A great prequel to Mojo (though published after the original thriller), this chilling tale chronicles an urban legend investigation that starts out as a fun journalism project for Halloween but quickly turns into something much more grave. This book will make you jump out of your skin at even the slightest settling of your house and may make you think twice before you start to connect the dots to any creepy happenings going on in your town. ( )

It’s books like Lost Mojo that make me so glad I’m not from a small town...I don’t know what I’d do if something like this ever happened to me. What starts out as research for a documentary/school project quickly turns dangerous when ambitious and excited students stumble upon what can only be described as a terrifying situation. ( )

I felt like Lost Mojo was different from most mysteries because usually with detective work there’s a sense of implicit danger or something is being delved into that could potentially end badly for a protagonist. In other cases, things seem scary and there are things that just might be lurking in the shadows, but we can’t totally tell...here, the danger was more outright, because we knew from the very beginning of the book there was a murderer on the loose, luring people into traps. It just made the book even creepier, knowing that things could end badly at any point, but I couldn’t bring myself to stop reading until the crazy end. ( )

Kris Sedersten has done it again...if you liked Mojo because of its spooky plot twists and turns, you’ll love Lost Mojo just as much. This book, even though it’s the second one in the series, is actually the prequel to Mojo, which is actually really helpful because there were several moments in Mojo that left me confused-now we get to see the back story, and find out how everything got started. But overall, this book was just as creepy and thrilling as its counterpart in the series. I can’t wait for more from Kris.

Lost Mojo reminds us that writers can craft detective and murder mystery novels without taking themselves too seriously. Sometimes, the paranormal can even get involved, and the reason that people can’t explain what’s going on is because they-perhaps literally-can’t see what’s going on right in front of them. Kris does a great job of writing in a teenage voice, blending a little bit of naivete with the headstrong tendency of teenagers to think that they know what’s going on in the world around them-until they’re proven oh, so wrong. This novel is a great read when you’re in the mood for something that’s a little bit darker that keeps you guessing. ( )