Review: Halloween Night II (Halloween Night #2) by R.L. Stine

Title: Halloween Night II

Series: Halloween Night #2

Previous book in this series: Halloween Night

Author: R.L. Stine

Genre: YA, horror, mystery thriller

Publication date: September 1994

Published by: Scholastic

Source: Purchased paperback

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Synopsis:

The chilling sequel to Stine's bestselling Halloween Night. This time Brenda's being terrorized by someone who's determined to make this Halloween night her last. Complete with the author's trademark page-turnging suspense, taut plot, and surprise ending.

My rating: ★★☆☆☆
It’s been a year since the awful Halloween party in which Brenda’s own friend stabbed her. This Halloween, Brenda is getting threatening messages again. Could it be her cousin Halley who is still living with her family? Or maybe one of her own friends... again?

This book... it was filled with characters that were just not great. Cousin Halley is still awful... still stealing Brenda’s boyfriends. Although I do believe she’s just lonely. And Brenda is not much better. She’s the main character and I didn’t even liker her! She was insane and totally overreacted about everything. With everything that happened last year I can understand why she would be cautious, but the way she acted was just ridiculous!

So, she lost her wallet at the mall. This big, menacing man then “comes after her.” He’s really not. He was just trying to return her wallet. I knew this right from the start. It was ridiculous!

Oh, and Brenda’s new boyfriend? An absolute jerk! I hated him. I’m glad that in the end Brenda saw it too.

This book, it was not the greatest. The only reason why I didn’t give it one star was because I didn’t hate it. It was just a nothing book with not great characters and predictable plot twists. I really liked first book, but this one? Not so much.

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