Wake the Hollow is a young adult paranormal suspense novel by Gaby Triana. I am fascinated by the legend of Sleepy Hollow, so when I saw that Wake the Hollow was sent in the small town of Sleepy Hollow, I was all in! To me, Sleepy Hollow stories mean stories that are filled with a spooky, creepy and rich atmosphere and dark and sinister town happens. This is the perfect book to pick up on a cold winter night. Overall, I enjoyed Wake the Hollow, though I did find it a bit slow at times. 

In Wake the Hollow we meet our main character Mica as she is summoned home by a cryptic letter from her mother, only to find out that her mother died (or was she murdered??) This sets Mica off on a quest to figure out what her mother wanted to tell her, who killed her and just what on earth is going on in Sleepy Hollow. Mica soon learns that she can trust no one in the town. 

I enjoyed the mysterious atmosphere, but as I mentioned earlier the story did lag in parts. The slow meandering plot was at times, too slow and a bit confusing for my tastes. But anytime I felt myself getting a little bored, something else would happen in the plot or a twist/secret would be revealed and I would find myself more invested. Overall, I ended up liking this story.

I'm really sorry, but this one was a bit of a struggle for me and it ended up just being an okay read that I was kind of indifferent about, and I think my disappointment was doubled because I was expecting to love this one so much.

I loved this book! It was so fun and mysterous! It had supernatural elements in it that I really liked. And it was twist y in ways I didn't see coming.

Go read it!!!! I loved it and I highly recommend it. The story line is dang I don't want to give anything away but it is amazing!! I was hooked from the beginning.
And I've not read The Sleepy Hollow but now I getting the book!!
I loved how the author took two famous authors and the rumors about them and created this amazing plotline which I'm going to look more into.
The book is thrilling and will get you hooked.

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Margaret Cook's review Oct 31, 2017  ·  edit
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Wake the Hollow wound up being a perfect Halloween week read because it's set in October with leaves changing, cold weather setting in, and the town preparing for a Halloween festival. It's also perfect for our Classic Horror Week theme because in addition to Washington Irving, Mary Shelley comes up in Mica's research. I'm kind of glad I didn't read it in the summer when I first got it - I really enjoyed reading it in the same time it's set.

I liked Micaela and watching her comes to terms with her psychic gift and her family legacy. I loved the local lore and urban legends that infuse Sleepy Hollow and I wonder how much of it is real. I found the actual "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" hard to read with its antiquated flowery prose but I'm tempted to read more about its author after the fascinating mysteries in this book.

But something about the love interests in the story rubbed me the wrong way. With both of them (and with some other characters too) Mica goes back and forth on whether she should trust them and she doesn't always seem to have a reason for changing her mind. I wasn't convinced her feelings were genuine and had a few, "Wait! What?" kind of moments. And the guys were inconsistent in their behavior toward her as well. There were also some elements that could have been explained more clearly when the mystery wrapped up.

Still I loved the atmosphere Gaby Triana created here. I liked the fact that there was a second layer of mystery involving Mica's parents, though again some of that could have been explained better. I think the book would make a great TV show - it has a very Riverdale vibe. Plus, you know, ghosts. Some of which might be headless. If anybody at the CW is reading my reviews, you need to adapt Wake the Hollow.

Originally published at Goldilox and the Three Weres and based on a copy provided by the publisher.

Unfortunately, this was a DNF for me. The writing felt so... shallow. It just wasn't the one for me.

Definitely a spooky story - interesting turn of events and good flow of plot.

This was an okay story, but it struggled to hold my interest. This had an amazing cover, and a great blurb. However, the main character was awful. I was also hoping for a scary or thrilling read, but the story was so dull.

This book had so much going for it - an interesting character who had plenty of personality, and a mystery that was out of this world amazing!  This fun read will keep you up all night completely engrossed in the wonderful writing!

Micaela Burgos is back in Sleepy Hollow for her Senior year to uncover the truth about her mother’s death. When the ghostly apparition from her dreams begins to appear to her during the day, stressing that she is in danger, Micaela is frightened. On the hunt for some historical documents her mother may have stolen, Micaela turns to her childhood friend Bram, who seems to have his own agenda. Then there’s Dane, her teacher’s mysterious assistant who Micaela can’t stop bumping into. 

A thrilling read that has some cool literary/historical references in it. Couldn’t put it down!

first of all – i LOVE historical fiction. second – i LOVE the legend of sleepy hollow. (and totally irrelevant to anything i just so happened to attend washington irving middle school as a kid.)

i had pretty high expectations for this book given my aforementioned loves. and i was not disappointed at all! due to my own inability to manage my time very well i literally had a day to read this book to get this review out – i’m fairly certain that even without the deadline i would have finished this book just as quickly.

all of the pieces were there. there is mystery, deception, a love story, history, and a bit of coming-of-age that wove together a very thoughtful cast of characters. gaby masterfully articulates the nuances and mannerisms of each of the major players. her protagonist, mica, is a girl we’ve all known in some ways. i was invested in mica’s story and her story didn’t leave me feeling short-changed or frustrated or lacking closure.

i give this one 5/5. loved it. hope it is book 1 in a series bc i want to read more!

This book was far from what I had expected.

It is, I guess, a Paranormal/Mystery/Young Adult book. It is about a high school girl named Mica who just lost her mother, and travels back to her mothers home to collect her belongings and unbeknownst to her uncover the secrets of Sleepy Hollow.

Here is the NetGalley description:

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Tragedy has brought Micaela Burgos back to her hometown of Sleepy Hollow. It's been six years since she chose to live with her affluent father in Miami instead of her history-obsessed eccentric mother. And now her mother is dead.

But while Sleepy Hollow was made immortal by literature, the town is real. So are its prejudices and hatred, targeting Mica's Cuban family and the secrets of their heritage that her mother obsessed over. But ghostly voices whisper in the wind, questioning whether her mother’s death might not have been an accident after all, and Mica knows there's a reason she's here.

With the help of two very different guys—who pull at her heart in very different ways—Micaela must uncover the hidden secret of Sleepy Hollow…before she meets her mother's fate.

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This book had some details that I really enjoyed, it has historical facts, speculation, and does a really good job of analyzing and quoting Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow. It does a masterful job of capturing the essence of teenagers (which may have actually worked against the book in a way, I'll explain further down) from the douchey Bram to the sterotypical teen girl who is Mica.

Other than that it doesn't do much. It's over ambitious, it has too much stuff going on in the background. Too many relationships, old friends, family friends, and pointless minor characters that cloud up the main plot. We jump around constantly and don't fully understand what we're searching for until we're seventy five percent through the book.

Bram, Mica's old friend and one of her love interests, is an ass, and one of the reasons I dislike this book. He seems to be so obsessed with her but then says crap like, "Which currently is in this stupid garden while HollowEve is going on, but whatever, no beef. I'm here for you. Let's get this done." He is always trying to 'help' and 'prove' himself but honestly he's a jerk, and typical teenage boy who has other things to do, that are far more important.

The next thing I disliked about this was the childishness of the main character. She was very dependent on the men in her life. She constantly called her dad, even though he wouldn't answer, she practically needed Bram to breathe, and Dane, her other interest, was constantly being brought up, even in front of Bram. She was too kid-like for my taste. Then during one of her many boring inner monologues she said, "Crud, crap, lies." Trust me as a 20 year old who only very recently emerged from teenhood, I would not have said 'crud' or 'crap'.

I had to force myself to read this book because I kept telling myself it would get better. Trust me it doesn't, and the ending messes with you and leaves you feeling unsatisfied. It's aimed for teens, but I feel like maybe a middle schooler would get more enjoyment from it.