Not all lessons are learnt in the classroom and that some secrets won't stay buried.
From the bestselling author of "Gated" a UK Horror Chart #4 and "Asylum - 13 Tales of Terror" a UK & US Horror/Anthology Chart #1. "Abra-Cadaver" & "After Darkness Falls 1 & 2"
It has been 10 years since the events in the small picturesque town of Eden. Lives were forever altered as two newcomers found the courage to peek behind the curtain and bring Tolan Christian's reign to a violent end as the town burned around them.
No-one was more affected than Sarah-Jane Mears. The once bubbly ball of good nature is now a shadow of the former woman she used to be. After travelling to try and find a new home she has eventually settled in Northern England.
She has taken a teaching position at Ravenhill Academy, an exclusive private school. But now there is a new student who has just transferred. A young American boy who is strangely familiar and oddly charismatic.
As the school breaks for the Christmas holidays the harsh winter weather has cut them off from the outside world. Sarah is starting to learn that Ravenhill is an old building seemingly with a life and an energy of its own, one that is slowly stirring.
She is going to realise that not all lessons are learnt in the classroom and that some secrets won't stay buried.
Professional Reviews
ReadersFavorite.com
Gated II: Ravenhill Academy by Matt Drabble is another excellent novel by this exceptional author. It is not necessary to have read Gated prior to reading Gated II, but I strongly recommend that you do. Not only will it help familiarize you with the main character, but you will have had the pleasure of reading another superb novel. Following the tragic events that occurred in Gated, Sarah Jane Mears spent the next decade or so trying to find a new place to call home. By the start of Gated II, she has been teaching for six years at the lauded Ravenhill Academy, a prestigious private school situated in an isolated part of the United Kingdom. The isolation, exclusivity, and small number of students and staff were ideal for her to escape her past, if not her nightmares. Her biggest “problem” was deflecting the advances of the only male teacher on the campus, while her only real friend urged her to open up to him. But like a bad penny, trouble finds her once again.
Gated II: Ravenhill Academy is as good a suspense thriller as any written by the Big Name authors. Indeed, it could serve as the Indie Publishing Poster Child. Drabble’s character development is outstanding. His scenes are perfectly set up, and ideally described so the reader can become fully immersed in the story. The story itself is well worth becoming immersed in, too. Murder, deceit, betrayal, and evil are juxtaposed against romance, idyllic small town life, and a setting as comfortable as an old pair of slippers. Even the ghosts come in good and bad versions. Gated II is a must-read for fans of great suspense thrillers. However, so is Gated the original, and you will be glad you read them both, preferably in order.
HorrorNovelReviews.com
Gated II: Ravenhill Academy by Matt Drabble is the continuing story of Tolan Christian. In book one Gated, Tolan was defeated and thought dead. Now ten years later the tale starts up again.
Sara Jane or SJ now goes by just Sarah, she is a teacher at the exclusive RavenhillAcademy in northern England. It’s been 6 years at the academy and Sarah is finally beginning to get comfortable. She has a bit of a flirtation going on with fellow teacher Stuart and a deepening friendship with Jemima, another teacher.
Alas, when the going gets good the bad starts occurring. A new student, 13 years old Joshua arrives from America one day and that is when strange events begin. Little things at first are noticed, like the unruly kid in class concedes to Josh. All the other students begin to look to Josh as a leader even though he’s one of the younger kids. And Josh, well he’s just a little too polite, a little too knowing.
Christmas holiday has arrived and the majority of staff and students leave for home. As those who are retuning home depart a massive snowstorm is moving in. Thirteen students, the headmaster, Sarah, and a handful of staff remain. Now the fun starts! Strange deaths, students acting weirdly, zombie-like; Sarah is beginning to feel a dread descend upon her. Maurice the caretaker whose family has been with Ravenhill since the beginning is fearful of the change in atmosphere. Isolated by the storm, there is no escaping what’s to come.
Finally Tolan Christian shows himself in the form of Joshua. Ten years since his death and he’s ready for his resurrection and revenge. Sarah knows he was defeated once now she must find his weakness to defeat him again before it’s too late!
If you read Gated and loved it, then I know you will enjoy this book. The ending leaves us with an opening for a third book which I’m sure is what you want!
