R.L. Stine began his writing career at the age of nine and has been at it ever since, becoming a bestselling author several times over. Among his many groundbreaking credits are Fear Street, the first young adult horror series, and Goosebumps, the bestselling series that made Stine the #1 bestselling author in America for three years in a row. He lives with his wife in New York City.
Gr 7 Up-This sequel to Dangerous Girls (HarperCollins, 2003) continues the adventures of fraternal twins Destiny, the responsible one, and Livvy, the wild one. A vampire had bitten both of them in the first book, but Destiny, unlike Livvy, refused to allow herself to be fully transformed. Their scientist father continues to try to find a cure as Livvy and Ross, an old crush of Destiny's whom Livvy has turned, live it up with their fellow vampires. They all hang out at nightclubs and attack and often kill unsuspecting teens, including Destiny's current boyfriend. Livvy loves her immortality, but things change when vampires start getting killed, including Ross. Is it the twins' father, a vampire hunter who has discovered their lair, or is it someone else? Livvy suspects Destiny and plots to get revenge. Stine's writing is flat and pedestrian with shallow, one-dimensional characters. Many of the graphic descriptions of horror are laughable, not scary. Despite numerous deaths and many acts of violence, the characters never seem affected by them. If they don't care, neither will readers. Purchase only where the first book was popular and recommend Annette Curtis Klause's The Silver Kiss (Delacorte, 1990) or Vivian Vande Velde's Companions of the Night (Harcourt, 1995) instead.-Sharon Rawlins, Piscataway Public Library, NJ Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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