Cheerleading Can Be Murder Horror High Series Volume 1 Carissa Ann Lynch Books
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Getting on the cheerleading squad is hard enough without a psycho on the loose… For Harrow High freshman Dakota Densford, life should be easy. All she has to worry about is talking to cute boys and remembering her locker combination. But when cheerleading tryouts draw near, she learns the cards are stacked against her—spots on the varsity team are limited. Dakota faces her competition head-on, but when her life is threatened, that takes the competition to a whole new level. High school is never easy, and freshman year is off to a rough start… Between Dakota’s uniform being ripped up and masked vandals trashing another girl’s house, everyone is suspect. To complicate matters further, Dakota has a thing for Andy McGraw, but she finds him locking lips with another girl. The harassment continues, and when Dakota finds suspicious flyers inside her best friend’s locker, she doesn’t know what to think. The principal’s unfeeling, overachiever daughter, Brittani Barlow, will do anything to secure her place on the team. But Dakota’s neighbor, on the other hand, definitely fits the profile of a sociopath. Cheerleading has become a game of life and death.
Cheerleading Can Be Murder Horror High Series Volume 1 Carissa Ann Lynch Books
Omgosh--if you were a cheerleader or student who knew one in high school then this book will take you right back. The book opens with a graphic passage and a great hook (a psychopathic teenager ready to kill) that will stick with you. Thoughts of how death smells mean you may never think of meat without thinking of bodies again. Reading this book is really like a trip down memory lane. It feels authentic, the cliques, the back-stabbing teens, the boredom of certain classes, and waiting for the only thing you've dreamed of for years... making the Varsity Cheerleading Team. I was co-captain of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad and this book took me all the way back. SPOILER ALERT: One of the most powerful scenes, early in the book, is when Dakota is in a bathroom stall and a creepy unknown person, breathing heavily, enters and silently waits for ages (but finally leaves). Like the main character, in that terrifying scene, I got chills. The author has a terrific kinesthetic and sensorial writing style, you will feel what it is like to be in a high school lunchroom (if you didn't attend a traditional high school) or go to a Friday night basketball game. There are fun parts too, romantic chill moments, such as when Dakota makes a new friend and learns that he's on the basketball team. This book is just the right mix of complex and chilling and normal high school shenanigans. One of my favorite parts of the story is Dakota's relationship with her mother. The characters are well-developed and it was fascinating to try and figure out who the psychopath was. The story is nice and twisty. Just like life, there is always something going on. I liked the mix of teens; some girls were more obnoxious, devious, or poised than others. Chicks of all ages who enjoy a good mystery YA read and who can take literary exposure to the violence of a sociopath (think the destruction of property, blood, rotting body parts, a murdered dead kitten and more) will like this book. I won't ruin the ending for you but it has a great Pretty-Little-Liars-like twist. Happy reading~*Product details
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Cheerleading Can Be Murder Horror High Series Volume 1 Carissa Ann Lynch Books Reviews
Cheerleading can be Murder is book 1 of Carissa Anne Lynchs Horror High Series.
This was a great introduction to a new author for me and new genre of YA suspense/horror.
As the name suggests, there are a lot of cheerleading scenes and terms and the poor cheerleading squad of Harrow High is being targeted by a very calculating and smart sociopath.
I love books told in first person and books with duel narration as this one has both.
Carissa creates a variety of excellent characters and her story telling is very easy to be submerged in. Full of suspense, a dash of romance and plot twists, this was a great start to the Horror High series.
Carissa Ann Lynch has done it again tied me up in knots and left me eagerly anticipating the next book! My love affair with her writing began with the Flocksdale Files series- a group of three darkly twisted suspense thrillers that left me on edge and screaming at the duplicitous and downright evil characters. I stepped out of my comfort zone to give those a try and I'm so glad I did.
Cheerleading Can Be Murder is a little different in that the story is set in a high school environment with characters that lead a typical high school life- until someone starts terrorizing the newly-formed cheerleading squad. The writing is so intricate with hints sprinkled in to keep you guessing. I seriously had no less than 3 suspects in my mind at any given time- and those 3 revolved and changed repeatedly throughout the book. The characters are well developed and their relationships ebb and flow just like real teenagers. There are boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, but they are there more to add tension between the female characters rather than add romance to the book.
I love a story that can keep me guessing and this author never fails me in that regard. The Sociopath could have been anyone and I would have believed it. That's how great this story is. I am very eagerly anticipating the next book!!
Cheerleading Can Be Murder is a modern version of R.L. Stine's Fear Street Books. This is what really drew me into the book. Having always been a fan of Stine (I read all his books when I was younger) I wanted to find something similar and this is just that! It is filled with horror and suspense and will leave readers gripping the pages. You won't figure out "who-dun-it" till the very end which makes the book SO MUCH BETTER. Overall, I really enjoyed this one and I will definitely be reading the next book in the series to see where it goes. This one doesn't end in a cliffhanger per se, but it does end in a way that basically tells you that there is indeed another book. Also, the second book is available now so that helps too!
Overall, this is a great read and would be perfect for all young adult's out there and us adults who like a bit of nostalgia in our reading ;)
This is quite an entertaining book which I enjoyed and read quite quickly. This from me is one of the best compliments I can give to a book. That I am most certainly not in the typical target audience for this book is further testament to the author’s story telling ability. I always look for a good story well told with every book I read. That is my primary concern and there is no question that Carissa Ann Lynch is a good story teller. I had a minor quibble with the book and it is one I blame on an old English teacher. That is the over use and repeated sentence opening with I. It is a relatively minor complaint set against the quality of the story but it always gets to me especially where one sentence after the next has a repeated I opening. But forgive my inner editor because this is a rather slick tale that you will enjoy, especially if you are a bit younger than I am. Excellent characters, well-drawn, a slick nicely paced narrative and the right balance when it comes to realistic dialogue. I note it is part of a series and one I predict will do well for the author. Very enjoyable tale 4 stars form me.
Omgosh--if you were a cheerleader or student who knew one in high school then this book will take you right back. The book opens with a graphic passage and a great hook (a psychopathic teenager ready to kill) that will stick with you. Thoughts of how death smells mean you may never think of meat without thinking of bodies again. Reading this book is really like a trip down memory lane. It feels authentic, the cliques, the back-stabbing teens, the boredom of certain classes, and waiting for the only thing you've dreamed of for years... making the Varsity Cheerleading Team. I was co-captain of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad and this book took me all the way back. SPOILER ALERT One of the most powerful scenes, early in the book, is when Dakota is in a bathroom stall and a creepy unknown person, breathing heavily, enters and silently waits for ages (but finally leaves). Like the main character, in that terrifying scene, I got chills. The author has a terrific kinesthetic and sensorial writing style, you will feel what it is like to be in a high school lunchroom (if you didn't attend a traditional high school) or go to a Friday night basketball game. There are fun parts too, romantic chill moments, such as when Dakota makes a new friend and learns that he's on the basketball team. This book is just the right mix of complex and chilling and normal high school shenanigans. One of my favorite parts of the story is Dakota's relationship with her mother. The characters are well-developed and it was fascinating to try and figure out who the psychopath was. The story is nice and twisty. Just like life, there is always something going on. I liked the mix of teens; some girls were more obnoxious, devious, or poised than others. Chicks of all ages who enjoy a good mystery YA read and who can take literary exposure to the violence of a sociopath (think the destruction of property, blood, rotting body parts, a murdered dead kitten and more) will like this book. I won't ruin the ending for you but it has a great Pretty-Little-Liars-like twist. Happy reading~*
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