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Scare Me #5
Possess Me
From kid horror master K.R. Alexander, the story of spirit that comes back to life... by taking your body.
You've been warned -- if you summon a spirit, it may want to go back to being human... by living inside you. Another chilling tale from K.R. Alexander.
You've been warned -- if you summon a spirit, it may want to go back to being human... by living inside you. Another chilling tale from K.R. Alexander.
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2022
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K.R. Alexander
17 books613 followersK.R. Alexander is the pseudonym for fantasy author Alex R. Kahler. Under this guise, K.R. writes creepy middle grade horror, perfect for young readers looking for a scare! His first book, The Collector, debuted from Scholastic in the Fall of '18.
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October 19, 2023
Disclaimer: this is a parent review of this book
Ok so my daughter came home with this from the book fair at her school and I was immediately intrigued just by the cover and the name of the book. So I read it tonight 😂
Less than 200 pages. Super quick little pallet cleanser from the books I typically read 🫠🙈
Anyways in case any parents are coming on here looking for reviews on whether or not their kid should read this book (me af 😂) I’ll just say yeah… it’s fine.
There’s no romantic elements. No foul language. Nothing traumatic or anything. I will say for me and my kids, it’s just a fun little spooky story. But if your kids are not used to reading/consuming thriller type content… you might want to read it first to make sure they can handle it.
But all in all it was a cute kids book with goosebumps vibes.
Now, let’s address the biggest question…
No, it’s not demonic nor does it have any demonic elements. (Because with a title like “possess me” bitch I definitely thought it was I’m not even gonna lie 😂)
It’s a ghost story.
Alright if you made it this far… just let your kid read the damn book. They’ll be fine.
And now back to my own current read!
Kbye ✨
Ok so my daughter came home with this from the book fair at her school and I was immediately intrigued just by the cover and the name of the book. So I read it tonight 😂
Less than 200 pages. Super quick little pallet cleanser from the books I typically read 🫠🙈
Anyways in case any parents are coming on here looking for reviews on whether or not their kid should read this book (me af 😂) I’ll just say yeah… it’s fine.
There’s no romantic elements. No foul language. Nothing traumatic or anything. I will say for me and my kids, it’s just a fun little spooky story. But if your kids are not used to reading/consuming thriller type content… you might want to read it first to make sure they can handle it.
But all in all it was a cute kids book with goosebumps vibes.
Now, let’s address the biggest question…
No, it’s not demonic nor does it have any demonic elements. (Because with a title like “possess me” bitch I definitely thought it was I’m not even gonna lie 😂)
It’s a ghost story.
Alright if you made it this far… just let your kid read the damn book. They’ll be fine.
And now back to my own current read!
Kbye ✨
May 12, 2024
The main character is a “they/them.”
As a parent, I would not let my kids read this until they are much older than the 9-12 age demographic this book is marketed toward. Which is a shame because the story was very good and the writing was well done (kudos to the author for taking on a possession story from a first person narrative and executing it exceptionally well). But I really wish woke ideology would stay out of children’s literature. The main character was interesting enough without being a “they/them.”
This would have been a 4 star read for me, but I had to drop it down to a 2 because I was just irritated and confounded after the “them” reference was slipped in there 3/4 of the way in.
As a parent, I would not let my kids read this until they are much older than the 9-12 age demographic this book is marketed toward. Which is a shame because the story was very good and the writing was well done (kudos to the author for taking on a possession story from a first person narrative and executing it exceptionally well). But I really wish woke ideology would stay out of children’s literature. The main character was interesting enough without being a “they/them.”
This would have been a 4 star read for me, but I had to drop it down to a 2 because I was just irritated and confounded after the “them” reference was slipped in there 3/4 of the way in.
May 9, 2023
I LOVED THE ENDING!!
June 21, 2023
4.5 ⭐️
November 24, 2022
This was not as good as his other books, but I still enjoyed it.
The biggest flaw with the book was that it was way too short and rushed. The story of the two 12 year old boys, who one is evidently gay, and their relationship encountering a ghost with some business that it still has to handle with the living, could have been a lttle more creepy. Still would recommend to teens or anyone who love a ghost story, and especially one with great teenagers as the main characters. I cannot wait to start his other new one; "Darkroom". See you then.
Richard
3.5
The biggest flaw with the book was that it was way too short and rushed. The story of the two 12 year old boys, who one is evidently gay, and their relationship encountering a ghost with some business that it still has to handle with the living, could have been a lttle more creepy. Still would recommend to teens or anyone who love a ghost story, and especially one with great teenagers as the main characters. I cannot wait to start his other new one; "Darkroom". See you then.
Richard
3.5
February 23, 2023
Library copy
Kaden and best friend Javier like to hang out at Mr. Hubbard's junk shopping, looking for things for their collections of oddities, like a taxidermied mouse in a tutu that captures Javier's imagination. It can't just be random junk; it has to help tell a story. This is just part of why the two are considered odd, and are targeted by Gabby, who used to be friends with Kaden, as well as Jake and Melvin. When the treasures at the junk shop begin to seem ordinary, the two decide they will go to the local burnt out, abandoned house, Blood Manor, and see what cool things are there. Ruined in an eerie fire years ago, the house of Janice Hoffweller is impressive but deeply ominous. Venturing deep inside, down a set of stairs, Kaden finds a room that is not burnt, and a ring with an eyeball on it. Putting it on causes strange things to happen, like a ghost that frightens everyone out of the house. Gabby and her companions flee but also blame Kaden for the weirdness. The ring causes Kaden to have odd dreams, and before long, it's hard to tell where Kaden ends and the all devouring Benjamin begins. Benjamin had Mrs. Hoffweller in his thrall, and had her doing horrendous things for years, but now that ownership of the ring has changed, it is Kaden who has to do the spririt's bidding. As children in town start disappearing and Kaden start to slip into a disturbing plane of existence where it's hard to tell what is real and what isn't, Benjamin seems to have the upper hand. Will Kaden be able to get enough help to break free from the spirit and sever its grip on the house?
Strengths: This was a bit different from other Alexander titles, because it had a weirdly disconnected feel to the narrative. Kaden is possessed by the demon spirit of Benjamin, so there are scenes where Kaden is clearly doing things, but describing them almost as if someone else is doing them. The thing that I liked best was actually Kaden's parents, who know that there's something going on, but can't quite fix it. Javier is good as well, and his obsession with the mouse and the tutu and other odd things definitely opens Kaden's mind up to investigatig the house and keeping the ring. This is really quite a disturbin gbook, but in a good way. I'd say it's my third favorite, right behind Darkroom and Escape.
Weaknesses: I would have liked to know a little bit more about Gabby and Kaden's relationship. We're given just a tantalizing glimpse that they were once friends, but there could have been more developed here. Also, while the blue eyes on the cover are very arresting, the ring is clearly a GRAY eye.
What I really think: I thought a fight would break out when I held up the two new copies of this title during the weekly library lesson. Readers bring these titles back with their friends right behind them who want the book they are turning in! Order extra boxes of these for Scholastic book fairs, and purchase at least two of each for any middle school library.
Kaden and best friend Javier like to hang out at Mr. Hubbard's junk shopping, looking for things for their collections of oddities, like a taxidermied mouse in a tutu that captures Javier's imagination. It can't just be random junk; it has to help tell a story. This is just part of why the two are considered odd, and are targeted by Gabby, who used to be friends with Kaden, as well as Jake and Melvin. When the treasures at the junk shop begin to seem ordinary, the two decide they will go to the local burnt out, abandoned house, Blood Manor, and see what cool things are there. Ruined in an eerie fire years ago, the house of Janice Hoffweller is impressive but deeply ominous. Venturing deep inside, down a set of stairs, Kaden finds a room that is not burnt, and a ring with an eyeball on it. Putting it on causes strange things to happen, like a ghost that frightens everyone out of the house. Gabby and her companions flee but also blame Kaden for the weirdness. The ring causes Kaden to have odd dreams, and before long, it's hard to tell where Kaden ends and the all devouring Benjamin begins. Benjamin had Mrs. Hoffweller in his thrall, and had her doing horrendous things for years, but now that ownership of the ring has changed, it is Kaden who has to do the spririt's bidding. As children in town start disappearing and Kaden start to slip into a disturbing plane of existence where it's hard to tell what is real and what isn't, Benjamin seems to have the upper hand. Will Kaden be able to get enough help to break free from the spirit and sever its grip on the house?
Strengths: This was a bit different from other Alexander titles, because it had a weirdly disconnected feel to the narrative. Kaden is possessed by the demon spirit of Benjamin, so there are scenes where Kaden is clearly doing things, but describing them almost as if someone else is doing them. The thing that I liked best was actually Kaden's parents, who know that there's something going on, but can't quite fix it. Javier is good as well, and his obsession with the mouse and the tutu and other odd things definitely opens Kaden's mind up to investigatig the house and keeping the ring. This is really quite a disturbin gbook, but in a good way. I'd say it's my third favorite, right behind Darkroom and Escape.
Weaknesses: I would have liked to know a little bit more about Gabby and Kaden's relationship. We're given just a tantalizing glimpse that they were once friends, but there could have been more developed here. Also, while the blue eyes on the cover are very arresting, the ring is clearly a GRAY eye.
What I really think: I thought a fight would break out when I held up the two new copies of this title during the weekly library lesson. Readers bring these titles back with their friends right behind them who want the book they are turning in! Order extra boxes of these for Scholastic book fairs, and purchase at least two of each for any middle school library.
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April 28, 2025Book for May. Possess me by K.R. Alexander. This book starts with Kaden and his friend, Javier, in an antique store. They decided to go to Javier's house for the rest of the day. On Kaden's way home that night, he encounters Gabby and her friends and is getting bullied but they got scared away when the antique store owner saw them. The next night Kaden was on his way home and gabby an her brother and friends. They chase Kaden into blood manor and he find a ring when hiding and put it on. Little did he know the ring possesses him now and he starts to not remember how her got places and having weird dreams about kiddnapping people and everytime he has one that person goes missing. He starts to relize that maybe these arn't dreams. Once both of Gabbys friends are missing her and Kaden go into blood manor and Kaden forces the ring off and isn't possessed any more.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars because it was just the right amount of creepy. I reccomend this book to andone who likes books that keep them on edge. This was a book for anything.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars because it was just the right amount of creepy. I reccomend this book to andone who likes books that keep them on edge. This was a book for anything.
April 3, 2023
This is a sad excuse for a horror book. It was hard to even finish it because of how boring and uninteresting it was and I'm disappointed I wasted my money on it. If you want a 'Horror' book with absolutely no horror elements at all and a copy, paste theme throughout every chapter, this is a great elementary-trying-to-be-middle school book for you. As an 8th grader, I was heavily disappointed by the flat and uninteresting characters, Disney Channel-type bullies, and an ending that made barely any sense. I don't want to spoil anything but honestly, everything about this book was uninteresting and a repeat throughout every...tiny one to two page... chapters. I would recommend it for an elementary child at most. Don't waste your time on this book if you have a reading level past a 7-year-old.
April 17, 2023
This wasn't a bad story, but, I just couldn't figure out why there was a young girl on the cover. The main bad guy is a boy, the main bad girl is an older woman, and the main character is another boy. Oh, sure, there's a girl in the story, but, she's not in there enough to warrant being on the cover. So, as far as I'm concerned, the cover is false advertising. Also, any KR Alexander book is told through first person and in the 3 or 4 books that I've read, the main character is a boy. I'm getting real sick of seeing a girl on the covers and not one of the main characters is a girl. About the book, it's a quick read, only 180 pages, and isn't that scary.
January 3, 2023
This book was amazing, it had just the right amount of horror, and was hard to stop reading! The thing about the story that I didn't like was how he set up the ending. You expected Gabby, Jake, Melvin, and Javier to get trapped in the basement forever from the ghost Benjamin. You expected something else than Kaden breaking free from the ghost, especially because the other person who got captured couldn't, like how could Kaden break free but Ms. Hoffweller had to burn her house down and cut off one of her fingers? You expected something else for the ending and epilogue.
July 12, 2023
It was quite an interesting book. I was kind of confused on the pronouns/gender of the main character until I saw the book refer to Kaden as "them" so I'm now going to assume that Kaden is nonbinary, etc. It was slightly hard to keep up with all the times Kaden would fall asleep, but I think that it's just my fault for dozing off. This book had me confused why the parents didn't notice the ring on their child's finger. I probably would've cut off my finger wayyyyy earlier in the book bc the ring would've bother me. Overall this was a fun book to read with an unexpectedly weird ending.
April 7, 2025
The only reason I chose to read this book was because my 11 year old niece got it from a book fair at her school and I wanted to read a book she was reading so we had something in common and I can’t express enough how pleased I am with this find. What I thought was going to be a “kiddy” book turned out to be one of me most captivating reads I’ve read in a long time. The build up of the characters was done in a manner that left no questions but also didn’t take so long I got bored, and the ending was an outcome I hadn’t imagined as I made it through the book.
November 17, 2022
I thought it was good. But, most of the time it would just explain a lot of the possession of Kaden instead of other things. Which I thought was a little boring. But, overall, it was a good, horror book to read!
April 16, 2024
Not as good as her other books, part of that could be who they chose to read the audiobook. It sounded as if I had a teenage boy yelling or whining the whole time. I am not ashamed to say as an adult I still enjoy reading and finding new authors even if they are not "adult" books. So this isn't something I read with my child, I just picked it up because the cover looked cool.
November 17, 2022
The ending though!
December 31, 2022
It was so good! I love all of K. R. Alexander's books!
January 10, 2023
Good book, don’t have much complains except for they use the whole- this isn’t you, remember who you are
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April 1, 2023
this book was so poetic. it was eerie but beautiful
July 23, 2023
It was a good book but it did have some parts I didn't like and when it did a different perspective without saying but it confused me a little at the beginning of the chapter.
October 14, 2023
This one just didn't really work for me.
February 17, 2024
I love love k.r. Alexander books they the best my best friend showed me these books her name is Morgan she showed me these books in August 2023.
June 8, 2024
I liked the characters a lot.
January 15, 2025
Really good book. Had me on the edge of my seat.
February 18, 2025
A little bit spooky and haunting good time. Enjoyed the story and characters.
March 4, 2025
Very relatable. Overall I LOVE IT
October 23, 2023
Meh, not as good as the others
May 31, 2023
Best book ever LOVE IT
June 29, 2023
I’ve been getting into ghost stories and the supernatural stuff, so this was a very quick read for me and I think it was pretty good.
December 5, 2023
Was harder to get into but once it picked up it really picked up this was another hit from my favorite author
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