Moorehead Manner follows three High School kids as they make
their way from Baseball practice. Emily, her baseball-playing brother Adam and
his teammate and best pal (who Emily has a secret crush on) Jimmy leave
practice and head for home in Wallace,
Louisiana. As they do the pass by
Moorehead Manner and you guessed it – they enter. Jimmy is tossing his prized “world series”
baseball up in the air when Emily asked if he ever hit the ball. From there, within
several descriptive Kindle pages and too much information, Jimmy smacks his prized possession through the
window of the manor.
Naturally, one wonders of this is his prized possession with
ties to Mickey Mantle, what in the world is he doing striking the ball with his
bat? Further, I suppose in rural parts of the country baseball players in High
School whether Junior Varsity or not bring their own bats and prized baseballs to practice. In
addition, the quizzical responses to the door being unlocked to the manor – all that aside, the three make their way into the manor. Let the mayhem ensue.
The creep factor and spookiness of the manor take over. The
descriptive voice of McMullen-Sullivan is spot on. His writing drips with
atmosphere and follows a steady pace. My pet peeve that aside is too much
telling of the story versus allowing his descriptive voice to manage, not
enough of atmosphere. The story in itself is definitely meant for the younger
set, this is not adult horror. It is a simple tale with some basic questions
related to the how and why that leave the reader dry.
Recommend for light reading or young horror fans.
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