Nish Homeschool Blog : Spine Chillers Empty Eyes Book Review

Empty Eyes (Spine Chillers)

by Nancy Gray

Genre: Horror

Age category: Middle Grade

Release Date: October 26, 2018

“You will face a difficult task in the future. The card is reminding you that every person has a part of themselves they like to hide. Even when times are hard, you must not lose yourself.”

Ian frowned as Mrs. Marcas read his fortune. The school Halloween carnival was supposed to be the highlight of Halloween, but something about the card he picked seemed ominous. As he headed for the storyteller, things quickly took a turn for the worst when the school bullies chased him into an abandoned house. Inside, the children with EMPTY EYES decided to make Ian their friend. A black living mass twisted and coiled in his chest and closed in on his heart. Time was ticking away with every infected beat, and if Ian didn’t act quickly he really would lose himself forever.

The middle grade book Spine Chillers: Empty Eyes by Nancy Gray, left the reader

amazed by how awesome and creepy it was at the same time. The author Nancy Gray

wrote this book with precision and it was written in third person. The main character Ian

was pretty cool and he would always feel good about himself in the end, even after he

did bad things. The supporting character Duane was a good person because he stuck with

Ian no matter what. I enjoyed this story!

I enjoyed this story because it was just like one of those really good horror movies

that are shown in a theatre. Just like a really good plot in a horror movie, you just can’t

stop watching it because you want more and more. But in this case, you just can’t stop

reading the book! For instance in one part of the book, Ian was in his room and one

minute everything was going normal then boom everything went crazy! I just couldn’t

stop turning the pages. Also, there were special powers that the antagonists in this story

held that I really thought were cool. All in all the characters were well written, the conflict

in the story kept me reading and the pace of the story was perfectly done. I wouldn’t

mind reading more of Nancy Gray’s horror reads. I hope she will write more like this

down the line.

I rate this book 5 stars and recommend to all kids out there that enjoy a creepy

horror tale!

You can find the Empty Eyes on Goodreads

You can buy Empty Eyes on Amazon

Nancy Gray has published a number of works including her young adult fantasy series Blood Rain. Her short story “Chosen” appeared in Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Author Quest: a Penguin Special from Grosset & Dunlap. Her work also appears in various anthologies.
Nancy Gray has been writing for over ten years. Gray lives in South Carolina with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys books, video games, anime, manga, and horror.

Other Works by Nancy Gray:
Blood Rain
Blood Moon
Blood God
Spine Chillers: The Scarecrow
Spine Chillers: Big Bad Wolf
Spine Chillers: The Beast of Black Pond
Spine Chillers: Empty Eyes
Spine Chillers: The Firefly