4 Stars

This book was so darn good. I have been reading more and more mid-grade (I share books with my nieces and I won't let them read it unless I have first, they're 10-13) and this one was just scary enough to make it fun.

From what I understand this series is similar to the Goosebumps novels of my childhood in that the characters will change with each novel. Which on one hand is good because there's basically 20+ books in this series and if that much creepy stuff happened to a group on young girls they'd probably be in therapy for the rest of their lives. On the other hand, is a little sad because I liked the main character here, and the two friends we didn't get to see much of and I would enjoy more from them.

The plot is good and just scary enough for the books target audience.

My main gripe with this is that I didn't see anywhere in the book where the ages of the characters was mentioned. They way they talked I felt like they were in middle school. Which is fine for what was going on in the story, except for the dating aspect. I don't think kids that young should date and definitely not when they're discussing that they felt like a character had been in a "serious" relationship the year prior. I don't know, that part just didn't sit well with me but if I knew the characters age for sure I would be able to judge it better.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and I will definitely pass it on to the nieces to read.