“The leather tears into my skin like some wild animal’s fangs.” “…moss covers their trunks and knotted roots creep up from the ground like huge, muscular snakes.” Everything is very detailed, but not in a way that makes it boring, just in a way that makes is exceptionally creepy and gross. This descriptiveness is what makes the scary scenes so scary, and the less scary scenes still creepy. I always feel that I can really picture exactly what is going on (especially when what’s going on is gross). The Merciless series is good because of Vega’s ability to describe a scene really well. Anyway, on to book 2. Just like the first installment, I found The Merciless 2 very fast-paced and hard to put down.

(Not to diminish the story, however, because I really liked it). Plus, the big events were pretty easy to remember, like: girls torture a girl in a basement for a long time and then that girl murders the people who tortured her. I had forgotten a few specific details, but I was able to remember once I started reading. I struggled slightly with this book because I read The Merciless (The Merciless #1) (you can see my review here) in April of last year. Readers won’t be able to look away from this terrifying read full of twists and turns that will leave them wondering, Is there evil in all of us?” My Thoughts:

He becomes convinced that Sofia is possessed by the devil….Is an exorcism the only way to save her eternal soul? But when Sofia and Jude confide in each other about their pasts, something flips in him. There, everyone is seemingly doing penance for something, most of all the mysterious Jude, for whom Sofia can’t help feeling an unshakeable attraction. Mary’s, a creepy Catholic boarding school in Mississippi. Then her mother dies suddenly, and Sofia gets her wish. She just wants to get out of town, start fresh someplace else. Her therapist says they’re all in her head, but to Sofia they feel chillingly real. Ever since that night, Sofia has been haunted by bloody and demonic visions. Summary: “Sofia is still processing the horrific truth of what happened when she and three friends performed an exorcism that spiraled horribly out of control. Title: The Merciless 2: The Exorcism of Sofia Flores

The exorcism of sofia flores