Adrienne's Reviews > Return to the Dark House

I hate it when the sequel sucks all of the excitement out, and leaves you with a blah ending.

Honestly, the first book should've been left as it was. That way, the reader could have imagined any ending fit to his/her liking, rather than have to bear with the ACTUAL ending that the author provided us with.

None of my questions about the killer - and his entire fiasco with the Dark House in book 1 - was answered. (Was Midge as crazy as him; his accomplice, perhaps, or just a hired actress??? She was never mentioned again.)

Why were Natalie and Parker specifically spared, as well? (Though I can guess about Parker.) Most of all, why did he take a break from his killing spree to focus on stalking Ivy? What was so special about her that he just couldn't resist?

I speed-read this to clear up the confusion, but I am STILL confused and VERY disappointed.

(view spoiler)[By the way... poor Taylor.



She yapped a lot about being pulled back into the chaos, but I knew that she was voluntarily accompanying Ivy for the chance to redeem herself. She really shouldn't have taken the risk. She was smart enough to run away; she should have been smart enough to stay away. 'Survival of the fittest' - no matter how selfish it may sound - is the practical truth.

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