Title: Midnight Games
Series: Fear Street Nights #2
Previous book in this series: Moonlight Secrets
Author: R.L. Stine
Genre: YA, horror, mystery thriller
Publication date: July 2005
Published by: Simon Pulse
Source: Purchased paperback
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Synopsis: When you can't sleep.
there's always NIGHTS.
Dana Fear isn't thrilled about spending her senior year at Shadyside High. The Fear family history goes way back in this town, and she's not so into lugging around the baggage.
But then she gets in with the Night People. Shadyside's pretty cool when it's 3 A.M. and you're chilling at a bar called Nights with your new best friends.
Until the evil returns, and the Night People start mysteriously disappearing one by one. Dana swears she has nothing to do with it. But all fingers point in one direction. Because there is, after all, a new Fear in town....
Things go bump in the Night...
My name is Fear, but I'm not evil.
Oh. My. God. My wish in my review for the last book for more Fear family stuff came true! We got an actual Fear in this book!
So this book takes place about a month after the ending of the last book. Weird things and horrifying accidents are still going on. But in this book, we are introduced to Dana Fear (a Fear! Yay!), who happens to be cousins with Jamie, one of the main characters of the last book. Unfortunately for Dana, everyone keeps blaming these recent accidents on her just because she’s a Fear.
I enjoyed this one more than the first book, and it is most definitely because we had an actual Fear involved! I love when Fears are directly involved in stories! It makes me so happy! I felt really bad for Dana, her being a newcomer to town and everyone just blaming her for every terrible thing that happened just because she was a Fear. It was sad.
We follow Dana through most of this book, but in the last book, we follow Nate. I kinda like this change in POVs. But one thing I found interesting was that while in the last book, I found Nate to be a pretty decent guy (which is high praise for a Fear Street guy tbh), I absolutely hated him in this one. He became your average Fear Street guy and I was not here for it. If you’ve read any of these types of books, you know what I’m talking about. Lol. But basically, he and Dana sort of start going out, but at the same time he’s stringing along another girl, and I was just like UGH. I thought he was supposed to be an okay guy. Lol. But I guess that’s much to ask for in these books. Lol.
But I did like this story overall. I loved following Dana because I just love the lore of the Fear family, and am enjoying the way this series is expanding on it. And I loved the deaths! They were so creative and just gory! If I can count on R.L. Stine for one thing, it’s the kills. Lol. I did, however, have an inkling as to who the killer was, but I was very happy when my suspicions were confirmed in this case. Lol. The story did remind me of a different Fear Street series, so that’s not great, but overall this wasn’t bad. I’m very interested to see how the trilogy wraps after the insanity of this book.
The Fear Street connection: The kids hang out in a bar, Nights, that was built right where the Fear Mansion used to be.
I enjoyed this one more than the first book, and it is most definitely because we had an actual Fear involved! I love when Fears are directly involved in stories! It makes me so happy! I felt really bad for Dana, her being a newcomer to town and everyone just blaming her for every terrible thing that happened just because she was a Fear. It was sad.
We follow Dana through most of this book, but in the last book, we follow Nate. I kinda like this change in POVs. But one thing I found interesting was that while in the last book, I found Nate to be a pretty decent guy (which is high praise for a Fear Street guy tbh), I absolutely hated him in this one. He became your average Fear Street guy and I was not here for it. If you’ve read any of these types of books, you know what I’m talking about. Lol. But basically, he and Dana sort of start going out, but at the same time he’s stringing along another girl, and I was just like UGH. I thought he was supposed to be an okay guy. Lol. But I guess that’s much to ask for in these books. Lol.
But I did like this story overall. I loved following Dana because I just love the lore of the Fear family, and am enjoying the way this series is expanding on it. And I loved the deaths! They were so creative and just gory! If I can count on R.L. Stine for one thing, it’s the kills. Lol. I did, however, have an inkling as to who the killer was, but I was very happy when my suspicions were confirmed in this case. Lol. The story did remind me of a different Fear Street series, so that’s not great, but overall this wasn’t bad. I’m very interested to see how the trilogy wraps after the insanity of this book.
The Fear Street connection: The kids hang out in a bar, Nights, that was built right where the Fear Mansion used to be.
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