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A review by manwithanagenda
House of Whispers by R.L. Stine
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Fear Street # 71
'House of Whispers' takes us back to New Orleans during the Civil War to the period after Simon's wedding to Angelica and the birth of their children, but before they move to Shadyside. Amy Pierce, a cousin of Angelica Fear's, must stay with the Fears while her mother tends to her wounded father in Virginia.
This novel is essentially an independent historic romance and has little do with the broader series. The third book of the Saga Trilogy, 'The Burning', tells us how this generation of Fears ends so getting more insight into their characters after the fact isn't helpful or interesting. I suppose this gives us more insight into Angelica, as she was mostly a cypher in 'The Burning'. We, again, have a Civil War-era story with no conversation about slavery and it appears more and more of an accident that led to the Fears being in the slave-holding South to begin with. I guess, they had to be here because they had to learn dark magic from their "servants"? But I'm getting ahead of myself, that's more for the third Sagas book 'Forbidden Secrets'. Putting those talking points aside, we have the story of a young woman in a gothic mansion hearing noises in the night and witnessing terrible events -- will love see her through?
Fear Street in Publication Order
Next #72: 'Goodnight Kiss 2', Super Chiller #10
Previous #70: 'Revenge of the Shadow People', Ghosts of Fear Street #9
'House of Whispers' takes us back to New Orleans during the Civil War to the period after Simon's wedding to Angelica and the birth of their children, but before they move to Shadyside. Amy Pierce, a cousin of Angelica Fear's, must stay with the Fears while her mother tends to her wounded father in Virginia.
This novel is essentially an independent historic romance and has little do with the broader series. The third book of the Saga Trilogy, 'The Burning', tells us how this generation of Fears ends so getting more insight into their characters after the fact isn't helpful or interesting. I suppose this gives us more insight into Angelica, as she was mostly a cypher in 'The Burning'. We, again, have a Civil War-era story with no conversation about slavery and it appears more and more of an accident that led to the Fears being in the slave-holding South to begin with. I guess, they had to be here because they had to learn dark magic from their "servants"? But I'm getting ahead of myself, that's more for the third Sagas book 'Forbidden Secrets'. Putting those talking points aside, we have the story of a young woman in a gothic mansion hearing noises in the night and witnessing terrible events -- will love see her through?
Fear Street in Publication Order
Next #72: 'Goodnight Kiss 2', Super Chiller #10
Previous #70: 'Revenge of the Shadow People', Ghosts of Fear Street #9