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Sister Satan
Although she has three younger brothers, 15 year old Lauren Anderson is a lonely teenager who’s spent most of her time yearning for a sister, a companion. But, as the old saying goes, be careful what you wish for.
One moonlit night, using ancient knowledge of the supernatural taught by her grandfather Ute Werner, she decides to conjure up a sister on her own. However, something goes horribly wrong and what she conjures is Rachel, an exact duplicate —a Doppelganger— from the bowels of hell who is the exact opposite of Lauren in nature, bent on wrath and destruction.
As the evil twin with ungodly powers, Rachel lives for the kill and frequently scans Lauren’s mind in a quest for revenge, brutally slaughtering those who have offended Lauren. When Lauren discovers the truth, she tries to keep her thoughts neutral, but how does a teenager whose hormones are raging quell her childish anger against those she comes across on a daily basis?
One moonlit night, using ancient knowledge of the supernatural taught by her grandfather Ute Werner, she decides to conjure up a sister on her own. However, something goes horribly wrong and what she conjures is Rachel, an exact duplicate —a Doppelganger— from the bowels of hell who is the exact opposite of Lauren in nature, bent on wrath and destruction.
As the evil twin with ungodly powers, Rachel lives for the kill and frequently scans Lauren’s mind in a quest for revenge, brutally slaughtering those who have offended Lauren. When Lauren discovers the truth, she tries to keep her thoughts neutral, but how does a teenager whose hormones are raging quell her childish anger against those she comes across on a daily basis?
- GenresHorror
400 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1984
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Dana Reed
72 books20 followersDana Reed, author of eleven published novels—eight horror, two romantic thrillers, and a mystery-suspense—worked as a reporter for several years, and taught Creative Writing and Journalism in Adult Ed classes. Born in Peekskill, New York, she now resides in Vermont with her husband.
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September 26, 2015
I read this when I was a teenager (several times) and loved it then. It has been 30 years. Curious as to what I would think of it now. This is the review I would give from my memory. Will read again one day & update my review.
June 15, 2019
Lauren is the oldest and only daughter out of four children. She acts as a second mother to her brothers as their parents are busy people. Because of this, Lauren desperately wishes she had a sister to keep her company. Her mother, Edna, and her maternal grandfather have practiced magic. Lauren knows she can too. With the help of some library books, she casts a spell to create a double of herself that she calls Rachel. Unfortunately, Rachel is evil.
The creation of Rachel happens fairly quickly. The story doesn't linger on whether or not Lauren is going to go through with it. She is and she does. Then she has a "mental breakdown" from meeting demons at her casting and the novel skips ahead an entire year. The evil demon clone hides in Lauren's closet for an entire year watching her get baked on valium. How spooky.
The characters are not very diverse. The women either have "mental breakdowns" or are murdered. They have two body (and personality) types: thin and therefore unconsciously erotic and pure or fat and therefore grotesque and cruel. The men are either thin or nasty background characters. All of them are in lust/love with Edna, the mother, who is thin and pure of heart and whose boobs jiggle even when standing still. Everyone is white and straight. (Thankfully. I don't want to know what Reed would do with anyone else.)
Everyone gets their own pov. The story drags on with unnecessary, convulted character backgrounds. Most of the town turns out to be related to each other and part of a satanic cult. The father is despicable to an almost hilarious degree. Seriously, it just keeps going.
In the end, Rachel barely does anything. In 400 pages she kills 5 people. Mostly she paces around the family home, ranting to herself that Lauren is keeping her on some kind of mental leash, and hopping from closet to closet to hide or eavesdrop. It's a shame. After finding out how awful each person in town is, I wouldn't have minded seeing them all be attacked by a demon clone.
If you were looking for a bad horror novel from the 80s, you sure have found one. Good luck.
The creation of Rachel happens fairly quickly. The story doesn't linger on whether or not Lauren is going to go through with it. She is and she does. Then she has a "mental breakdown" from meeting demons at her casting and the novel skips ahead an entire year. The evil demon clone hides in Lauren's closet for an entire year watching her get baked on valium. How spooky.
The characters are not very diverse. The women either have "mental breakdowns" or are murdered. They have two body (and personality) types: thin and therefore unconsciously erotic and pure or fat and therefore grotesque and cruel. The men are either thin or nasty background characters. All of them are in lust/love with Edna, the mother, who is thin and pure of heart and whose boobs jiggle even when standing still. Everyone is white and straight. (Thankfully. I don't want to know what Reed would do with anyone else.)
Everyone gets their own pov. The story drags on with unnecessary, convulted character backgrounds. Most of the town turns out to be related to each other and part of a satanic cult. The father is despicable to an almost hilarious degree. Seriously, it just keeps going.
In the end, Rachel barely does anything. In 400 pages she kills 5 people. Mostly she paces around the family home, ranting to herself that Lauren is keeping her on some kind of mental leash, and hopping from closet to closet to hide or eavesdrop. It's a shame. After finding out how awful each person in town is, I wouldn't have minded seeing them all be attacked by a demon clone.
If you were looking for a bad horror novel from the 80s, you sure have found one. Good luck.
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July 27, 2011Fabulously macabre - witch covens; satanism; demons; death - and redemption -; and full of terror. And the ending - didn't see THAT coming
August 10, 2018
This book could have been so much better but fell into the satanic cult trope toward the end. It's sad because it had some really great scenes. I feel like there could have been some more "fun/entertaining" moments with Rachel and Lauren but that fell short. The strongest part of the book for me was the beginning. The characters were well developed but it was just missing a little more flare.
September 19, 2018
Three times. Three times, I've started reading this, and I have not been able to finish it. I haven't even managed to move past page 8. It just didn't capture me, and I didn't like the writing.
I tried but I just couldn't find the interest to even properly start this book.
I tried but I just couldn't find the interest to even properly start this book.
May 26, 2020
Excellent as all of Dana Reeds books are!
April 30, 2023
Delightful trash. Fun, silly and a little nasty. To me it felt like a full season of convoluted yet enjoyable television.
September 5, 2025
January 5th, 2023 - I don't even remember where I got this book, but I did want to like it. It seemed like an interesting premise and everything, but when I started to read it, it was very easy to realize that the writing isn't that great.
I don't really recommend this book for anyone, just because it isn't very well written. There are a lot of plot holes that I could see and confusing things and inaccurate ways of speaking and phrasing.
It ended up becoming hard to get through, and I didn't end up finishing it. I was honestly a little bit too distracted because of the plot holes and just ridiculous things that I didn't think could ever feasibly happen in real life.
Therefore, I couldn't really enjoy the story or focus on it.
August 29th, 2025 UPDATE - I tried with this book again. I got through the whole thing, but it was hard. There were a lot of plot holes and contradicting events throughout the whole book. It was also just bad writing and grammar through0ut a lot of the book as well. I hate all of the characters, I honestly wish they all died, and the ending was terrible. I really would not recommend this book to anyone. I am glad to be done with it.
I don't really recommend this book for anyone, just because it isn't very well written. There are a lot of plot holes that I could see and confusing things and inaccurate ways of speaking and phrasing.
It ended up becoming hard to get through, and I didn't end up finishing it. I was honestly a little bit too distracted because of the plot holes and just ridiculous things that I didn't think could ever feasibly happen in real life.
Therefore, I couldn't really enjoy the story or focus on it.
August 29th, 2025 UPDATE - I tried with this book again. I got through the whole thing, but it was hard. There were a lot of plot holes and contradicting events throughout the whole book. It was also just bad writing and grammar through0ut a lot of the book as well. I hate all of the characters, I honestly wish they all died, and the ending was terrible. I really would not recommend this book to anyone. I am glad to be done with it.
January 17, 2016
Stupid, and cheesy. Grammatical and spelling errors galore, too numerous to count. HUMONGOUS plot holes. It seems like every other minute, someone is drinking a freaking coke.....Please don't read this, I beg of you! Bad, Bad, Bad, HORRIBLE!
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