The Replacement

by Brenna Yovanoff

Summary: The town of Gentry has a dirty little secret. The children here have a pretty high mortality rate--they're dropping like flies. Mackie Doyle knows why. He knows that the children in the town's cemetaries aren't the same children the parents raised and loved. Those children ended up somewhere else. Underground. And he knows this because he's one of them, only he survived. He's slowly dying, though, and when a friend of his sister's gives him a serum that makes him better, he learns there is a price to pay. What he finds in the world of the underground will gross you out, fascinate you, and haunt you for quite some time.

My thoughts: The Replacement is the first novel by this author, and I'm impressed! With a pretty horrific cast of characters, both dead and alive, this is a very original story that plays on one of humanity's greatest fears. I can't wait to see what she comes up with next. Check out a cool book trailer here http://got.im/q5d.