CURRENTLY READING (#54): THE DEAD GIRLS OF HYSTERIA HALL by KATIE ALENDER

"“Delia, don't get too attached to this place, okay? It's not like you can stay here forever.” Can't stay forever, eh? Wanna bet?"

"I'm not the beach-going type. the thought of being crowded into an endless sea of sun worshipers was the opposite of tempting - give me wizard school any day."

Fan Made Trailer

"Hysteria Hall, the word hysteria originated from the Greek hystera, meaning ‘womb.’ Female hysteria was a blanket diagnosis applied to women for everything from schizophrenia to having too many opinions."

Facts:

Title: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall

Author: Katie Alender

Publisher: Point

First Publication Date: 25th August 2015

Format: Paperback

Pages: 329

Goodreads Rating: 3.96

Genres: Young Adult, Horror, Paranormal, Mystery...

First Lines

"Every fairy tale starts the same: Once upon a time. 

Maybe that's why we love them so much. We all get to be part of that story. Just by existing, you get your once upon a time. It's part of the deal. 

What's not part of the deal, it turns out, is the happily ever after."

Synopsis: 

Delia’s new house isn’t just a house. Long ago, it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females—an insane asylum nicknamed “Hysteria Hall.” However, many of the inmates were not insane, just defiant and strong willed. Kind of like Delia herself.

But the house still wants to keep “troubled” girls locked away. So, in the most horrifying way, Delia gets trapped.

And that’s when she learns that the house is also haunted.

Ghost girls wander the halls in their old-fashioned nightgowns. A handsome ghost boy named Theo roams the grounds. Delia finds that all the spirits are unsettled and full of dark secrets. The house, as well, harbors shocking truths within its walls—truths that only Delia can uncover, and that may set her free.

But she’ll need to act quickly, before the house’s power overtakes everything she loves.

"The dead and the living don’t belong together,” Theo said. “That’s why you hear stories about haunted houses. Because no matter what the living do, they flaunt their life. They can’t help it."