The Bargaining
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4.1 • 17 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
The Shining meets The Conjuring in this scary and suspenseful novel “akin to old Stephen King novels” (School Library Journal).
The fact that neither of her parents wants to deal with her is nothing new to Penny. She’s used to being discussed like a problem, a problem her mother has finally passed on to her father. What she hasn’t gotten used to is her stepmother…especially when she finds out that she’ll have to spend the summer with April in the remote woods of Washington to restore a broken-down old house.
Set deep in a dense forest, the old Carver House is filled with abandoned antique furniture, rich architectural details, and its own chilling past. The only respite Penny can find away from April’s renovations is in Miller, the young guy who runs the local general store. He’s her only chance at a normal and enjoyable summer.
But Miller has his own connection to the Carver house, and it’s one that goes beyond the mysterious tapping Penny hears at her window, the handprints she finds smudging the glass panes, and the visions of children who beckon Penny to follow them into the dark woods. Miller’s past just might threaten to become the terror of Penny’s future…
Customer Reviews
THE BARGAINING is haunting and totally compelling. Highly addictive!
Received a copy from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
THE BARGAINING is haunting and totally compelling. I was completely engrossed from start to finish. I haven’t read anything like it in quite some time. It was refreshing to read a story that was so completely about a mystery and how that mystery ends up shaping and ultimately redeeming our flawed protagonist.
Word of caution: this book is highly addictive and super creepy. I made the mistake of staying up til about 4 am reading it and let’s just say I didn’t sleep particularly well… ;) Highly recommend!
So scary!
I read this book in middle school TWICE! It honestly spooked me and made me want the book to be longer.
Read this book! Right now!
Both horrifying and overwhelmingly readable, I loved this book and devoured it in about a day and a half. It can be confusing at times, with lots of time jumps -- but it's nice when the author doesn't necessarily make it easy all the time. Deeply compelling, and honestly one of the creepiest things I've ever read, I would recommend this to all horror fans. It's aimed at a YA audience but as a woman in her late twenties I still felt this book to be super relatable. Wonderful, looking forward to reading it again, and am so happy I stumbled upon it!