Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.
Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.
Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls . . . unless she wants to be next. . . .
First I just want to comment on how beautiful this cover is. I LOVE the fact that it doesn't have a book jacket (I really hate those things - they get bent and fall off, ugh I hate them) and the gold is just shiny enough that you're intrigued to see what's going on inside.
If the cover wasn't awesome enough the book itself was also pretty amazing. A lot of other reviews compare this book to mean girls which is fair, but The Merciless takes the definition of 'mean girl' to a whole new level. The main characters are ruthless and the scenes are extremely graphic so the 'mature audiences only' warning on page 1 is totally justified.
I don't want to give too much plot stuff away but this is one of the best psycho thrillers I've read in a really long time. From page 1 you hit the ground running with action packed suspense, I was sitting on the edge of my seat for the entire book and I even stayed up late to finish it. Also the fact that I finished this book at exactly 12 midnight gave me the creeps in addition to me being totally freaked out by the ending.
So enough blathering on from me, just go read this book. It was awesome and I cannot wait for Vega's second novel!! 5 stars
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