Showing posts with label gossip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gossip. Show all posts

Friday, March 6, 2020

One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus (Bayview High book 2)

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t read the first book in the series, One of Us is Lying, Stop! I don’t want to ruin the story for you. Lots of characters from the first book make appearances and play important roles in the new story.

Please visit the Recaptains blog if you need a refresher of the first book.

“Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this.

A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts.

Until now.

This time it's not an app, though—it's a game.

Truth or Dare.

Phoebe's the first target. If you choose not to play, it's a truth. And hers is dark.

Then comes Maeve and she should know better—always choose the dare.

But by the time Knox is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it's that they can't count on the police for help. Or protection.

Simon's gone, but someone's determined to keep his legacy at Bayview High alive. And this time, there's a whole new set of rules.” - taken from Goodreads.com

A year has passed since Simon tried to frame the Bayview Four. Now someone wants to utilize Simon’s plans for their own unknown purpose. Bronwyn Rojas’ younger sister Maeve, who played an integral part in solving Simon’s death in the first book, is front and center this time around. Along with her ex-boyfriend, Knox Meyers and Phoebe Lawton. The trio soon finds themselves at the center of a truth or dare game that sweeps the student body at Bayview High.

I figured out part of the mystery towards the second half but those last couple of chapters and the ending left me floored.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber

"I want to be ... a vampire!" I shouted, to the shock and amazement of Mrs. Peevish and my classmates. For a moment I thought she started to laugh; maybe she really did. The children sitting next to me inched away.
I spent most of my childhood watching others inch away.


This was goth girl Raven Madison's pronouncement when
asked by her kindergarten teacher. Raven was none too happy when former hippie parents had her brother Billy and sent her to kindergarten. Gone when the times of watching Dark Shadows on the black and white TV and staying up past midnight and on with kindergarten. Soon Trevor Mitchell becomes her nemesis when he bites her on the playground and she doesn't transform into a vampire bat.

Raven refers to her town as Dullsville with the wrong side of the tracks being farmland where her only friend Becky lives and Raven on the right side near the country club. The only exciting place in town for Raven was The Mansion on Benson Hill that had been deserted since it's former owner had died. To Raven, it was her Barbie Dream House.On her sixteenth birthday, Raven discovers that The Mansion has some new occupants and becomes determined to meet the mysterious person who looks out the attic window.

After listening to all the town's gossip about the Sterling's being vampires, Raven goes trick or treating at The Mansion determined to meet her dream goth guy. The butler runs out of candy when Raven approaches the door, Raven sneaks in determined to see what's going on and comes face to face with Alexander Sterling. Is he or is he not her dream guy?



"Here's to new blood."- Jagger Maxwell

The continuation of Raven and Alexander's love story. But what happens when Alexander disappears and a new vampire comes on the scene?









"I'm looking for someone to quench my thirst- for all eternity."- Luna Maxwell

Continues the "boy meets girl, girl falls for boy, boy turns out to be a vampire" story. And a new vampire comes onto the scene.








 "I know what you're thinking ... "- Valentine Maxwell

I have to love a book with a chapter titled "Library from Hell". Raven and Alexander go to the prom and another vampire with strange powers comes to Dullesville.




 "Membership to our club comes at a very high price."- Phoenix Slater

Probably the best book so far out of the series. Raven finds herself in over her head when she heads back to the Coffin Club.








"Welcome to the family."- Mrs. Sterling

Raven finally gets to meet Alexander's parents and they are Raven's dream come thrue. But what happens when they decide to sell the Mansion on Benson Hill?


Visit Ellen Schreiber's website.