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A review by sarag19
You May Now Kill the Bride by R.L. Stine
4.0
3.5 out of 5 Stars
Okay, this book is pure nostalgia for me. I read a ton of Fear Street books back when they were originally released, the Fear Street Saga, 99 Fear Street, the Cataluna Chronicles and my all time favorite, the Cheerleaders saga. I read a lot of R.L. Stine books back when I was a young kid, coming out of the library with an arm full of books. Didn’t matter how many times I had read them before, returning to them was just as fun as reading them the first time. Coming back to Fear Street is always coming back to something familiar and comfortable.
You May Now Kill The Bride is not the greatest work, the plot is a little predictable, the dialogue and characters a little cheesy but its familiar and fun and always a quick read. The book takes place for a few chapters in the past but spends most of the time in the current time as Harmony prepares for her sisters wedding. But Harmony is a Fear and Fear’s are a cursed bunch of folks because of their ancestors single action that has followed them throughout the years. The Fears certainly don’t make it easier for themselves, Harmony is a bit of a brat, her sister flighty who hurts people and blames other. They parallel the sisters that are in the 1924 section.
Neither section gets fully fleshed out characters and the backstories around the Fears and the Goodes never gets fully fleshed out. You have to know Fear Street books to really understand what is going on which is kind of a downside. The villain is just kind of there, who hooks up with another character who is also kind of there. Like I understood one of their reasons the other was just a big ole what? But thats just what you kind of get with an R.L. Stine book, some big ole I’m sorry what!?! There isn’t many consequences to this, it has a bit of a happy ending which doesn’t really vibe with the rest of the Fear Street books which is kind of sad.
While this book is categorized as young adult its definitely on the younger end, I started reading these books back when I was about 10-12 and they were that perfect level of scary for me so I would put these on the young end. Most of what made me love this at the end was the nostalgia of returning to Fear Street.
Okay, this book is pure nostalgia for me. I read a ton of Fear Street books back when they were originally released, the Fear Street Saga, 99 Fear Street, the Cataluna Chronicles and my all time favorite, the Cheerleaders saga. I read a lot of R.L. Stine books back when I was a young kid, coming out of the library with an arm full of books. Didn’t matter how many times I had read them before, returning to them was just as fun as reading them the first time. Coming back to Fear Street is always coming back to something familiar and comfortable.
You May Now Kill The Bride is not the greatest work, the plot is a little predictable, the dialogue and characters a little cheesy but its familiar and fun and always a quick read. The book takes place for a few chapters in the past but spends most of the time in the current time as Harmony prepares for her sisters wedding. But Harmony is a Fear and Fear’s are a cursed bunch of folks because of their ancestors single action that has followed them throughout the years. The Fears certainly don’t make it easier for themselves, Harmony is a bit of a brat, her sister flighty who hurts people and blames other. They parallel the sisters that are in the 1924 section.
Neither section gets fully fleshed out characters and the backstories around the Fears and the Goodes never gets fully fleshed out. You have to know Fear Street books to really understand what is going on which is kind of a downside. The villain is just kind of there, who hooks up with another character who is also kind of there. Like I understood one of their reasons the other was just a big ole what? But thats just what you kind of get with an R.L. Stine book, some big ole I’m sorry what!?! There isn’t many consequences to this, it has a bit of a happy ending which doesn’t really vibe with the rest of the Fear Street books which is kind of sad.
While this book is categorized as young adult its definitely on the younger end, I started reading these books back when I was about 10-12 and they were that perfect level of scary for me so I would put these on the young end. Most of what made me love this at the end was the nostalgia of returning to Fear Street.