These books are just so fun! I am in love with this universe and all its spooky vibes, even if they can be a little silly at times.

I liked this more than the first book! This one delivered more on the horror that I was expecting and thought was lacking some in the first.
Reading this as an adult was fun, it's definitely nostalgic to some creepy shows or books from when I was younger. I love the setting, I think a small New England town in the fall is the perfect place for this kind of book, it just really sets the tone!
The story was interesting and kept me engaged while following Evie and her friends to figure out what is going on in Ravenglass.

Thank you Penguin Teen and NetGalley for the eARC!

This was such a fun book to read, I have always been wanting to read the first one and even though I have not read it, it did not make a difference. I was able to follow it and further put my need into wanting to read the first book. This book also took me back to my younger years when I would read Goosebumps and Fear Street. I loved the characters and I loved the descriptions of when the town was slowly turning more and more crazy. Holly, when she was around, I feel like she was my favorite character. If people loved ya thrillers, this would be the book for you!

I loved the story, the world building and meeting the different characters. I felt completely immersed in the story and couldn't stop reading it.

Big thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for the chance to review this book pre-release. The second book in the Holly Horror series was just as good as the first. I love these books. they feel nostalgic, almost like I'm back in the middle school years rereading Fear Street. I like that we continue following the MC of book one, and her newest haunting adventure. I'll certainly keep reading this series, I hope it continues for quite a few more books. A more formal review will be available on my IG/TikTok and Goodreads.

I REALLY enjoyed the first Holly Horror book. It had small colonial autumnal town with Gilmore Girls vibes but spooky. The vibes were so nice and perfect for an autumn and small town horror lover like me, and I knew that I was going to pick up the next installment right after finishing the first book about a year ago. And the moment is finally here! Holly Horror 2 bringing another much appreciated dose of autumn/Halloween vibes during the summer!

So the downside to reading a sequel so far in the future is forgetting the details. I had little memory of the final showdown in book one, aside from a generic recollection without specific details. But luckily, the first few pages do give a very brief recount, which was much needed. Basically, Holly had gone missing when searching for Sarah (the patchwork girl) and they were now lost in the Shadow Land that could be accessed through the mine, where Evie’s (now missing) friend Desmond was stuck in too. And Sarah, Holly, and Desmond are not the only ones in this dark land. The book starts with Evie determined to find out what other entity residing in this dark place had taken Desmond, and how to get him out. Evie dives deep into research, hoping that the answers lie somewhere in Holly’s research about Sarah’s disappearance. But before long, she is thrown into yet another supernatural adventure and has bigger problems to worry about. And this one is even creepier.

Before I had even reached page 30, I immediately got the giddy autumn small town horror feelings again that I got from the first book. All these cute small town details I had forgotten, like Evie’s mom working at a cute local inn (just like Gilmore Girls!) but with a creepy twist of course. The whole thing just gives off such a Hocus Pocus energy. I don’t recall the first book being particularly scary, just cozy and autumnal in vibe. But this one was actually scary! Far scarier than the first book which is a huge plus! This was a much darker and scarier installment. I really love these books and that hope there’s another, though I would feel bad for the characters if there’s another installment because I feel like they’ve been through enough at this point!

I have no critiques and can’t think of any way this book could’ve been any better, so a rarely given 5/5 stars! Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin for sending me an advanced copy in return for my honest review.

Note: This is not the fault of the book but I must complain about this again because I VEHEMENTLY dislike reading out of the Netgalley app rather than kindle. It is MUCH harder to see the text and it is a much more difficult reading experience, though this file was much more tolerable than the other arc I’d been forced to read on the Netgalley app (the bar was not very high though). There is smaller, harder to read text with no option provided by Netgalley to enlarge the text. Penguin, for the sake of other arc readers, please allow them to import this arc into kindle. This was not a pleasant arc reading experience without that.