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 A creepy psychological thriller that turned out to not be so creepy. 
 Frost is one of those books that makes you unsure of what's real and what's not. From the beginning, readers are aware that there's something not quite right about Frost House, but what's wrong isn't to be revealed until the very end. 
 You will find yourself constantly asking questions--is Frost House haunted? Is it Leena's friends, Abby and Vivian, scaring Celeste into leaving the dorm? Is Celeste doing all of this to herself because she loves--and needs--the attention of her brother, and everyone else she can get involved? Is it all a prank to scare Leena? And if so, who is doing it? 
 When I read the synopsis of this book, I got so excited and thought I was in for a suspenseful ghost story full of action. That wasn't what Frost was, though. It was quiet, but not particularly a bad kind of quiet. Things like Frost House itself and Cubby, Leena's wooden owl, creeped me out so much I had to put the book down every now and then. It may also have helped that I was reading it at night... 
 Leena was a really good main character. Her tendency to take an anti-anxiety or anti-depressant pill every time she feels anxious makes her unreliable, which adds even more mystery to the story. Leena and David's father is mentally ill, and there's a possibility that they can inherit his illness--psychosis--, so that makes them unreliable as well. You're never sure whether the things they see and hear are because of the pills, an illness, or something else entirely, which makes it a great psychological thriller. 
 Frost is the perfect Halloween read for everyone who enjoys a bit of mystery.