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Prom Nights from Hell Review
In this exciting collection, bestselling authors Meg Cabot (How to Be Popular), Kim Harrison (A Fistful of Charms), Michele Jaffe (Bad Kitty), Stephenie Meyer (Twilight), and Lauren Myracle (ttyl) take bad prom nights to a whole new level—a paranormally bad level. Wardrobe malfunctions and two left feet don't hold a candle to discovering your date is the Grim Reaper—and he isn't here to tell you how hot you look. From angels fighting demons to a creepy take on getting what you wish for, these five stories will entertain better than any DJ in a bad tux. No corsage or limo rental necessary. Just good, scary fun. User Submitted Prom Nights from Hell ReviewsNovember 25, 2008 Prom Nights From Hell This is a great set of stories that capture your attention completely since the first second, weather for the language used, the characters, scenes or title of the tale. In my opinion, the authors should put less magic in it, specially the last story, and most of them should be in first person, so you can feel the emotions of the characters better. November 22, 2008 Prom Nights from Hell Great book!! But are any of the stories going to be full length books?? That would be Wonderful!!!!! November 18, 2008 A Fun Read This was just a really fun book to read. It got me interested in a few authors I didn't know about and First Book, who put this book out, is an amazing charity August 4, 2008 Disappointing Besides the fact that most of the stories have some kind of "open endings" (which means that they probably just run out of pages and had to end the story wherever they were typing at that moment), I only liked the last two stories, Michele Jaffe's one made me laugh out loud, and the Stephenie Meyer's one was good too. The rest was poor written in my opinion. July 14, 2008 Fun Supernatural Prom Stories With Too Many Loose Ends Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce on 07/13/2008 These are not your typical prom nights. Each of the five authors has written a spooky, supernatural story about Prom. Some great authors are included in this collection, and it's certainly worth reading! The stories include a range of supernatural characters, from vampires to demons to fortune-tellers, and one is even based on a work by Edgar Allen Poe. They're all absorbing and interesting. So much so, in fact, that it would be nice to see more with each story. Though each of the stories was very well-written and included awesome characters, they felt incomplete. I want whole novels, not short stories! Expanding these stories into novels would be great; as they are, though, there are too many loose ends. Perhaps the problem with this book is that I loved it too much! While it is an enjoyable read, it would be even better to see these short stories expanded on in the future. April 27, 2008 prom night This book was a real let down. It was boring and the endings were a not very well written. April 16, 2008 Entertaining but not great It is what it is, an anthology of short stories. With that being said, I really enjoyed Stephenie Meyer's story "Hell on Earth." It was an interesting concept; angels, highschool deamons, and mischief galore. The only story that I wasn't to fond of was Meg Cabot's "The Exterminator's Daughter." It seemed alittle like Buffy the Vampire slayer, a concept that is slightly overdone. Maybe it's just me but I once read an article about Meg Cabot and how she didn't like the Twilight series, calling them antifeminist. So I'm not sure if her story was kind of meant to mock the Twilight series and Stephenie Meyer? So that was alittle awkward to read. The other stories were good quick reads. This is a book you should borrow and read, then just pass it along. On a side note: right now I'm reading the "Uglies" series and so far it's been great. Definitely give those books a try. March 19, 2008 It was pretty good... Well, I'm not really familiar with any of these authors beside Stephenie Meyer (and I love her - I'm addicted to the Twilight saga). I mean, I've heard of most of these authors from somewhere or another, but I've never read anything by them before. That being said, I might be a little biased towards Stephenie...just a little though. The book, over all, was pretty good. I wasn't blown away. And like some other people have said, the stories were all really open-ended. So, here are my individual review for each story: "The Exterminator's Daughter" by Meg Cabot and "The Corsage" by Lauren Myracle (I put them together because I have the same comments about for both of them): I give them three stars. I found both of these stories a bit cliche - kind of been-there-done-that...nothing new. Everything was pretty predictable. "Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper" by Kim Harrison and "Kiss and Tell" by Michele Jaffe: I give them four stars. There was some pretty good action and somethings that I didn't expect to happen. "Hell on Earth" by Stephenie Meyer: I give it five stars. And I don't think I'm being THAT biased. The story was simpler than "Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper" and "Kiss and Tell" but all the pieces fit together very well. I was impressed. There...that's my review. Hope it helped! :) February 25, 2008 This book is really good. If you've read Twilight or are in to horror/romance. You will most likely enjoy this book. Because I loved it. I wish that they would write another. January 30, 2008 Good, but needs closure I'm a large fan of taking normal events and adding a fantastic/supernatural twist. For this reason I loved the idea and the majority of this book. However, since it's a short story collection I don't think it should have been as open-ended as it was. Meg Cabot, although alluding to events coming in the future, ended the story. The Corsage was ended too. The other three however, were too much like book previews. If you write for a short story collection, write a short story. Granted, these authors are used to the novel and that could be the reason, but "Dim Reaper" dumped a lot of information and left you hanging. "Kiss and Tell" could have ended but threw in a cliche "she's a princess" twist and Hell on Earth was almost there. Almost Still, I did enjoy the concept. For more Prom Nights from Hell reviews click here.
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