Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas

4 stars
A creepy tale that covers all the "ives" - secretive, manipulative, possessive and absolutely addictive.
Ines is on the run from her life that is out of control and with the help of a high school teacher, lands a spot in an avant-garde college program located in a very rural area. The upside is that it gets her away from home and is fully funded. The downside is that she will be there for three years giving up her tech gear and cut off from everyone. What the real goals or purpose of this school is anybody's guess but it starts to get weird with the group chanting and sensors. Is Catherine House a great social experiment to nurture creative thought or is something more sinister going on? Gothic mystery meets THE HANDMAID'S TALE - this is one clever and scary debut.