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A review by ashleighbeanxo
You May Now Kill the Bride by R.L. Stine
2.0
You May Now Kill the Bride follows two sets of two sisters from the same family with parallel stories over 90 years apart. In 1924, Ruth-Ann is sick of living in her sister's shadow. Perfect Rebecca can do no wrong in their parents' eyes, and is one of the popular girls in the town, poised to get married to the boy her father has picked out for her and live a rich fulfilled life. But when Rebecca decides to rebel against her father's wishes and betrays Ruth-Ann, the scorned younger sister is determined to make her pay. But at what cost?
In the modern day, Harmony and her family are preparing for sister Marissa's big day. She's marrying childhood sweetheart Doug and everyone couldn't be more excited. Sure, Harmony and Marissa haven't exactly been close the past year, but she wouldn't wish her sister any harm, would she? The night before the big day, strange events start happening, and the family starts to worry that the urban myth of the Fear family curse is true. Just what exactly is going on? And will Marissa make it down the aisle in one piece?
Obviously, R L Stine is very nostalgic to me as I grew up reading Goosebumps and some of his other works. I didn't read any of the Fear Street series, but I figured why not give some of his newer stuff a go. This was kinda disappointing for me. I have those treasured memories of the books I read growing up, and this book was nothing like them.
It started off really strong for me. I was enjoying Ruth-Ann's story, and if the whole book could have been just her story, but gone into more detail, I would have rated this at least 4 stars. I just didn't like any of Harmony's story and I feel like there were a lot of elements that could have been explored more but were just kinda thrown in and forgotten about. For example, Very disappointing!
Overall, not a great book and I won't be reading any more in this series.
In the modern day, Harmony and her family are preparing for sister Marissa's big day. She's marrying childhood sweetheart Doug and everyone couldn't be more excited. Sure, Harmony and Marissa haven't exactly been close the past year, but she wouldn't wish her sister any harm, would she? The night before the big day, strange events start happening, and the family starts to worry that the urban myth of the Fear family curse is true. Just what exactly is going on? And will Marissa make it down the aisle in one piece?
Obviously, R L Stine is very nostalgic to me as I grew up reading Goosebumps and some of his other works. I didn't read any of the Fear Street series, but I figured why not give some of his newer stuff a go. This was kinda disappointing for me. I have those treasured memories of the books I read growing up, and this book was nothing like them.
It started off really strong for me. I was enjoying Ruth-Ann's story, and if the whole book could have been just her story, but gone into more detail, I would have rated this at least 4 stars. I just didn't like any of Harmony's story and I feel like there were a lot of elements that could have been explored more but were just kinda thrown in and forgotten about. For example,
Spoiler
the witchcraft and the curse between the two families, and even the Goode family themselves! Where did they disappear to? I was waiting for a reveal that Aiden was part of the Goode family, but it never came!Overall, not a great book and I won't be reading any more in this series.