The Corruption of Hollis Brown

The Corruption of Hollis Brown

Hardback
4.29

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"Hollis Brown is stuck. Born to a blue-collar American Dream, Hollis lives in a rotting small town where no one can afford to leave. Hollis's only bright spots are his two best friends, cool girls Annie and Yulia, and the thrill of fighting his classmates. As if his circumstances couldn't get worse, a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger named Walt results in a frightening trap. After unknowingly making a deal at the crossroads, Hollis finds himself losing control of his body and mind, falling victim to possession. Walt, the ghost making a home inside him, has a deep and violent history rooted in the town Hollis grew up in and he has unfinished business to take care of. As Walt and Hollis begin working together to put Walt's spirit to rest, an unspeakable bond forms between them, and the boys begin falling for one another in unexpected ways. But it's only a matter of time before Hollis's best friends begin to notice that something about Hollis isn't quite...right. With the threat of a long-overdue exorcism looming before them, will Walt and Hollis be able to protect their love and undo the curse that turned their town from a garden of possibility into a place where dreams go to die?"--

Book Information

Main Genre
Young Adult Books
Sub Genre
Miscellaneous
Format
Hardback
Pages
380
Price
18.50 €

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Hollis geht einen Deal mit Walt ein. Er soll für Obdach und Nahrung sorgen. Was er nicht weiß: Walt ist ein Geist und übernimmt seinen Körper, den sich die beiden nun teilen müssen. Coole Idee, teilweise gute Gespräche zwischen den Protas, aber zu lang. Man hätte viele Filler-Kapitel rauskürzen können.

Hollis geht einen Deal mit Walt ein. Er soll für Obdach und Nahrung sorgen. Was er nicht weiß: Walt ist ein Geist und übernimmt seinen Körper, den sich die beiden nun teilen müssen. 
Coole Idee, teilweise gute Gespräche zwischen den Protas, aber zu lang. Man hätte viele Filler-Kapitel rauskürzen können.
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"𝑶𝒉, 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖."

K. Ancrum writes like a ghost whispering in your ear—soft, strange, and unforgettable. The Corruption of Hollis Brown is not just a story. It’s a haunting. A possession. A love story for the lost. In a town that’s rotting from the inside out, Hollis Brown aches in silence—half rage, half yearning. He is a boy carved by grief and shaped by small-town shadows, until one fateful deal at a crossroads invites a spirit into his bones. Walt is everything Hollis isn’t —and yet, the two boys begin to share not only a body, but something deeper. Something tender. Something dangerous. This book is a fever dream of queer longing, cursed soil, and the kind of love that blooms between ruins. It hums with Southern Gothic tension, and yet it pulses with the warmth of chosen family, of unlikely connection. Ancrum doesn’t just tell you a story—she dares you to feel it in your marrow. Here, love is not soft. It’s messy. Possessive. Brave. And when the exorcism draws near, when the lies crack open and the truth howls through, you’re left wondering: is it really corruption… or transformation? For readers who believe that broken boys can be sacred, and ghosts can be kissed, The Corruption of Hollis Brown will burn its way into your heart—and stay.

"𝑶𝒉, 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖."
5

Loved everything about the book🫶🏼

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