Monsterious: The Snatcher of Raven Hollow

By: Jamie Steinberg

For those of us who are fans of the supernatural, you may be familiar with fabled baby snatchers from Mexico’s La Llorona, Greece’s Gello and Germany’s Krampus. Well, none of these entities are affecting the town of Raven Hollow; however, there is SOMETHING that is stealing babies from peoples’ homes. Determined to solve this case, besties Logan and Teo team up to find out what or who is snatching the babies in town and stop it. Author Matt McMann does an exceptional job at captivating readers with the spine-tingling tale of Monsterious: The Snatcher of Raven Hollow.

Teo and Logan are just looking forward to putting school behind them and spending the summer playing video games, hitting the arcade, hitting up the pool and generally kicking back. That is until they become aware of local babies being taken from their homes at night. Teo is mesmerized by this and insists on the two of them teaming up to find out what is going on. Teo is suspicious that the source is something supernatural, but Logan is a bit more fearful of getting involved. Luckily (at least I think), a nurse at the local hospital points them in the direction of an elderly woman who has a history with supernatural beings. She advises the pals to say a special blessing over silver objects and place them around the edge of town as a form of protection. However, when that doesn’t work, they are forced to rethink their plan of attack. Meanwhile, Logan is saddled with the occasional babysitting of his kid sister Meg – one of those “I’m not a kid” pests. How are they ever going to figure out a solution with her trying to tag along on top of everything?

McMann is able to draw in the reader and deeply invest them into who or what is behind these kidnappings. The story is a quick read, and for the eagle-eyed reader there is even a super cute reference to Nancy Drew – the series his daughter, Kennedy, stars in! Plus, there is a thoroughly surprising ending to the book that NO ONE will see coming.

What is that creepy creature moving through the trees of this small town? Do yourself a favor and pick up of Monsterious: The Snatcher of Raven Hollow. It’s a fascinating tale of friendship and folklore that you won’t want to put down until the very last page. Then, grab his other recent release Monsterious: Escape from Grimstone Manor in order to keep your heart racing.