Recap #39: The Phantom by Barbara Steiner
Title: The Phantom by Barbara Steiner Summary: When Reggie Westlake turns up at the school rally marking the start of
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trope: He's dead! He's dead! HE'S FUCKING DEAD! ... oh wait he survived
Where the story tries to convince us that there really is a body count, only to later reveal the victim only sustained minor injuries.
Recap #38: The Vampire’s Promise (Vampire Series: Book 3) by Caroline B. Cooney
Dove recaps The Vampire’s Promise (Vampire Series: Book 3) by Caroline B. Cooney, where nobody trades humans for beauty or popularity, but there is a random donut-eating policewoman for no fucking reason at all.
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Recap #34: The Stalker by Carol Ellis
Dove recaps The Stalker by Carol Ellis, which feels like a paint-by-numbers Point Horror. Bad things happen to a nice girl. Business as usual.
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Recap #32: My Secret Admirer by Carol Ellis
Dove recaps My Secret Admirer by Carol Ellis with is probably the tropiest of all the Point Horrors, but has a good lead character and a cool setting.
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Recap #30: Help Wanted by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Dove recaps Help Wanted by Richie Tankersley Cusick and has to resort to bullet points, as this book has a lot going on, most of which is silly, pointless, or offensive.
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Recap #21: Beach Party by R.L. Stine
Title: BEACH PARTY by R.L. Stine (Not to be confused with BEACH HOUSE, which we already recapped. Unfortunately.) [Dove: What
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Recap #19: The Witness by R.L. Stine
Title: The Witness Summary: This summer’s going to be a real killer… Sand, surf sun… Roxie lives for the summer
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Recap #13: Weekend by Christopher Pike
Title: Weekend by Christopher Pike Summary: The weekend in Mexico sounded like a dream vacation. Four guys, five girls–and a
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Recap #11: Arcadia 3: The Pool by T. S. Rue
Dove recaps the very best in the Arcadia series, #3: The Pool by T. S. Rue, where we have irresponsible lifeguards, slack work ethics, surprise returned-from-the-dead characters, and also MOTHERFUCKING PIRANHAS. Yes, you read that right. PIRANHAS. This book is the greatest.
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Recap #9: The Lifeguard by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Dove recaps The Lifeguard by Richie Tankersley Cusick, a book so painfully obvious, it practically announces the killer on the first page. But, you know, red herrings, hot cheerful boys, intense quiet boys, and people who run away to privately owned islands. Your standard baffling Cusick fare.
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Recap #1: Funhouse by Diane Hoh
Dove recaps Funhouse by Diane Hoh, wherein the lead character isn’t a wet rag with the intelligence of rotten milk, the setting is pretty cool, and Gina, the BFF, rocks. Sadly, this will be the last time we enjoy such luxuries. Bit of a shame this is the case on recap #1.
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