Devil's Footsteps

I enjoyed Devil's Footsteps for many reasons, but it lured me in mostly by the fear. This book built up a great sense of fear and abandonment within the reader. I felt as if I lived there in the moment, experiencing what they were seeing with their own eyes. This book receives five stars from me for its descriptiveness, cliffhangers, and portrayal of fear.

I was browsing in my local bookstore and picked this up because of the cover. I wasn't expecting much it turned out to be surprisingly good. Although it's a kid's book the creep factor and actual scare quotients are high. In one exquisite scene the hero, Bryan and a buddy are running for their lives. They know that they are not imagining things, they know that if they slow down or fall they will die and they know that the adults in their town will not help and somehow don't want to know about the Dark Man. They are totally on their own. Scary stuff. In some ways this book reminded me of It if It were written for a younger audience and cut out all the side stories.