![]() ![]() Myracle has an interesting writing style, at least from what I could see in this short story. The characters weren’t at all offensive, except for one moment involving being a music snob, but whatever, and the outcome was decently satisfying, but I just couldn’t quite get involved in the story or the characters or even remember exactly what happened. To be fair, there was nothing inherently wrong with this story, Meg Cabot is a good writer. ![]() It was essentially a story about a vampire slayer (LF) and high school jock (LM) falling in love on prom night, and killing the vampire that had started dating her best friend and had apparently turned LF’s mum. But I currently despise paranormal YA fiction and so I am just plain disappointed in her for this. Princess Diaries, All-American Girl, yep, they’re classics. ![]() The first story was Meg Cabot, now Cabot is of course, as I’m sure most girls my age would agree, one of the heroes of pre-teen fiction from our generation. This is the book I was most dreading out of my entire collection, the one I most regretted buying before I had even read it.Įssentially a collection of short paranormal stories revolving around prom night, the idea seems hilariously adorable, but when you think about it, not really. ![]()
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