot feature, which is tastefully done. It appropriately draws the readers' empathy for how tragic this experience is. The development of paranormal abilities help the three heroines gain confidence, and offers them a sense of freedom they must learn not to abuse. There is, of course, a major mystery to be solved. The result is a book that is a breath of fresh air.
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Shannon M.
4.0 out of 5 stars INTENSE, ORIGINAL, AND EXCITING. (mild spoiler)
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2017
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Overall, I loved the book. I thought it dealt compassionately with sexual assault and its aftermath. I also think it's very original in the idea of "casting out" of one's body, or astral projection.
I do think the girls were just a little stereotyped. The Wholesome Nice Girl, the Misunderstood Bad Girl, and the Stuck Up Rich Girl become friends in spite of their differences? A little cliche.
However, the ending brought it together in a very shocking, exciting way. I loved the scene in the basement.
Still, at the very end, one of the girls, in my opinion, crosses the line in a very major way, and loses all my sympathy. Mild spoiler: Brooke wasn't raped, and she had no right to take such extreme revenge. If you kill everyone who is mean to you, you're going to rack up quite a body count by the time you get through life.
I will read the next two books, because I think it's a great story. But I hope there is some justice along the way.
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Heart102271
5.0 out of 5 stars Comes the Night (Casters)
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2014
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This book falls in the YA supernatural category. It's a story of 3 girls, broken in different ways, coming together in a special way, to help one another heal... And in the process, healing others who were as broken as they themselves were. It is good, triumphing over evil. It does deal with the issues of abuse, and rape, and hence I would not recommend this book for any teen who might not be ready for such themes, or for survivors of rape or abuse as it might be triggering for them. It's a very good book though. Thoughtfully written, not too overtly sexual considering the issues it addresses. It focuses more on the girls, and their emotions and thoughts dealing with the issues, rather than giving a highly specialized focus on the events themselves. It's just enough.
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Sagitario
3.0 out of 5 stars A book about leaving the body
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2014
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This book is about a group of three girls that live in a dormitory for social rejects apparently at a rich kid boarding school. They are all at boarding school because of problems they've had back at home. They find out a girl named Connie was locked in the attic of their dormitory and raped in the sixties, and the they work to bring the culprit to justice.

It was entertaining until I began to guess what would happen, and I like the idea of girls staying at a historic boarding school, but sometimes it was illogical to me. I wondered why Connie terrorized Seth's family and how the grandfather discovered iron. I also wondered why Connie acted like she did. There's a lot of talk about death being an escape from being tired but I don't see how non-existence could really be anything but that, not existing. I also wanted more resolution with Seth. In one of the last scenes, he and his brother are glaring at Brooke, why was this storyline just not continued?

Oh, and there's supposed to be this diary this guy'd been searching for for 50 years and the girls find it in 5 minutes.

I also think that the high level of sex in the book would rate it as being for anyone 17 or older, not a 13 year old girl who would be terrified by some of the descriptions.
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Dan Clarke
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic characters and story
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014
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I have to say this is one of the best books I have ever read.
The characters were well written, and more importantly for a YA novel the three girls sounded like teenagers, not adults trying to sound young.
The story was very compelling, I read it in a single day because I did not want to put the book down, and I was smiling at the end.
As for editing, normally a problem for many kindle books, I saw a few minor mistakes, but fewer than I've seen in many big name novels.
This book deserves five stars and a wide audience.
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Elizabeth
5.0 out of 5 stars Eerie and beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2013
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I absolutely loved reading this and finished it in one sitting. It's such a haunting story, but you come away from it struck by the power of the friendship between the girls and all of the strength that each of them had. I expected it to just be a creepy, Craft-like novel that would be perfect around Halloween, and it was, but it was so, so much more. I have a book hangover from this and I definitely want to read more in the series!
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Nicole Laverdure
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice introduction to her new series!
Reviewed in Canada on June 24, 2015
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This is a captivating story, well written but it's really for young adults! I do prefer Norah Wilson's other books!
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LK Hatton
2.0 out of 5 stars a bit all the same
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2015
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A bit same all the way through each of the books with a cliff hanger at the end of each to get you to buy the next book. Could easily have all been in the same book. I probably won't bother with the next one - sorry
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