The Cherished

For fans of White Smoke, The Hazel Wood, and Wilder Girls comes an original, hypnotizing horror thriller in the vein of Midsommar , as one girl inherits a mysterious house from her estranged grandmother--and a letter with sinister instructions. Jo never expected to be placed in her absent grandmother's will--let alone be left her house, her land, and a letter with mysterious demands. Upon arriving at the inherited property, things are even more strange. The tenants mentioned in the letter are odd, just slightly...off. Jo feels something dark and decrepit in the old shack behind the house. And the things that her father used to talk about, his delusions... Why is Jo starting to believe they might be real? But what Jo fears most is the letter from her grandmother. Because if it's true, then Jo belongs here, in this strange place. And she has no choice but to stay. For fans of Claire Legrand, Rory Power, and Danielle Vega comes a visceral horror thriller in the vein of Midsommar , as one girl inherits a mysterious house from her estranged grandmotherand a letter with sinister instructions. Jo never expected to be placed in her absent grandmothers willlet alone be left her house, her land, and a letter with mysterious demands. Upon arriving at the inherited property, things are even more strange. The tenants mentioned in the letter are odd, just slightlyoff. Jo feels something dark and decrepit in the old shack behind the house. And the things that her father used to talk about, his delusions Why is Jo starting to believe they might be real? But what Jo fears most is the letter from her grandmother. Because if its true, then Jo belongs here, in this strange place. And she has no choice but to stay. With a deadly enemy that cannot be seen, a world that may only be unlocked by a chosen few, and a chilling past that must be unearthed at any cost, The Cherished is an original, hypnotizing contemporary horrorone that will thrill readers of White Smoke, Wilder Girls, and The Hazel Wood. When sixteen-year-old Jo Lavoie arrives at the house she inherited from her grandmother, she begins unraveling dark family secrets and learns that the stories her late father told her are more real and dangerous than she ever imagined