5 comments about Silent Night 3 (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 11).

1. as always r.l stime has written a great book for suspense/thriller enthusiasts. book was a fast paced read and difficult to put down. kept me on the edge of my seat till the last page.



2. Reva Dalby is back to Shadyside from college for Christmas break. Reva is bored so she decides to take over the fashion show at her father's department store. Reva has a good time telling the models what to do until the model start dying. Strangled by her colorful scarves. Reva's not bored anymore. She's terrified!



3. Reva back to Shadyside for Christmas break. That means Christmas scary chills is back too. Scary things start when a model for Reva's fashion show suddenly dies. Two actually and her friend who came with he to Shadyside is being stalked.



4. Rich, spoiled girl Reva Dalby thinks she can have anything she wants because her father owns a department store. When her pranks go too far, someone starts stalking Reva.



5. Reva Dalby is back in the third and final installment of the Silent Night trilogy. Coming back with Grace Morton(her friend), Reva is being stalked by an unknown person. In her fashion show, her model starts dying and Reva's afraid she could be the next one to die.

5 comments about The New Year's Party (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 9).

1. Reenie and her friends constantly play tricks on one another, trying to scare each other. At Reenie's Christmas party the gang play a trick on P. J., the silent new kid. He dies, and then his body disappears. Then one of them is killed. Who is the murderer?
   
   Overall, a good Stine book, with likable yet realistic characters and a good story line.
   
   The only bad part about this story is that it's kind of obvious. Despite that I had to read on to see how it turned out and I liked the story, so I'd still recommend it.



2. I Love Horror and Suspense Novels. I can honestly say that one of my favorite series is R.L Stine's Fear Street books. With R.L Stine you are never disappointed. "The New Year's Party" is one of the best in the Series!



3. One of R.L. Stine's best!!! The story completely messes with your head and is full of twists and turns! I honestly can't name one flaw.
   
   Of course I would recommend it! I finished this book in approximately 2 days.



4. Why does everyone like this book? Just because what happened in 1965 and the present was related? What I was looking for in this book were the chase scenes and the suspicion of the characters. The supernatural part was overacting for me. The part could never happen.



5. I didn't find the book suspenseful. Actually, when I read it, it wasn't what I had expected. The ending was unrealistic. Human beings that become ghosts and suddenly vanish? Come on, that's not a typical Fear Street ending.

5 comments about Revenant (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

1. In Revenant, Willow has a Chinese friend, which sets the scene for lots
   of conflict with Chinese gangs, Chinese mythology, and allows for plenty of beatdowns by the Buffster.
   
   Gang types, as opposed to demon types, don't mind spraying the lead
   around, though, which can be a it of a problem when you don't run around packing heat yourself as a high school girl.



2. I think Revenant is a top rate Buffy book. the mixture of Gang warfare and chinese magic clash spectacularly. But, what with me being a big Angel fan and all, I mostly like the way Angel gets to come out of Buffy's shadow in this "Buffy" season 3 based novel, & gets to shine on his own, with detailed accounts of his own encounters & search for clues.

   Also, Xander's obssession with the mysterious swordswoman adds for light entertainment, just as Willow's encounters with Lok Rong at the Rong residence are frightening. Even Buffy's Mum gets in on the act, Planning the interception of a dragon statue.

   With its Graphic action sequences & killer climax, no regular 'Buffy' reader should bypass this novel, no matter how big or small fan you are of the series.




3. The most action-oriented of all the Buffy books, though the fights are excellently written. The book is more slam-and-tussle than plot - the reviewer who equated it to anime was dead on the money - but, hey, nothing wrong with that. As with several of the Buffy books, this one has too many irons in the fire to satisfactorily resolve them all, but overall it is quite satisfying.

   In a plot almost ripped out of the day's suppressed headlines, a Chinese power broker is shipping heavy arms to California street gangs. The ensuing chaos provides excellent cover for occult behind-the-scenes activities, keeping Buffy and Company distracted. Several out-of-town players get involved in the act, including a likeable Chinese warrior-woman who nearly fills the void in poor luckless-in-love Xander's sex-life.

   Welcome additions in this entry are Mayor Wilkins and his faithful hench-vamp, Mr. Trick, but they are relegated to incidental roles when they should have been much bigger players in this plot. And where is Faith, for God's sake? One of the worst failings in the entire book series is the all but complete negation of one of Sunnydale's most notorious personages, Faith the Fallen.

   A strong entry in the series, well-written. Most recommended for lovers of action and anime.




4. At first in "Revenant," it seems that the real world is suddenly intruding into the quiet little town of Sunnydale. As if being on the Hellmouth was not fun enough, a Chinese gang has hit town and is clearly trying to take over. But this is a Chinese gang that employs not only automatic weapons but also demons and a bit of good old fashioned Chinese magic. Mel Odom does a nice job of incorporating some elements of Chinese mysticism into the Buffy mythos and his characterization of the Slayer and her cohorts is certainly above average. The most interesting sub-plot involves the arrival of a beautiful martial-arts warrior, with whom Xander becomes hopelessly smitten. This is carried off well until the very end of the novel, at which point, following a hysterical exchange of apologies between Buffy and Xander, we suddenly jump ahead to the post mortem and are denied the actual farewell between the couple we have been rooting on throughout the story.

   By the time I finished reading this Buffy the Vampire Slayer novel I kept thinking there was too much of one thing and not nearly enough of another. With all the weaponry the Chinese gang brings to town, you would have to think that somebody else besides Angel was going to be hit by all those hail of bullets (nice touch by Odom having Angel's face get messed up for a while in the story). Guns are a touchy item in the Buffy universe, where only the occasional vampire (Darla in "Angel" comes to mind) bothers to try and shoot it out with the Slayer. This is because it is awfully hard to get close enough to kick somebody in the chest when they are shooting an Uzi at you. That being said, I have to admit I was surprised that Mayor Wilkins was not more of a presence in the story. After all, Sunnydale is his town and has been for well over a century. Consequently, it very hard to believe he and the Dark Forces he serves would not do something about these invaders. Of course, this would open up the opportunity for some sort of temporary alliance, but at the very least the Mayor should be doing a lot more to defend his turf. Despite these caveats, "Revenant" is an above average Buffy novel and I will be interested to see what Odom comes up with the next time around.




5. A wonderful Buffy novel! The only fault I have found with it is that it begins very slowly. If you can make it to the middle of the book, be prepared to reap wonderful rewards. The plot is a bit confusing at times, but the action sequences are astoundingly good. Odom writes very discriptively and litterally paints pictures with words; at times they are very grusome pictures, which makes it even better. Many of the characters are well trained in martial arts and wear costumes reminiscent of the Anime genre, a real treat to read.

   Continuing in the Buffy tradition, the author of this book adds things we've *never* seen in Sunnydale before to make the plot work. This happens all the time on the show, to the point where the characters even make fun of the fact ("I've lived in Sunnydale for a few years now, you know what I've never noticed? A big honkin' Castle" ~Buffy vs Dracula). In this book we get a large Asian community stuck smack dab in the middle of what until now has been what seems to be a mostly white community. If you can get past that, though, this is a great book!

5 comments about Bad Dreams (Fear Street, No. 22).

1. Synopsis: The Travers family, consisting of Maggie, her sister Andrea, and their mother, has just moved to Fear Street. Though they are sisters, Maggie and Andrea do not get along, because Andrea is jealous of Maggie's popularity. At first, Maggie and Andrea hate the idea of moving to just the eerier Street, but Maggie's mood changes when she sees a beautiful canopy bed lying in her room.
   
   Maggie loves her new bed, and decides to sleep in it. However, Maggie's attitude soon changes when she repeatedly starts getting a nightmare in her dreams of a girl being murdered in her bed.
   
   Things take a turn for the worse when Maggie's friends Dawn Rodgers and Tiffany Hollings are brutally injured. Since Maggie, Dawn, Tiffany were selected to tryout for the 2001M All State Swimming Meet, people start suspecting Maggie as the one behind Tiffany and Dawn's attacks.
   
   When Maggie finds out that a girl was really murdered in her room, she realizes her dreams are warning her to look out, and that she could be next in the killer's list. Can Maggie find out who the killer is before its too late?
   
   Review: I felt this was one of the better books in the "Fear Street" series. I kept guessing who the killer could be, and I was really shocked to find out who it was in the end.
   
   The whole story was nicely paced, and had a good mix of suspense and horror to it. Some parts were really spine tingling, like when Maggie sees Tiffany lying face down on the floor, or when she realizes someone following her in the caverns.
   
   The only negative part about reading this book was that the ending was too rushed in my opinion. I felt like the killer's explanations and reasons were all written off in one page so that the author could finish the climax. Even though the ending gave me shivers, I wished that Stine had written out the reason for the killer's attack with more detail.
   
   Other than that, I thought this was a very suspenseful book and enjoyed reading it.



2. I read this book in Junior High school, and it was pretty scary! I really love this book. The other Fear Street books were great as well. Anyway, to talk about Bad Dreams. I loved the plot and the characters. I hated Maggie's sister Andrea. She was such a brat! But I really enjoyed the whole book. It did tell a great story and was pretty scary at the same time. I don't want to tell you the scary parts though. If any of you are into the Fear Street series and have never read this one... I can tell you that you'll love this book!



3. This is the one of the many books of the Fear Street series, and it's really good. Fear Street is a series about scary and/or supernatural events that happen to teenagers in a ficitional town called Shadyside. In this book, an attractive swimmer moves into a run down house on Fear Street after her dad dies. She and her sister are a lways at each other's throats competing over everything, and when a beautiful antique bed is left in the house, they fight over it as well. However the sister who gets it is soon plauged by disturbing nightmares and weird things happening to her at every turn.This has a pretty good twist ending and gives a good taste of future books in the series.Pulitizer material it's not, but for young teens, or anyone wanting a quick thrilling read, this suits the bill just fine.



4. I read a lot of R.L books and loved almost all of them. This book was no exception. It had a great plot line great cliff hanger great everything. And the ending like all R.L Stine books was a twist. If your looking for a suspense book i would highly recommend this book



5. This was my first Fear Street book I read and it scared me! I was scared of going to sleep! If I would have a dream that would keep repeating I would stop sleeping! But I love this book anyway.
   
   Sweet dreams...

5 comments about The Second Evil (Fear Street Cheerleaders, No. 2).

1. i loved it . it was great .for all you r l stine book lovers this is a great book.read it even try the sample. AWSOME BOOK. wow. wow wow wow wow wow wow wow woow wow wow wow wow wow . great great great . im a HUGE fan of r l stine i hope all of you guhs are and will be .
   CHOW.CHOw



2. For Corky Corcoran, putting her sister Bobbi's untimely death behind her is proving to be a job of work, thanks to that pesky Evil lurking around Shadyside.
   
   The second book in R. L. Stine's Fear Street Cheerleaders series stands miles above its predecessor. The writing is cleaner, the characters better developed, the plot tighter and more deftly executed. And the body count is higher, too. Get ready to say goodbye to a couple of series regulars, and to make the cliffhanger ending easier to digest, make sure you have the third installment onhand.
   
   
   The First Evil (Fear Street Cheerleaders, No. 1)
   Second Evil (Fear Street: Cheerleaders)
   The Third Evil (Fear Street Cheerleaders, No. 3)
   Cheerleaders: The New Evil (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 7)
   Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 13)
   The Awakening Evil (Fear Street, No. 10)



3. The Second Evil is in the Fear Street Cheerleaders Saga. This is
   the second book in the series but you don't need to read the first one
   to get into the second one because they have completely different plots.
   And if you like this one, there is a third one The Third Evil.
   
   
   
   This is a book about a group of seniors at Shady Side High.
   When Corky's sister Bobbi dies, Corky mourns at Bobbi's grave every
   day. But one day she encounters an evil spirit and she fights it. She
   thinks she killed it, but the terror has only started. When all her friends
   start acting weird, she knows the spirit has gotten in someone's body but
   who?
   
   
   
   This is a young adult book with some details that may not be
   suitable for younger readers. There were a lot of gross/gruesome
   details that tell about how people got murdered.
   So mainly seventh and eighth graders should read this book.



4. 
   The Second Evil is in the Fear Street Cheerleaders Saga. This is
   the second book in the series but you don't need to read the first one
   to get into the second one because they have completely different plots.
   And if you like this one, there is a third one The Third Evil.
   
   
   
   This is a book about a group of seniors at Shady Side High.
   When Corky's sister Bobbi dies, Corky mourns at Bobbi's grave every
   day. But one day she encounters an evil spirit and she fights it. She
   thinks she killed it, but the terror has only started. When all her friends
   start acting weird, she knows the spirit has gotten in someone's body but
   who?
   
   
   
   This is a young adult book with some details that may not be
   suitable for younger readers. There were a lot of gross/gruesome
   details that tell about how people got murdered.
   So mainly seventh and eighth graders should read this book.



5. When Kimmy saw Corky at the cemetery they watched her. Corky was in the cemetery mourning the death of Bobbi. When she saw Bobbi rise from her grave, she saw Bobbi. Bobbi's blond hair was caked with mud. Bobbi's mouth was about to open but instead a big fat worm came out. But it was another nightmare of Bobbi for Corky. This time, Corky had a boyfriend named Chip Chasner or Charles Chasner. Chip dumped Kimmy, his old girlfriend because he was liked Bobbi after Bobbi's death he liked Corky. When Corky was making hot chocolate something distracted her and she did not know the hot water was on her hand already so she burned her hand. When Kimmy saw Corky, Kimmy was begging Corky to sign in the cheerleading squad because of the double cartwheel Corky and Bobbi made. When Chip and Corky met Sarah Beth Plummer, Corky thinks something is strange about her. She knew the SARAH FEAR STORY!. When i was in CHAPTER 13, Corky heard a loud noise. When she saw Chip, she gasped in horror because his hand was cutted by a power saw. When Corky jumped in Chapter 20, she fell because Kimmy did not catch her. Kimmy told her she was paralyzed. When Corky was in home, she decided to take a hotbath. She was surprised to see Kimmy in the bathroom. But it was not Kimmy, Infact it was the evil spirit. The evil spirit explained why she killed Chip and Jon Daly, Jennifer's brother. When Corky was forced in the hot tub, she made Kimmy in the hot tub. When the evil spirit was gone, Kimmy was all wet. The next day, Corky saw a letter.
   IT CAN't BE DROWNED!. It means the evil spirit was not defeated!

5 comments about The Last Vampire: Collector's Edition, Vol. 1 (The Last Vampire 1/ The Last Vampire 2: Black Blood/ The Last Vampire 3: Red Dice).

1. I'm really quite flabbergasted by the 5 star reviews on here. And not just one, but the majority! I recently finished reading the 1st and 2nd books in the series and it was incredibly painful. I'm no literary snob and will happily read most things with little expectation - I'm easily entertained!
   
   But even without trying to compare it to other Vampire books I have read and enjoyed infinitely more (Twilight, Vampire Academy), this was one of the worst books I've ever read. And I enjoy Christopher Pike books!
   
   The character of Sita was completely 2 dimensional and I felt the writer assumed too early that I had established an affinity for the heroine when I hardly knew her. It totally skips over any sort of development in Sita and Rays relationship. In fact, I kept wondering if I had missed some critical turn in their relationship when he went from a source of information to the love of her life. All of a sudden Sita was talking about love and I was flipping back pages. As it is in the 1st person from Sita's POV, there needed to be more turmoil in her when she was manipulating Ray to show an internal dilemma that she may have real feelings for him, not just acting. I don't feel that Ray shared this love at all. Same as Seymour. It seems they only met once or twice and were already calling each other best friend etc.
   
   And I cringed at the amateurish and drawn out paragraphs detailing Sita's MacGyver like plans and her cache of weapons etc. It seemed clumsy and lazy to have not woven it more subtly into the storyline so it wasn't a big clump of exposition to hurry me along to the (unfounded) climactic scenes.
   
   I am seriously gobsmacked that no one else has thought this book and subsequent books was worth less than 4 stars!!



2. While not Anne Rice, this series is great. It's geared for a slightly younger audience than Anne Rice's books, and I read it when I was in that target audience. This book impressed me a lot. I enjoyed the fact that these three books were bound together. Originally I had read just the first one, but when I was at the library I found this collector's volume and of course picked it up. The story is believable and engaging, though the method of vampire-making - pressing cut wrists together - didn't work for me because it'd be quite sloppy. Still, overall great book and series!



3. I've read this book many many times throughout my teen years. 10 years later, i'm still in love with it. I decided to read it again after reading the twilight series. Twilight can't even compare to the last vampire stories!!



4. A long-time master of mystery, murder and mayhem, Christopher Pike has been publishing what most people think of as "teen thrillers" since 1985. However, to label Pike's haunting, ingenious stories as "teen thrillers" is to miss what makes his work so unusual, for his stories occupy a strange liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. It is, perhaps, more accurate to say, as Pike himself admits, that he tends to write about teens, not to teens. Either way, he was decades ahead of his time, anticipating the subject matter and themes of today's best-selling young adult writers, albeit with one crucial difference: He is not afraid of copious amounts of blood and gore, and he is not afraid to kill off his creations. Indeed, in Pike's twisted world the only thing rarer than a happy ending in is a middle-age narrator.
   
   Luckily for me, Pike began publishing his famous vampire series when I was in high school in the mid nineties. During that gloomy, pre-Amazon technological Dark Age, I was already an avid Pike fan, weekly checking the local drugstore for my next literary fix. What made me spend my hard-earned waitressing tips on his slim volumes? Pike was unlike any other writer I'd encountered, perhaps because his stories of teens facing down vampires, demons, serial killers, bloodthirsty aliens, and horrific, supernatural creatures touched a deep psychological nerve. I have forgotten many books over the years, but I have never forgotten Pike's exhilarating, fiercely unsettling stories.
   
   This is especially true of his "Last Vampire" series (there are six books in all), which tell the tale of Sita (aka Alisa Perne) who is the last vampire on earth, or so she believes when we first meet her. An extraordinary being with the experience and wisdom of five thousand years, Sita is neither entirely evil nor entirely good, and as such she sometimes recalls the haunted, melancholy Louis (from Rice's 1976 Interview with the Vampire). She also prefigures such creations as Angel (from Buffy The Vampire Slayer), although she has no problem killing innocents when she is threatened, and Buffy, in that she is appears to be a petite, young, gorgeous blond, but is actually a killing machine of enormous strength.
   
   Pike is a terrific storyteller and his "Last Vampire" series is a page-turner full of bloody chases, gruesome killings, big explosions and elaborate fight sequences. People die. A lot of people. I especially like how unpredictable Pike's plot twists are; Sita's tale starts off at a dead run and doesn't let up until the last sentence. Good luck trying to figure out where it's going; I certainly couldn't when I was re-reading it last week.
   
   However, I also like how he often weaves myth, science, and religion into his stories, and "The Last Vampire" is no exception. One of the best parts about this series are Sita's flashbacks as she remembers key moments from her amazingly long life, especially the day she met God, or, as he was known at that time, Krishna. The Hindu beliefs, legends, stories and myths anchor Sita's tale and make a nice contrast with her experiences in the modern world. In addition, they allow Pike to speculate on spiritual matters, such as the nature of good and evil.
   
   As an adult reader, though, I must admit that some aspects of his writing leave much to be desired. It's true that he does do a good job quickly developing protagonists you care about. Sita is a well-rounded, complex character capable of generosity, compassion, and love, but also cruelty, torture and murder. She is, in the words of Pike, "A lover who hates, a saint who sins and an angel who kills." However, sometimes minor characters are incredibly stereotypical and he tends to rely on types: "the school nerd," "the FBI agent," "the donut-eating cop," "the snuff-film, frozen-corpse-loving homicidal maniac," etc.
   
   After a while such stereotypes just get old.
   
   Also, Pike's prose is, well, unsophisticated at best, and, at times, downright bad. (This is the reason I reluctantly gave him four stars instead of five). For example, his series is full of vile descriptions, such as the following sketch of a serial killer from the second vampire book: "But it is his eyes that are the scariest. The green centers look like cheap emeralds that have been dipped in sulfuric acid and left out to dry in a radioactive dust storm."
   
   Um, what?
   
   But there are worse sins a writer can commit then an over-reliance on clichés, mixed metaphors and over-the-top descriptions. In the end, Pike's imagination makes up for his prose, and most of the time I can ignore his flawed writing because I am so caught up in his exciting tales. Certainly, "The Last Vampire" is a wildly original, breathtakingly suspenseful ride that will appeal to sci-fi, fantasy, horror and thriller fans alike.
   
   Last week I was going through an old box of books and I found my carefully preserved Pike stash. Sitting there in the dusty attic I began to re-read Sita's tale and, although it was early in the morning, I found myself reading into the wee hours of the night. I just couldn't put her story down until I had read the last page. If that's not a testament to Pike's power, then I don't know what is.



5. This is a phenomenal series. I have read itat least 3 times. If you have any interest in vampires, as well as thrillers, read this series. You will not be disappointed. It is most certainly for mature readers, as it is very graphic on all accounts. However, Pike's writing style is phenomenal. When I read this series for the first time, I couldn't put it down and I'm looking forward to reading it again soon. The characters are strong, the descriptions are amazing and it is simply fantastic.
   
   Now, if only they would turn it into a movie or television series. It has incredibly high potential to be done very, very well...

5 comments about Killing Britney.

1. I saw this book at the library and grabbed it along with a few other books i planned to read. Killing Brittany was a pretty good read! I loved it. I was guess through the entire book and I loved the ending! Definitely read this if you love suspense!



2. This book was awesome. Seriously. I honestly kept guessing until the very last chapter about who was responsible for the murders and who was tormenting Britney. Not only that but once you DO find out there is still another twist to the story. It never stops! This is a mystery in it's truest form.
   
   The writing wasn't the best, but it was good. I believe Sean Olin was 19 when this book was written, so it's even more impressive in that case, but I can't remember where I found that information out at. Visually it was well written as well, with as little description as possible Olin managed to describe everything around the characters, and the things they interacted with.
   
   The characters were also believable, which seems to be something that most books lack. However, this is also the only downfall to the book - not the characters being believable, but the characters themselves. Although they seem believable, I didn't really care about them. Like the murders in the book? I simply read through them, I wasn't shocked by the person being killed, I wasn't saddened by any of the killings. I simply didn't care.
   
   The plot was strong too, Olin did a very good job at leading you on until the very very last second. It was a tiny bit all over the place, switching back and forth between characters and what they were doing. Which leads me to one of my favourite things about the book: the alteration in watching the characters. Olin makes you think at least four or five times throughout the book that you know who is running around causing all the mayhem. Then, suddenly, you're watching that person. And by watching that person, I mean of course, watching them die. Just when you think finally you know who it is, he teases you with the fact that you're wrong. Again.
   
   And boy, was it gory. You wouldn't expect for a book to be that way right? Not to have that ability since it's just words, and gory is more of a `visual' word (at least to me it is), except Killing Britney was every bit as gory as the title suggests. Blood? Yes. Lots of it. Actually I'm quite sure the reason we've not heard anything else from Sean Olin is because he has in fact become a serial killer! This book has everything from murder, to sabotage, bloody killing and bodies crunched up and spewed about. An arm here, and arm there, legs back a mile or so.



3. Killing Brittany is a story about a young teenage girl who transforms herself after her mom dies and becomes the person she always wanted to be. Then people she cares about start dying and she thinks she is next. As more people die, secrets about Brittany's life start spilling out. This was a very interesting, compelling book. It is very well written and keeps you guessing until the end. It captures you once you start reading and doesn't let go until the very last page. The ending leaves you questioning her Brittany's sanity and makes you want more. I give this book five stars just for the way it was put together and how it draws you in.



4. This was not what I expected it to be. This good mystery novel for the teen crowd. I found a few parts a bit lacking in keeping me interested though. The whole aspect of 'Who Dun It?' kept me reading. Good for a quick read.



5. After the death of Britney's mother, she transforms from being a nerd, to a blond haired popular girl when she started dating a hockey jock, Ricky. Then, everything goes wrong. Ricky dies in a hit-and-run, her best friend's brother, and her best friend die, and it didn't end there. This is an intense book full of surprises; although, it is confusing at times. I'm still a little confused by it. This book is really descriptive, but the author, Sean Olin, could have left out some inappropriate parts. Without those parts, I would have liked the book a lot better. This book also has a lot of gory descriptions in it, like when Melissa got ran over by one of those big ice cleaner machines that they use to clean ice skating rinks. The descriptions went a little overboard, and it got pretty disgusting. In a way the gory descriptions made me want to stop reading, but I kept reading to find out who the killer was and why. This book was pretty creative and full of intensity and surprises, but I do not recommend this book for anyone who is under the age of 13. Overall the book was okay. It's not a book I'd just pick up and read again, though.

5 comments about Killer's Kiss (Fear Street, No. 42).

1. Synopsis: Delia Easton and Karina Frye have always been competing with one another since they were kids, on clothes, grades and friends, and now over Vincent Milano. What they don't realize is that Vincent, a boy who they both like, is secretly dating both of them and enjoying it. Needless to say, Karina finds out about Vincent and Delia, and thinks that Delia was trying to steal Vincent from her.
   
   Later, Karina sees Delia in the gym and starts strangling her and threatens to kill her. Afterward, Delia feels like Karina is up to something, especially when she sees Karina talking with Stewart Andrews - her stiffest competition for the Conklin Award, besides Karina. Delia's worst nightmare comes true when she opens her guitar case on the stage during the award show, only to find her strings in her guitar cut, and a decomposing rat jammed inside the guitar hole. Her troubles are far from over, and when she gets a second chance to show her talent, someone ruins her painting at the show. Delia realizes that Karina is dangerous and wants to see her fail in everything important to her. Can Delia stop Karina from stealing her boyfriend, her future, her life?
   
   Review: I enjoyed reading this book. It had a classic Fear Street storyline, strange characters, gruesome incidents, and lots of twists. One of the main reasons why I enjoyed it was to see Vincent get exactly what he deserved for being a disgusting character dating all those girls. Some moments in this book were gross to read, like when Delia sees a decomposing rat in her guitar case.
   
   Similar to other Fear Street books, Stine manages to give an unexpected twist in the end to shock the readers, but when he does this, I find loopholes in the storyline that don't make sense. Don't get me wrong, I loved the ending of this book, but it just made think of a few incidents that didn't add up. For example, at the Conklin Award, after the incident, Delia sees Karina speak with Sarah and they both walk out together, although no explanation is provided for this. I just feel like if Stine had given more details towards the end of the book to cover every mysterious incident that took place, I would have enjoyed this book more.
   
   Anyway, other than that, this is a good Fear Street book to read, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes the series.



2. Delia and Karina are competing against each other for everything. Their newest price is Vincent.
   
   One of very few Fear Street disappointments. No surprises here unfortunately. It was just boring...



3. Killer's Kiss is an easy to read fast flowing storyline that although a little predictable it has enough twists that keep the reader questioning what they think is going on is actually what is. R.L. Stine has written a substantial number of books marketed at children, young adults and adults and the publishing company has decided to place Killer's Kiss in the Young Adult category. Whilst some of Stine's childrens' fiction is a bit basic for adults or specifically written to only appeal to a specific age market this is not so with Killer's Kiss. Killer's Kiss is a simple and easy to read book but contains enough storyline substance that those who read most of their books from the adult fiction novel level won't still enjoy this. It also doesn't use teenage specific vocabulary (which would date the book extremely fast if it did) meaning those who are no longer teens can still follow it as well and in ten years time the next generation of young adults will still enjoy it as well.
   
   Killer's Kiss is the story of a the self centred huge egod popular highschool boy (Vincent) and the affect his desire to manipulate two former best friends into believing he is dating each of them exclusively and convincing them the other is just jealous and delusional. Delia and Karina (the two girls) have been competing against each other their whole lives with Delia usually being pipped at the post by Karina. Delia has had enough of this and won't have what she believes to be her current boyfriend stolen from her. Karina has also had enough of what she believes to be Delia wanting everything she has. Throw in a talent contest and you've got an unhealthy competition that's deadly serious!



4. My 8 year old grandson checked this book out of the elementary school library. Needless to say, the title made me suspicious as to the content. After I read it, his parents notified the school. It has now been removed. This type of book may be o.k. for adults, if they like this sort of story; however, it should not be allowed in schools. Wonder where kids are getting the ideas to shoot up classrooms and malls? Check out the books they're reading......



5. Although I thought this book would be kind of wack it turned out 2 be a great book. And the ending is so shocking. This was one of my first fear street books and know I read a book of Fear street almost everyday. This book is surprising and u wont let it down until your finish it. A thriller

5 comments about The Stepsister 2 (Fear Street, No. 33) (No. 2).

1. The stepsister 2 is the sequel to Stepsister.
   Emily's insane older sister Nancy was sent away as she tried to kill Emily. Now she's deemed sane and is returning to the family. Naturally Emily is afraid her sister might still be out to get her, but awkwardly they start to get used to each other again. Then things begin to go terribly wrong. Someone is out to get Emily.
   
   What a letdown! This book is a replica of the first! Okay, the relation between Emily and Nancy is different and Rich is somewhat harder than he was in book one, but everything else is way too similar.
   If the author doesn't have anything new to add to the story, he shouldn't write a sequel. This is a complete waste for anyone who has read the first Stepsister book. My advice is: avoid this one and read the first in stead.
   
   If I hadn't read the first book, then this would've been worth 3 stars. As a sequel however, it's awful.



2. Emily is both happy and scared that her sister is coming back. She is happy that she finally gets to see her sister again and scared that she might be up to her old tricks again. Emily is more scared when she finds her dog murdered and her dress cut.



3. 
   
   
   This is an awesome Fear Street book. With such gruesome details feels like your watching a movie.
   
   
   This is the sequel to The Stepsister. A chilling story of a girl named Emily who keeps having near death experiences. She knows it's Jessie her new stepsister. But when she finds her beloved sister trying to kill her, things take a turn for the worst. Finally, when her parents also witness an attack brought on by Nancy, she is sentenced to a year in the mental hospital. But know Nancy's back and she's madder than ever.
   
   
   This is a YA book with a topic kind of hard to follow mainly because of the random switching from character to character. Also there is many twists in the book that completely change the whole book around. This book is mainly at the Seventh and Eighth grade level of reading.



4. Nancy is back from the mental hospital and she is cured. Everyone can't wait to see her again from the mental hospital. Jessie is still the stepsister and she is much better now. Emily is nervous about seeing her coming home and very scared.
   
   When Nancy came home she was so happy to see Emily and Jessie. Then things start to happen again and Emily thinks it was her. But then everything with the girls are doing all right now. Jessie is part of the family now and she is the new stepsisrer. Everything with Emily, Jessie, and Nancy are like sisters now.



5. Is the crazy step sister once again up to no good? or is she? ... read and find out!

5 comments about Party Summer (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 1).

1. In this horriffying thriller, 4 teenagers get a job at "Wolf Inn". They got a friend's aunt to drive them there, then she starts having pains. So they take her to a cousin to help her, then they go to the island. Then they meet the man of the hotel, he tells them the hotel needs fixing and that they should go. The teenagers convince him into fixing the hotel to stay. So he says, " Yes." Then weird things start happening. My opinion is that you should read this great thriller, if you enjoy horrifying books. Also if you enjoy the books R.L. Stine writes,then this book is for you!



2. the 4 teenagers never know when to look behind them because they are staying in an old creepy hotel.it is an action packed thriller.and I would recomend kids of ages 7-12



3. 'Party summer' is a thriller that I can assure you would love. Maybe you find it confusing, but later on you will understand everything perfectly, so I don't recommend you to star reading the book but then you must finish it 'cause you won't get it.
   When I started reading this book, by the way amazing, I fin it a little bit boring... But in the middle.... Oh, my God! It was really suspenseful and I just couldn't stop! I totally advice you reading it, you will extremely enjoy it! It is for all ages, but specially for teens!
   I hope it helped you.



4. I totally recommend everyone reading this book. In my opinion, it is one of R. L. Stine's best books. At the beginning, a girl named Cari and three friends go for a job at an old hotel. When they get there, someone tells them to leave immediately. They don't listen and start working. Everything was okay until they see a ghost, until Simon Fear dies, until they try to escape the island and notice they're TRAPPED!



5. I do not really remember what the story was about except some parts. I am in the 8th grade and had last read the book in the 5th grade when the other day I started thinking of the book and how good it was. I couldnt remember the title and I have spent hours trying to find this book on the internet. After I looked at some titles that looked familiar I found Party Summer, and knew that was the book. I looked at some of the reviews, and sure enough it was! I was sooo happy and after I am finished writing this review I am going to buy this book! Please read, because after about 4 years I remembered how good the book was, and I know that you will love it too. Dont listen to the bad reviews because if you do, you dont know what youre missing! Read!Read!Read!