Title: The Tenth Girl
Author: Sara Faring
Publisher: Imprint
Publication Date: September 24, 2019
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Summary
The Vaccaro School is set at the very southern tip of Argentina, isolated from the rest of the world. According to legend, anyone that tries to settle there will be haunted by a curse from the Zapuche tribe. Mavi, however, is willing to risk it. She’s on the run from the government because of her mom’s involvement with the guerilla movement. No one else will give her a job.
At first, Mavi tries to settle into the odd nature of the house itself. She goes hunting for answers, revealing the haunting atmosphere of her new home. Despite warnings, she roams the house at night, searching for answers. But rather than getting answers, things just become stranger. In order to save everyone, she has to unravel the mystery of the school.
Review: The Tenth Girl
I received an ARC of this book at Book Con, and I’m so glad I did! Honestly, I needed a day to process this before writing a review, because oh my goodness. There’s so much here to process! I don’t want to go too much into it to avoid spoilers, but there’s a major twist here that you (likely) won’t see coming. And it absolutely changes the entire book.
At the beginning, I struggled getting into this because it was incredibly slow moving. The first half was really slow moving, actually. It was very atmosphere and Faring spends a lot of time building up the atmosphere surrounding this school, but I wanted something more to happen. Now, I’m wondering if I re-read it that I’ll catch more hints toward the ending. This is definitely a book that lends itself to a re-read, even if you know what’s coming.
Though I found the plot lagging, the characters were compelling (even if I didn’t always know what was going on). Mavi and Yesi especially helped to build the world as well, pulling us into this really odd school. I also really enjoyed that this was based in Pantagonian myth instead of something European. It made the story all the more compelling.
The creepy, haunting nature of this book makes it the perfect fall release. Keep it in mind when building your October TBRs because it will be out just in time!
4/5 stars
This definitely sounds interesting to me and that cover is awesome. The southern part of Argentina feels like a great setting for a book like this. I don’t know if I could put up with the slow set up, but I’ll definitely give it a try.
Yes, the setting was perfect! So atmospheric. If you like character driven stories, you might be okay with the slow moving pace, though! 🙂