Say Her Name by James Dawson

If you want a good old fashioned scare then this is the book for you. Bobbie and her friend Naya end up chanting Bloody Mary five times into a mirror with some of the most popular girls in school and a couple of boys from the town. Soon, things begins to change and one of the girls at the boarding school becomes ill and then goes missing. Bobbie finds out she also chanted Bloody Mary into the mirror five times a week before. As strange things begin to happen to Bobbie and Naya too they realise this must all be linked. With the help of Caine, one of the local boys who also chanted Bloody Mary into the mirror, they start to investigate times when this has happened in the past. They dreams lead them on a journey to find out Bloody Mary's true past. But do they have enough time to solve the mystery before Bloody Mary catches up with them all?

I bought this book rather cheaply on my Kindle and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. James Dawson has many books written for teens and the character type and development in the book showed this. The fears of the characters and their feelings towards the events in the book were very similar to mine. I like the idea of urban myths really being true and this book put a new spin on it. I didn't expect many of the plot twists which was pleasant surprise. The level of reading wasn't particularly hard meant it was relaxing to read on that basis. I pretty much sped read this book because I was excited by the storyline and what was going to come next. If that isn't a sign of a book, I don't know what is! I think I learnt not to go tempting fate during this book, because it might come back and bite you right back. I didn't find it all that scary but be warned if you are easily scared!