Shirley Jackson

Timid, seventeen-year-old Natalie confronts horror after coming under the power of a rebellious, mysterious girl

Hangsman

juno

a strange, meandering and disjointed plot that left me feeling not necessarily unsatisfied but definitely a bit confused. natalie as a main character is intriguing but vague in a way which makes her slippery to get a hold of, too much for my taste.

Ashlyn

... I need to let this stew a bit before I can review it.

EDIT: This gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐ based on the CAWPILES* scoring criteria:

C- characters: 8
A - atmosphere: 9
W - writing/style: 9
P - plot: 7
I - intrigue: 9
L - logic: 6
E - enjoyment: 7

8+9+9+7+9+6+7 = 55
55/7 = 7.9 ==> ⭐⭐⭐⭐



*NOTE:
C- characters 
A - atmosphere
W - writing/style
P - plot
I - intrigue
L - logic
E - enjoyment

You rate each topic 0-10
0-3 = very poor
4-6 = mediocre
7-9 = really good
10 = outstanding

Then you average the 7 individual ratings to get the overall x out of 10 rating for the book

Once you've done that, you can convert the overall rating into the star rating

0-2.2 = ⭐
2.3-4.5 = ⭐⭐
4.6-6.9 = ⭐⭐⭐
7.0-8.9 = ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9.0-10 = ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐