The Haunted

By Jessica Verday

After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with by the bridge where her best friend drowned - the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead - Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, determined to leave the ghosts of her past behind. She throws herself into schoolwork, perfume-making and her friendship with Ben, her cute and funny lab partner, who just might be able to help her get over Caspian once and for all.

But Abbey is never going to truly be able to move on from Caspian, and Caspian has no choice but to return to her side: for Caspian is a Shade and Abbey is his destiny. The two are tied not only to each other, but also to the town of Sleepy Hollow, and the famous legend that binds their fates - a legend whose true ending and dark truths they are only just beginning to guess...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Release date: Sep 2, 2010
• ISBN: 9780857070289

Jessica Verday

Jessica Verday is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollow trilogy, The Beautiful and the Damned, and the Of Monsters and Madness series. Her short stories were featured in The First Time anthology, which she coedited, and Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions. She believes a shoe isn’t a shoe unless it has a three-inch heel, and nothing beats a great pair of boots. When not daydreaming about moving into a library of her own, she can be found working on her next story, redecorating her office, or buying vintage furniture. 

Reviews for The Haunted

[heather19_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

*spoiler warning!*AMAZING BOOK!I love R.L. Stine books, but this was by far one of the best of his I've ever read. Trying to figure out what could've happened to Paul, how he died, if Melissa was really the one who killed him, etc, was so much fun. As soon as she met "real" Paul, I knew he hadn't died yet, and the ghost had come back in time to stop his own death (Melissa took a little longer to figure that out).But the ending.... Wow. Just wow. Realizing that Melissa may not have a choice, no matter how much she said she wasn't capable of killing anyone, the way that alivePaul acted made me realize that she eventually would get into a situation where she might not have a choice. So the fact that it happened that way wasn't altogether surprising... What was surprising was the fact that ghostPaul deliberately *helped* Melissa kill him, because he couldn't let alive-him hurt her. It was amazing and heartbreaking and confusing as heck and such a wonderful book.

[julieq_3 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not one of my favorites. Different from the other books in the Fear Street series because it lacks the evil / horror vibe. The residents of fear street are being plagued by a prowler. Melissa, who lives on fear street, is not concerned. That is until a mysterious figure appears claiming that she has killed him. But how is the question. Certainly she would know. Melissa must find out the truth before her time is up.

[t1bnotown · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Possible Spoiler Alert:A Fear Street with a ghost?!? This is the sort of book I wanted the whole series to be more like. Granted it was a ghost from the future, but I still enjoyed actually having a ghost and some mystery.