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A review by fearnerd
The Best Friend by R.L. Stine
4.0
Becka Norwood is gearing for a fun Christmas break with her friends Lilah and Trish. And she's especially excited about rekindling her relationship with ex-boyfriend Bill, who doesn't check any of the boxes for Becka's parents' approval. Trish has a Christmas party coming up with no parents around, and Becka has a silvery skirt prepped to wear over a sexy catsuit that Bill won't be able to ignore. Nothing can derail this train of teenage fun. But someone can!
Moving next door to Becka on Fear Street is her long forgotten friend Honey Perkins that no one can remember, but she sure has several memories of her and Becka. And this best friend with oversized hands is going to make sure no one comes between her and Becka as Honey pulls a Jennifer Jason Leigh from Single White Female to take over Becka's identity.
Let's run down those YA Thriller totals:
1 dead body
Kill Rating: ☠️ / 5: We get a knife to the chest in the last pages of the book.
Knitting Fu
Strangle Fu
Delivery truck Fu
Water gun Fu
Shove Fu
Accusation Fu
Gratuitous leather bomber jacket
Gratuitous distracted driving
Gratuitous man hands
Gratuitous conversation snubbing
Gratuitous gaslighting
Gratuitous awful Christmas music
Gratuitous prior Fear Street character cameos
Hanky Panky: Becka and her bad-boy, leather jacket wearing boyfriend Bill make out at River Ridge and swap Spit various other occasions.
Book Cover: Our protagonist Becka is startled by a Christmas present with a butcher knife through it. Cool cover, but Becka never receives such a threatening gift.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5. Fear Nerd says, "Check it out!"
I didn't remember this one being exactly memorable, but man, it had a lot going on it that I really enjoyed this go round. I found Honey to be such an interesting character, and I hope we learn more about her in the sequel that I never previously read.
Moving next door to Becka on Fear Street is her long forgotten friend Honey Perkins that no one can remember, but she sure has several memories of her and Becka. And this best friend with oversized hands is going to make sure no one comes between her and Becka as Honey pulls a Jennifer Jason Leigh from Single White Female to take over Becka's identity.
Let's run down those YA Thriller totals:
1 dead body
Kill Rating: ☠️ / 5: We get a knife to the chest in the last pages of the book.
Knitting Fu
Strangle Fu
Delivery truck Fu
Water gun Fu
Shove Fu
Accusation Fu
Gratuitous leather bomber jacket
Gratuitous distracted driving
Gratuitous man hands
Gratuitous conversation snubbing
Gratuitous gaslighting
Gratuitous awful Christmas music
Gratuitous prior Fear Street character cameos
Hanky Panky: Becka and her bad-boy, leather jacket wearing boyfriend Bill make out at River Ridge and swap Spit various other occasions.
Book Cover: Our protagonist Becka is startled by a Christmas present with a butcher knife through it. Cool cover, but Becka never receives such a threatening gift.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5. Fear Nerd says, "Check it out!"
I didn't remember this one being exactly memorable, but man, it had a lot going on it that I really enjoyed this go round. I found Honey to be such an interesting character, and I hope we learn more about her in the sequel that I never previously read.