Bad Things Happen Here follows the story of Luca, who lives in the idyllic island of Parris which is plagued by the unsolved deaths of young women - most significantly, Luca's best friend Polly. This cursed feeling is further exacerbated by the death of Luca's sister Whitney, prompting the former to team up with Naomi, the new girl next door, to take the investigation into their own hands. But will their search finally reveal the truth about Whitney's murder?
The chapters are very short, so the story moves along at a brisk pace, and with the use of literary devices such as italics to reveal character thoughts and/or speech as well as the change of font to emphasise text messages between them it's written in a way that will be accessible to the intended young adult target audience while remaining accessible given the dark subject matter.
The chapters are very short, so the story moves along at a brisk pace, and with the use of literary devices such as italics to reveal character thoughts and/or speech as well as the change of font to emphasise text messages between them it's written in a way that will be accessible to the intended young adult target audience while remaining accessible given the dark subject matter.