Victoria Schwab: Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake #2) | Lara
Trouble is haunting Cassidy Blake . . . even more than usual.
She (plus her ghost best friend, Jacob, of course) are in Paris, where Cass's parents are filming their TV show about the world's most haunted cities. Sure, it's fun eating croissants and seeing the Eiffel Tower, but there's true ghostly danger lurking beneath Paris, in the creepy underground Catacombs.
When Cass accidentally awakens a frighteningly strong spirit, she must rely on her still-growing skills as a ghosthunter -- and turn to friends both old and new to help her unravel a mystery. But time is running out, and the spirit is only growing stronger.
And if Cass fails, the force she's unleashed could haunt the city forever.
Is there ever going to be a book written by Victoria Schwab that I’m just not going to love? I seriously don’t think that’s possible anymore. I got so used to her flawless and natural, yet immersing and intriguing writing that flows through the story making it seem so real and believable. I read City of Ghosts couple of months back and forgot some major details about it, but it didn’t matter at all - with Schwab’s detailed, but not too overwhelming narrative it was like I read it yesterday and nothing could keep me apart from this story until the moment I finished it. And let’s talk about this cover *0* it’s gorgeous, like, I’ve always loved her red-and-black book covers, but this one’s the best so far.
I know last time she almost got permanently captured in the Veil by the ghost of old Raven, but Cassidy promises – she won’t get in trouble this time. Only, the trouble doesn’t really need to be found – it comes straight to Cassidy and her ghost friend Jacob. Namely, Blakes ghost TV show season 2 is being filmed in Paris this time, which is one of the worlds most haunted cities. A part of the show is filmed in the famous catacombs, which is creepy enough, but Cassidy also wakes a poltergeist on her way there. That is a ghost of chaos that can transfer into the mortal world and feeds on mayhem it causes. The problem is, Cassidy actually can’t pass him on with her ghosthunter skills because a poltergeist doesn’t remember anything about his past or death. So Cassidy’s work includes not only banishing the ghost, but finding out everything about him so he can safely remember and move on.
I know it’s been only two books, but I feel like I’ve spent so much time with this world and its characters, and they really grew on me. Cassidy and Jacob are nowhere near any regular best-friends relationship, but what the two of them have is really special. Their adventures and everything they go through makes it stronger and they also discover more secrets about each other and the ghosts they are trying to help. Everything started the day Jacob pulled Cassidy out of the river she almost drowned in, and no matter how much she knows now, her understanding of Jacob and the Veil is nowhere near complete. It’s going to take some work to put all the pieces together, but I really hope that eventually it’ll lead to Jacob somehow regaining his human form...
I am a huge sucker for anything that has to do with suspense or mystery – like, any kind of foreshadowing or investigation will get me super pumped and happy about the book, especially if it’s done right. That being said, I really, really enjoyed the addition of some amateur-detective elements in this storyline – Cassidy has to find who the ghost is and everything about him to help him remember, and THEN pass him on. Where could one even start if searching for a dead boy among every single person who ever died in Paris?
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