Friday, November 8, 2019

Review: Evil Powers (Fear Street Collector's Editions #5) by R.L. Stine

Evil Powers (Fear Street Collector's Edition, #5)
Title: Evil Powers

Series: Fear Street | Fear Street Collector's Editions

Books in this omnibus: Runaway | The Mind Reader | The Thrill Club

Author: R.L. Stine

Genre: YA, horror, mystery thriller

Publication date: June 1998

Published by: Archway Paperback

Source: Purchased paperback

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Synopsis:

Three great thrillers in one great book! Includes:

Runaway: Felicia knows she must always keep control over her powers because if she doesn't, people will start to die.

The Mind Reader: Will Ellie's powers tell her more about a recent murder than she wants to know?

And The Thrill Club: Talia's horror stories are becoming too real--is she making them come true?

My rating: ★★★★☆

Lots of fun powers! Well, not for the characters 😅 Lol.


Runaway (Fear Street, #41)
Runaway

I loved this book! When it comes to Fear Street books, they can be hit or miss. But I thought this one was awesome! I mean, we have this character with some cool supernatural abilities, which I am always down for! And Felicia was smart and snarky and I really liked that. Plus the mystery surrounding Felicia’s past was very intriguing!

Suffice to say, this was pretty action-packed and I loved it! I liked the characters, loved the plot twists and mystery, and I of course adored the super powers! I really want to know more about Felicia and her power and the doctors and what she’s gonna do after Shadyside. This book was just so intriguing! It’s definitely one of my favorites!



The Mind Reader (Fear Street, #26)
The Mind Reader

Ellie is just minding her own business, taking her dog on a walk, when all of a sudden she stumbles upon a dead body in the woods! Luckily for this dead body, Ellie has visions of the past and the future (which, for the record, I thought was awesome!), so naturally the body wants justice for their death via Ellie. That's right, poor Ellie starts having these horrible visions after discovering the body, and there’s nothing left for her to do but find out who killed this person.

Overall, I really liked the mystery! I never saw that twist at the end coming, so the reveal was very satisfying! The descriptions were creepy, especially when it came to Ellie’s visions! Speaking of which, extra points for Ellie having a supernatural ability! I love it when these books throw in a little bit of the paranormal in there!



The Thrill Club (Fear Street, #24)
The Thrill Club

I liked the idea of stories becoming reality and the characters dying the way they did in said stories. Unfortunately, that’s pretty much all I liked about this book. It’s even more unfortunate because this is one of the first Fear Street books I ever read... EVER! This was probably the first or second Fear Street book I read back when I was in middle school, so I had high hopes for it. Things did not go well (for me).

So, yeah. This book was not as I remembered it. Like, at all. It was an okay read, but overall just really disappointing. And I think this was mainly because I very much did not like the main character, Talia. It’s different when you’re supposed dislike them, like Reva in Silent Night ! I love her because she is such an awful person and you’re actually not supposed to like her. But this was different. I think you were supposed sympathize with Talia in this, and I just didn’t.



Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! 😊

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