Rules for Vanishing

Kate Alice Marshall

Sep 2019 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl, a vengeful ghost, and the girl who is determined to find her sister--at all costs.

Once a year, a road appears in the forest. And at the end of it, the ghost of Lucy Gallows beckons. Lucy's game isn't for the faint of heart. If you win, you escape with your life. But if you lose....

Sara's sister disappeared one year ago--and only Sara knows where she is. Becca went to find the ghost of Lucy Gallows and is trapped on the road that leads to her. In the sleepy town of Briar Glen, Lucy's road is nothing more than local lore. But Sara knows it's real, and she's going to find it.

When Sara and her skeptical friends meet in the forest to search for Becca, the mysterious road unfurls before them. All they have to do is walk down it. But the path to Lucy is not of this world, and it has its own rules. Every mistake summons new horrors. Vengeful spirits and broken, angry creatures are waiting for them to slip, and no one is guaranteed safe passage. The only certainty is this: the road has a toll and it will be paid.

Sara knows that if she steps onto the road, she might not come back. But Becca needs her.

And Lucy is waiting.

Ratings and reviews

Follow the rules... This has to be one if the best spooky books I have ever read. It has friendship, love, heartbreak and above all else, a thrilling supernatural adventure! The story starts out with nine relatable teenagers who set out to find the road. They don't know what they will be up against, but they know enough to know it won't be good. They go through a series of challenges to try and make it to the end, for Sara, her main goal is to find her sister. The writing style is unique, it comes in a series of interviews, and the chapters are the stories as told by Sara. The interviewer and his assistant are trying to piece together what happened to the teenagers on the road. But what they figure out is nothing good. Before you start reading Rules for Vanishing, you will wanting to make sure you have a few days set aside. Because this is one book that keeps you wanting more. Because for every question it answers, so many more questions pop up!

Rules for Vanishing was one of my most anticipated books of the year. I have such a love for the spooky season and, as soon as I first heard about it, I knew this release would be the perfect first read for the fall season. As soon as I began, I could not stop. It was like my own mind disappeared when the book began, and I just completely forget about everything else unrelated to it. When I went to lecture hall a college, I had become so addicted that I had it tucked behind my textbook so the professor wouldn’t see I could not care less about what he was talking about. I had essentially given my mind over to the narrative of Kate Alice Marshall from page one until the last. I think it’s something everyone will enjoy as it never gets too scary, but still maintains a chilling and suspenseful nature. If you like those types of books, or are just looking a little spooky something for the Halloween season, I cannot recommend this enough!!!

solid 4 very fun read and spooky. the ending was a little weak

About the author

Kate Alice Marshall started writing before she could hold a pen properly, and never stopped. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with a chaotic menagerie of pets and family members, and ventures out in the summer to kayak and camp along Puget Sound. I Am Still Alive was her YA debut, followed by Rules for Vanishing. Visit her online at katemarshallbooks.com and follow her on Twitter @kmarshallarts.