The setting and rich history give it gothic feel, truly rare among thriller/horror novels of late.Įvans does an outstanding job of drawing out the characters. The White Devil is wonderfully chilling, suspenseful classic ghost story. Anyone who attemps to get close to Andrew falls victim to “the Lot ghost.”The only way he can fight the ghost of Harness is to assume the role of Lord Byron and finally put an end to the jealousy and rejection the ghost has suffered for hundreds of years. When more students begin dying of TB-like illnesses, Andrew can’t get over the fact that this must all be related. However, this resemblance also gains attention of the dormitory ghost, believed to be John Harness, the jealous former lover of Lord Byron.Īndrew begins to have nightmares featuring this ghost. Andrew’s uncanny resemblance to poet makes him the perfect student to play this role. When a pale boy starts appearing to Andrew in the night, he begins to believe these rumors are true.Īndrew is urged to try out for a play about Lord Byron, poet and former Harrow student. Upon his arrival, Andrew was told of rumors that his dormitory was haunted. Already an outcast because he’s an American, he’s now shunned and ignored by his schoolmates. However, not long after Andrew’s arrival, one of his friends & schoolmates dies of a mysterious severe pulmonary illness, Andrew is instantly blamed. Seventeen-year-old American Andrew Taylor has been enrolled in the Harrow School, a four hundred year old British boarding school by his father, who hopes the change in setting and strict routine will conform his wayward son. This week’s featured book is The White Devil by Justin Evans: Jenn Frightful Friday, Harper Books, Horror, Paranormal Fiction, Review, Thriller 15įrightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Frightful Friday: The White Devil by Justin Evans
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