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Wordy Words on WordsIf there was ever a toe-in-the-water to the Fear Street series, this is it. It’s also the only copy of a classic Fear Street in size, cover, and price at my local Books-A-Million and I can’t help but feel that’s because it doesn’t bring the scares (or, really, much of anything). The story centers on a douche of a dude who is so self-centered and full of himself that he challenges himself to date twins within a specific time frame. They both fall in love with him and begin to play off each other while a third sister - an EVIL sister - is thrown into the mix. The only thing I kept thinking throughout the whole book is that SURELY sisters would talk to each other more. I mean, I wasn’t particularly close to my brother when we were teenagers, but we knew who each other was dating. It wasn’t a dumb book per se, but it wasn’t anything special. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a>

Wordy Words on WordsYou know what? Let’s go back to the beginning. To Fear Street #1. I keep getting thrown with the Columbo/Law & Order: CI openings where a crime is committed by SOMEONE and then the story actually starts, but it’s fine. I like Columbo and I LOVED CI. I will say that a common critique you’re going to hear from me is a plot driven by poor communication. It’s a pet peeve of mine and just lazy writing. It’s also all OVER the Fear Street series. Anyway, this book centers around a kid in high school who falls in love with the new girl, Anna. It IS a little strange that none of his friends know who she is, has her in their classes, and everyone that DOES know Anna insists that Anna… Is dead. I looked this up on Wikipedia to make sure I remembered the plot since I read this a couple years ago and it says that the boyfriend was convinced she was alive with her “human-like kisses.” I literally laughed out loud. Anyway, it turns out “Anna” isn’t Anna at ALL and she’s actually WILLA, Anna’s sister who killed Anna out of jealousy and assumed her identity. There’s a brother, Brad, and he plays a pretty important role. He shoved a girl down some stairs and I think he even killed a cat to stuff in a locker as a warning, but I don’t care about him. My mind got snagged HARD on the idea that a teenage girl killed her teenage girl sister and just ADOPTED her personality. Where were her parents? Where was Brad? Why had nobody heard of Anna? Why is Willa going to school? I just think that if you’re going to murder a sibling and assume their identity, high school years are the WORST years to do it. That said, it was fun to re-read and still way better than Goosebumps. I’m excited for the next one. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booktok?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booktok</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagrammer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstagrammer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booksky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofpixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readersofpixelfed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readinglog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readinglog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/horror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horror</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/horrorbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horrorbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/thriller?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yathriller?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yathriller</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yahorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yahorror</a>

Wordy Words on WordsOoh, a Fear Street enters the reading log, eh? I wonder where this could lead! You just don’t see covers like this anymore. Now it’s all stark lines and cartoony stuff - where did all the paintings go?! I promise I’m not one of those guys who insist that the past was better just because it was THEIR past, but just look at this cover! This one’s insane with the amount of things to look at but Fear Street books featured covers that, while definitely not timeless, did such a good job of capturing a mood that you really have to wonder why they stopped. Or why Fear Street specifically shifted to easier covers that said nothing about the book inside. *sigh* Anyway, this book was okay. I’m not generally a historical fiction kind of guy (especially when it comes to colonial times as the real history is almost always more interesting), and I feel like explaining lore - especially for a subject like Fear Street - will only bog stuff down later on with continuity and logical problems, but this does scratch a real itch for RL Stine for me. Here was violence. Here were stakes! Here was a twist that was pretty decent! <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorehorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#readmorehorror</a>

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