CURRENTLY READING (#43): ASYLUM by MADELEINE ROUX

"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage."

"No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness."

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"Poor little bird. I wonder if she ever escaped her cage."

Facts:

Title: Asylum

Author: Madeleine Roux

Series: (Asylum)
Asylum (#1)
Sanctum (#2)
Catacomb (#3)
The Asylum Novellas: The Scarlets / The Bone Artists / The Warden (#1.5, 2.5, 3.5)
Escape from Asylum (#0.5)
The Scarlets (#1.5)
The Bone Artists (#2.5)
The Warden (#3.5)

Publisher: HarperTeen

First Publication Date: August 20th 2013

Format: Paperback

Pages: 313

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Horror...

First Lines

"They built it out of stone—dark gray stone, pried loose from the unforgiving mountains. It was a house for those who could not take care of themselves, for those who heard voices, who had strange thoughts and did strange things. The house was meant to keep them in. Once they came, they never left."

Synopsis: 

For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program—it's a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. And not just any asylum—a last resort for the criminally insane.

As Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their creepy summer home, they soon discover it's no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.

"If this was a fight against madness, he felt like he was losing. Maybe he already had."