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Fear Street Super Chiller #8
Bad Moonlight
She wasn’t just crying wolf…
Danielle Verona can’t believe the band picked her to be their new lead singer. She’s on the road, performing at all the hot clubs. The adoring fans, the bright lights— it’s a dream come true!
But when nighttime falls, Danielle can feel the terror in the darkness. There’s eerie howling outside her window. And then a band member is killed—ripped to shreds by a wild animal. Danielle knows something is out there, lurking in the moonlight. Something savage…and hungry.
Danielle Verona can’t believe the band picked her to be their new lead singer. She’s on the road, performing at all the hot clubs. The adoring fans, the bright lights— it’s a dream come true!
But when nighttime falls, Danielle can feel the terror in the darkness. There’s eerie howling outside her window. And then a band member is killed—ripped to shreds by a wild animal. Danielle knows something is out there, lurking in the moonlight. Something savage…and hungry.
195 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1995
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R.L. Stine
1,679 books18.6k followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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October 4, 2019
Danielle can’t believe her luck as the band decides to pick her as the lead singer, the excitement of touring is soon quelled as strange howling is heard and one of the band members is attacked.
Danielle has been experiencing traumatic hallucinations since her parents death and starts to wonder if she is capable of murder...
This was a highly enjoyable Super Chiller with a fun twist on the werewolf trope. Stine certainly teases his readers into believing they had guessed the culprit early on in the story, only for a surprisingly batshit crazy endings that long time fans should expect.
I liked that the supernatural element was followed through and can imagine this being one of the memorable entries in the series for those that original read it in the 90’s.
Danielle has been experiencing traumatic hallucinations since her parents death and starts to wonder if she is capable of murder...
This was a highly enjoyable Super Chiller with a fun twist on the werewolf trope. Stine certainly teases his readers into believing they had guessed the culprit early on in the story, only for a surprisingly batshit crazy endings that long time fans should expect.
I liked that the supernatural element was followed through and can imagine this being one of the memorable entries in the series for those that original read it in the 90’s.
November 29, 2021
I really enjoyed "Bad Moonlight" about the band Bad Moonlight who has a hit song called "Bad Moonlight", that they perform IN...the bad moonlight 💀💀💀
Random musings here:
- Omg the cover is so reminiscent of Clueless for me!! Which, incidentally, the movie came out in 1995, same as this book! Coincidence? I mean, that's totally Cher and Dionne on the cover, singing backup for a werewolf, right? 💖🐺
- LOL at the awful lyrics to their hit song. "Bad moonlight shining down on me, bad moonlight...I want to die for youuuu!" 🤣🤣🤣
- 5 confirmed deaths. All of them are awesome.
Glad the 1st to go was the douchebag who exclaimed to our protagonist, "C'mon Danielle, you know you're hot for my bod!" 🤣🤣🤢
- I kinda guessed the evil people towards the beginning but the double twist was still entertaining as hell. TRUST NOONE.
-This is like Lost Boys, but with Werewolves! You can just hear the pack whispering to our protag: "C'mon Danielle! You're one of us!"😱🐺
4 out of 5 packages of raw meat you rip open to devour in the supermarket despite your little brother screaming and calling you gross. Sometimes you just need a little snack whilst basking and howling in the BAD MOONLIGHT.
Random musings here:
- Omg the cover is so reminiscent of Clueless for me!! Which, incidentally, the movie came out in 1995, same as this book! Coincidence? I mean, that's totally Cher and Dionne on the cover, singing backup for a werewolf, right? 💖🐺
- LOL at the awful lyrics to their hit song. "Bad moonlight shining down on me, bad moonlight...I want to die for youuuu!" 🤣🤣🤣
- 5 confirmed deaths. All of them are awesome.
Glad the 1st to go was the douchebag who exclaimed to our protagonist, "C'mon Danielle, you know you're hot for my bod!" 🤣🤣🤢
- I kinda guessed the evil people towards the beginning but the double twist was still entertaining as hell. TRUST NOONE.
-This is like Lost Boys, but with Werewolves! You can just hear the pack whispering to our protag: "C'mon Danielle! You're one of us!"😱🐺
4 out of 5 packages of raw meat you rip open to devour in the supermarket despite your little brother screaming and calling you gross. Sometimes you just need a little snack whilst basking and howling in the BAD MOONLIGHT.
November 29, 2015
5 stars full of 90s nostalgia
My Rating of this book has a lot to do with nostalgia because R.L.Stine was my favourite author during my early teens. Just seeing this cover brings back happy memories of reading his Fear Street, Goosebumps and Point Horror series. In fact, I think R.L.Stine sparked off my love of paranormal and urban fantasy genre.
I think it's time to introduce my kids to these books and Nancy Drew. :)
My Rating of this book has a lot to do with nostalgia because R.L.Stine was my favourite author during my early teens. Just seeing this cover brings back happy memories of reading his Fear Street, Goosebumps and Point Horror series. In fact, I think R.L.Stine sparked off my love of paranormal and urban fantasy genre.
I think it's time to introduce my kids to these books and Nancy Drew. :)
September 5, 2018
This book was lots of fun. I remembered what it was about but not all the twist.
July 28, 2023
3.5
the plot twist at the end was kinda crazy ngl, missing the fear street movies/universe so bad
the plot twist at the end was kinda crazy ngl, missing the fear street movies/universe so bad
September 2, 2018
I did not see all those twists coming! 4.5 stars
July 17, 2023
The suspense build up is kinda repetitive with people dying and Danielle having nightmares over and over. About halfway through the book , I have guess that Danielle is a werewolf and then the ending like every R.L. Stine ending. It was totally great and unexpected. Although I would have know how does Danielle don't even know she is a werewolf in the first place
February 8, 2018
I see the bad moon arising, I see trouble on the way...
Cheesy, mindless, overly melodramatic, poorly written spooky fun, which is all you could ever want out of a book with this sort of cover and this particular writer.
Yeah, this was crappy and dumb, but it was an entertaining kind of dumb. The kind of entertaining, brainless idiocy you'd want out of a book involving amateur bands, singing werewolves, hypnotism, and roadies getting mauled by wild beasts in the night.
Tonally, the book is quiet, suspenseful horror, slowly detailing how a young adult is gradually turning into a werewolf and how her psyche might be slowly falling apart because of it for about 3/4ths of the book...and completely off-the-rails goofy crazytown with such plot points as "a werewolf wedding", "a werewolf conspiracy", and "werewolf hypnosis" in the last couple of chapters.
I would've given this more stars through the sheer goofiness of this story entertaining me except not once did they actually explain how these werewolves functioned (apparently is enough to turn you into a werewolf, but is that how everyone in this pack was turned? What about ? How is he a werewolf? Are people cured at the end of this?) and the main problem gets solved a little too quickly and too nicely for my tastes.
Also, you never see two middle-aged werewolves, , in their werewolf forms, which feels like a huge missed opportunity of the highest degree.
I give it two paws up. Would've gotten higher marks if the climax was in a crowded dance hall or had something to do with concert venues, but what can you do.
Highlights
*The main character has a bunch of violent hallucinations, which means that a lot of cliffhangers were easily resolved by it being revealed that Danielle was having yet another fantasy. Since the character was prone to doing this and prone to derailing the story with these, when the climax finally did come, I was waiting for the dream reveal to poke its ugly head again. I was almost positive that the twist ending was going to be "and then Danielle woke up in a hotel room after dreaming the whole thing".
*A red herring character who spends most of the book looking suspicious and not communicating their point properly before it turns out they actually had good intentions and was trying to save the main character from the werewolves! Truly the Severus Snape of Bad Moonlight...except really, some simple communication would've solved any of this, instead of attempted strangling. "Look, Danielle, there are werewolves out there." would've been helpful.
*One of the characters being an intense pile of human garbage to his fellow band members - essentially labeling themselves as the human sacrifice in this monster story - before being the first to die.
*Chapter names like "Chapter 14-Billy Dies" that lead to even more cliffhanger fake-outs. Turns out in Chapter 14, Billy does not die. He just passed out, but he certainly looked dead!
*A psychiatrist with a focus on hypnosis as one of the characters. In a story about werewolves. Yep, nothing suspicious about him!
*The curse being lifted causing some of the werewolves to explode. But only the bad ones, thankfully.
Great Sentences
"You'll never win. And you're almost ready. Almost ready to become his bride! A werewolf's bride."
"Hypnosis is such a wonderful thing." The doctor chuckled.
Cheesy, mindless, overly melodramatic, poorly written spooky fun, which is all you could ever want out of a book with this sort of cover and this particular writer.
Yeah, this was crappy and dumb, but it was an entertaining kind of dumb. The kind of entertaining, brainless idiocy you'd want out of a book involving amateur bands, singing werewolves, hypnotism, and roadies getting mauled by wild beasts in the night.
Tonally, the book is quiet, suspenseful horror, slowly detailing how a young adult is gradually turning into a werewolf and how her psyche might be slowly falling apart because of it for about 3/4ths of the book...and completely off-the-rails goofy crazytown with such plot points as "a werewolf wedding", "a werewolf conspiracy", and "werewolf hypnosis" in the last couple of chapters.
I would've given this more stars through the sheer goofiness of this story entertaining me except not once did they actually explain how these werewolves functioned (apparently is enough to turn you into a werewolf, but is that how everyone in this pack was turned? What about ? How is he a werewolf? Are people cured at the end of this?) and the main problem gets solved a little too quickly and too nicely for my tastes.
Also, you never see two middle-aged werewolves, , in their werewolf forms, which feels like a huge missed opportunity of the highest degree.
I give it two paws up. Would've gotten higher marks if the climax was in a crowded dance hall or had something to do with concert venues, but what can you do.
Highlights
*The main character has a bunch of violent hallucinations, which means that a lot of cliffhangers were easily resolved by it being revealed that Danielle was having yet another fantasy. Since the character was prone to doing this and prone to derailing the story with these, when the climax finally did come, I was waiting for the dream reveal to poke its ugly head again. I was almost positive that the twist ending was going to be "and then Danielle woke up in a hotel room after dreaming the whole thing".
*A red herring character who spends most of the book looking suspicious and not communicating their point properly before it turns out they actually had good intentions and was trying to save the main character from the werewolves! Truly the Severus Snape of Bad Moonlight...except really, some simple communication would've solved any of this, instead of attempted strangling. "Look, Danielle, there are werewolves out there." would've been helpful.
*One of the characters being an intense pile of human garbage to his fellow band members - essentially labeling themselves as the human sacrifice in this monster story - before being the first to die.
*Chapter names like "Chapter 14-Billy Dies" that lead to even more cliffhanger fake-outs. Turns out in Chapter 14, Billy does not die. He just passed out, but he certainly looked dead!
*A psychiatrist with a focus on hypnosis as one of the characters. In a story about werewolves. Yep, nothing suspicious about him!
*The curse being lifted causing some of the werewolves to explode. But only the bad ones, thankfully.
Great Sentences
"You'll never win. And you're almost ready. Almost ready to become his bride! A werewolf's bride."
"Hypnosis is such a wonderful thing." The doctor chuckled.
April 28, 2021
"We're going to die, Danielle thought. We're all going to die!
“We're going to die!” she screamed aloud."
I know you have a word count RL, but come on.
July 1, 2021
Ridiculously fun
October 12, 2022
A little repetitive but in true fashion takes a ridiculous turn the last 10%
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August 30, 2020I remember having this in my backpack in middle school and loving their outfits so much. Nostalgia overload.
October 4, 2023
Ich fand die Story mit den Werwölfen wirklich sehr gut. Hatte es mir schon gedacht wegen den goldenen Augen von Dee und den Beschreibungen der Gefühle beim Mondschein. Was ich nicht gedacht hätte ist, dass Dr. Moore mit Kit kooperiert bzw. sein Vater ist.
Da dies mein letztes Fear Street Buch ist würde ich zusammenfassend sagen, dass die Bücher auf jeden Fall für Teenager geschrieben sind. Wirklich gegruselt habe ich mich eigentlich bei keinem Buch. Die meisten behandeln die typischen High School Dramen und Schwärmereien, die eben in dem Alter passieren. Bis auf ein paar Ausnahmen werde ich aber wahrscheinlich keines der Bücher noch einmal lesen.
Da dies mein letztes Fear Street Buch ist würde ich zusammenfassend sagen, dass die Bücher auf jeden Fall für Teenager geschrieben sind. Wirklich gegruselt habe ich mich eigentlich bei keinem Buch. Die meisten behandeln die typischen High School Dramen und Schwärmereien, die eben in dem Alter passieren. Bis auf ein paar Ausnahmen werde ich aber wahrscheinlich keines der Bücher noch einmal lesen.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 14, 2018
Reviewed on Lili Lost in a Book
Danielle is in a band, touring and singing with them, but she keeps having these awful “fantasies” of horrible deaths and stuff. She says fantasies, I say hallucinations. Lol. But at least she admits she needs help with her mental health issues. There were no stereotypes in this book about that and I really loved it. Needing help is not something you should be ashamed of. Anyway, Danielle just graduated from high school and her aunt, who she lives with now after her parents died in a car accident, actually encouraged her to get into this band stuff before she went off to college. You know, just a year off of fun before you settle down and focus on your studies. It’s usually the opposite of what parents want their kids to do, but I thought it was pretty cool.
So, this Fear Street book had werewolves in it and it was pretty cool! I really liked this iteration of them and how they shift from human to wolf. It was very unique and I liked it.
I also liked Kit—I thought he was very sweet. Joey on the other hand, ugh! He kept hitting on the girls, Danielle especially, and he did not know how to take no for an answer! He was the absolute worst!
And the end was very strange. I think I actually laughed out loud at the ridiculousness that went down with the werewolves. I don’t know if the things that happened were meant to be funny, but it was insane and I could not stop laughing!
Overall, I liked it well enough. I’m not usually the biggest fan of werewolves, but I liked this iteration of them. It was unique and interesting and I really enjoyed it. The characters were okay, but what really got me were those insane plot twists!
The Fear Street connection: Danielle lives on Fear Street with her aunt and little brother, who was the cutest thing ever! He’s fan of the Power Rangers, as was I in the 90s!
Danielle is in a band, touring and singing with them, but she keeps having these awful “fantasies” of horrible deaths and stuff. She says fantasies, I say hallucinations. Lol. But at least she admits she needs help with her mental health issues. There were no stereotypes in this book about that and I really loved it. Needing help is not something you should be ashamed of. Anyway, Danielle just graduated from high school and her aunt, who she lives with now after her parents died in a car accident, actually encouraged her to get into this band stuff before she went off to college. You know, just a year off of fun before you settle down and focus on your studies. It’s usually the opposite of what parents want their kids to do, but I thought it was pretty cool.
So, this Fear Street book had werewolves in it and it was pretty cool! I really liked this iteration of them and how they shift from human to wolf. It was very unique and I liked it.
I also liked Kit—I thought he was very sweet. Joey on the other hand, ugh! He kept hitting on the girls, Danielle especially, and he did not know how to take no for an answer! He was the absolute worst!
And the end was very strange. I think I actually laughed out loud at the ridiculousness that went down with the werewolves. I don’t know if the things that happened were meant to be funny, but it was insane and I could not stop laughing!
Overall, I liked it well enough. I’m not usually the biggest fan of werewolves, but I liked this iteration of them. It was unique and interesting and I really enjoyed it. The characters were okay, but what really got me were those insane plot twists!
The Fear Street connection: Danielle lives on Fear Street with her aunt and little brother, who was the cutest thing ever! He’s fan of the Power Rangers, as was I in the 90s!
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June 29, 2021She wasn't just crying wolf...
She was belting it out like Meat Loaf 🎶 🎤 🐺
Key moments from this inspired bit of luna(r)cy include:
- a mostly-girl group that names themselves after their hit song 🎶🎸
- said group closing their set with their hit song "Bad Moonlight" and then playing the same song immediately after as their encore because that is definitely what an encore is
- biting your hunky roadie's lip until it bleeds while making out because you're a werewolf 👄🩸
- eating raw meat in the supermarket by the fistful because you're a werewolf 🥩 🤤
- licking your little brother's blood from a wound after a squirt gun related accident because you're a werewolf 🔫 👅
- feeling inspired to write killer rock songs about moonlight and hunger and howling for absolutely no reason you can think of at all 🤷🏻♀️
She was belting it out like Meat Loaf 🎶 🎤 🐺
Key moments from this inspired bit of luna(r)cy include:
- a mostly-girl group that names themselves after their hit song 🎶🎸
- said group closing their set with their hit song "Bad Moonlight" and then playing the same song immediately after as their encore because that is definitely what an encore is
- biting your hunky roadie's lip until it bleeds while making out because you're a werewolf 👄🩸
- eating raw meat in the supermarket by the fistful because you're a werewolf 🥩 🤤
- licking your little brother's blood from a wound after a squirt gun related accident because you're a werewolf 🔫 👅
- feeling inspired to write killer rock songs about moonlight and hunger and howling for absolutely no reason you can think of at all 🤷🏻♀️
April 5, 2012
This was my first Fear Street book, which really got me hooked on the series. I was ten when I picked this up at my middle school library.
What stands out in my mind is the fact that this book, unlike any other book that I've read from RL Stine, incorporates music into the plot, along with the werewolf pack. And unlike the werewolves of today, ala Twilight, there's nothing sexy about this pack. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to read something a little bit different, and a little bit on the dark side. This is still on of RL Stine's best books after all these years.
What stands out in my mind is the fact that this book, unlike any other book that I've read from RL Stine, incorporates music into the plot, along with the werewolf pack. And unlike the werewolves of today, ala Twilight, there's nothing sexy about this pack. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to read something a little bit different, and a little bit on the dark side. This is still on of RL Stine's best books after all these years.
June 29, 2019
I have to applaud the author for going in a different werewolf direction, but Danielle was an ok character, but I thought she was really stupid when she gets upset because her aunt and shrink are in contact. You're a minor, idiot! Of course your doctor is going to give progress reports to your guardian.
December 6, 2025
No parece para nada un libro de Fear Street. Tampoco encaja del todo en la serie infantil de Goosebumps, aunque sí se deja llevar por un contenido fantasioso y sobrenatural similar, donde cualquier cosa puede pasar en cualquier momento. Quizás debido a esta elección Stine no se esfuerza demasiado en explicar y en justificar bien los planes, los diálogos o las relaciones que hay entre los personajes como sí hace en otras entregas. Nunca se ha caracterizado por profundizar demasiado como escritor, pero es que aquí le he encontrado especialmente errático y muy poco inspirado. El recurso de utilizar una banda musical que viaja de show en show prometía, pero para mí no ha funcionado en absoluto porque es un mundillo que el autor no controla, no le saca jugo. Al quitar las escuelas, los diners, los campamentos de verano o las casas rurales, Stine se sabotea a sí mismo y se pierde un componente que creo que es esencial en sus obras con adolescentes.
ENGLISH
It doesn't feel like a Fear Street book at all. Nor does it quite fit into the Goosebumps children's series, although it does share a similar fantastical and supernatural element, where anything can happen at any moment. Perhaps because of this choice, Stine doesn't put much effort into explaining and justifying the plans, dialogues, or relationships between the characters as he does in other installments. He's never been known for his depth as a writer, but here I found him particularly erratic and uninspired. The device of using a traveling band from show to show had potential, but for me, it didn't work at all because it's a world the author doesn't understand; he doesn't explore it fully. By removing schools, diners, summer camps, and country houses, Stine sabotages himself and loses a component that I believe is essential in his works with teenagers.
ENGLISH
It doesn't feel like a Fear Street book at all. Nor does it quite fit into the Goosebumps children's series, although it does share a similar fantastical and supernatural element, where anything can happen at any moment. Perhaps because of this choice, Stine doesn't put much effort into explaining and justifying the plans, dialogues, or relationships between the characters as he does in other installments. He's never been known for his depth as a writer, but here I found him particularly erratic and uninspired. The device of using a traveling band from show to show had potential, but for me, it didn't work at all because it's a world the author doesn't understand; he doesn't explore it fully. By removing schools, diners, summer camps, and country houses, Stine sabotages himself and loses a component that I believe is essential in his works with teenagers.
June 2, 2024
I'm going to keep my five star rating...this was and always will be one of my favorite fear Street books and I think it was even my first Super Chiller since it came out right after Switched.
Reading the back how could you not want to tear into this book? Rock bands, teenage drama, romance and werewolves? Sign me up!
Now I didn't spoil anything there is a wolf on the cover and the word wolf in the tagline on the back...
Danielle Verona is eighteen and just out of Shadyside High but instead of heading straight to college, her Aunt Margaret thinks she should have some time before rushing off to school. It's been three years since her parents died in a car crash but Danielle is still having bad dreams about it so Aunt Marge doesn't mind her latest adventure.
Playing in a rock band and singing and touring and playing guitar even though they have yet to come up with a name. Danielle has gotten close to Caroline who plays keyboard and even manager Billy seems really nice.
That's all we get to learn about the band in the prologue chapter and it ends with a real banger as Danielle hears her ten year old brother Cliff cry out in terror and disgust as he sees his sister eating raw meat!
Daniele just pulled a package from the butcher shelf and began eating it as if she grabbed a bag of potato chips all without knowing it...
The story proper has the band on the way to a new gig with a van strapped down with equipment and instruments. Danielle is wedged between Caroline and band drummer, Mary Beth, while manager Billy and equipment manager Kit (technical term for a roadie) are dozing in the back.
How they can with wild man and sound engineer Joey driving like a maniac is beyond anyone and the last member of the band is Dee Waters. I am just going to assume that Dee plays bass guitar because Danielle plays guitar so she is probably lead guitar and they both share vocals.
Danielle tried out and everyone was so nice to her and complimenting her lyrics and music of her own songs...except Dee. When it was over, Danielle passed the audition to earn a spot in the band and as she was leaving Dee clearly made her feelings known when no one else was around.
"You don't belong in this band."
As if Danielle doesn't have enough to worry about because her nightmares are turning into these violent fantasies happening even when she is awake like picturing the van crashing through a guard rail and killing everyone in the van...in the worst possible way like she imagines her parents did.
Ripped apart.
Since her parents' accident, Danielle has been seeing a psychiatrist named Dr. Moore but it has been almost three years and he doesn't seem to be helping much. Everyone in the band knows about the accident and are super nice to Danielle about it...except Dee of course but at least just in a cold way and not making tasteless jokes about dead parents.
Danielle and the other girls are constantly being flirted with by Joey but Danielle can't help but be more attracted to both Billy and Kit yet it catches her by surprise when Kit asks Danielle to join him for a walk. He hasn't talked to her much and as Danielle leaves with Kit, she can't help but notice anger in Dee's eyes but yet she had the same anger when Billy was talking with her...bizarre.
The romantic walk ends when Danielle and Kit start kissing and she aggressively bites his lip hard enough to draw blood and even leave a bruise later! Danielle rushes back to the room she is sharing with Caroline at the motel and takes a shower at Caroline's assistance and once she gets out, Danielle turns to her guitar and inspiration seems to come.
Danielle writes a song called Bad Moonlight and Caroline hears it as she comes out of the shower next, offering compliments and says the rest of the band have to hear it. When everyone is brought to the room to hear the song, it is a hit with everyone...but Dee.
The title also becomes the band's new name...very Bad Company.
Billy lets Danielle go to see Dr. Moore after her vision and biting Kit the following night before rehearsal for the performance. He hypnotizes her and Danielle, instead of being calm and relaxed, has a vision of fighting with someone where it ends all bloody and she wakes up with armchair fabric under her fingernails.
That night, Bad Moonlight is a success and everyone is pumped...even Dee as long as she doesn't meet Danielle's eye. They want to go out and eat but Danielle can't help but be buzzing with energy instead of sitting around a table and after Joey kisses her unwillingly, which Kit sees, how could Danielle even think of sitting there?
So she goes off running and has a vision that her hands turn into claws...
The next morning, the band is getting ready to leave but they are one member short...no one can find Joey. Getting ready to leave without him, the wild party man he is no real concern for most, the band soon find Joey when the police cars show up to the park nearby.
Called in about a body ripped to pieces...with Joey's face the only thing recognizable.
After Joey's death, tension begins to grow in a variety of ways. Dee and Danielle's little rift becomes huge like a chasm, Danielle is having feelings for Kit but can't help but being drawn to Billy who is starting to act strangely and then Danielle learns that her Aunt Margaret has kept a terrible secret from her about her parents' death.
Not torn by the rocks below when their car crashed but instead clawed to death alongside the road near their car with a flat tire...
Everything comes together in reveals and shocking moments that are just perfect for any horror lover and with all the Fear Street snark and drama like a cherry on top this sundae.
I don't see how anyone couldn't enjoy Bad Moonlight...
Reading the back how could you not want to tear into this book? Rock bands, teenage drama, romance and werewolves? Sign me up!
Now I didn't spoil anything there is a wolf on the cover and the word wolf in the tagline on the back...
Danielle Verona is eighteen and just out of Shadyside High but instead of heading straight to college, her Aunt Margaret thinks she should have some time before rushing off to school. It's been three years since her parents died in a car crash but Danielle is still having bad dreams about it so Aunt Marge doesn't mind her latest adventure.
Playing in a rock band and singing and touring and playing guitar even though they have yet to come up with a name. Danielle has gotten close to Caroline who plays keyboard and even manager Billy seems really nice.
That's all we get to learn about the band in the prologue chapter and it ends with a real banger as Danielle hears her ten year old brother Cliff cry out in terror and disgust as he sees his sister eating raw meat!
Daniele just pulled a package from the butcher shelf and began eating it as if she grabbed a bag of potato chips all without knowing it...
The story proper has the band on the way to a new gig with a van strapped down with equipment and instruments. Danielle is wedged between Caroline and band drummer, Mary Beth, while manager Billy and equipment manager Kit (technical term for a roadie) are dozing in the back.
How they can with wild man and sound engineer Joey driving like a maniac is beyond anyone and the last member of the band is Dee Waters. I am just going to assume that Dee plays bass guitar because Danielle plays guitar so she is probably lead guitar and they both share vocals.
Danielle tried out and everyone was so nice to her and complimenting her lyrics and music of her own songs...except Dee. When it was over, Danielle passed the audition to earn a spot in the band and as she was leaving Dee clearly made her feelings known when no one else was around.
"You don't belong in this band."
As if Danielle doesn't have enough to worry about because her nightmares are turning into these violent fantasies happening even when she is awake like picturing the van crashing through a guard rail and killing everyone in the van...in the worst possible way like she imagines her parents did.
Ripped apart.
Since her parents' accident, Danielle has been seeing a psychiatrist named Dr. Moore but it has been almost three years and he doesn't seem to be helping much. Everyone in the band knows about the accident and are super nice to Danielle about it...except Dee of course but at least just in a cold way and not making tasteless jokes about dead parents.
Danielle and the other girls are constantly being flirted with by Joey but Danielle can't help but be more attracted to both Billy and Kit yet it catches her by surprise when Kit asks Danielle to join him for a walk. He hasn't talked to her much and as Danielle leaves with Kit, she can't help but notice anger in Dee's eyes but yet she had the same anger when Billy was talking with her...bizarre.
The romantic walk ends when Danielle and Kit start kissing and she aggressively bites his lip hard enough to draw blood and even leave a bruise later! Danielle rushes back to the room she is sharing with Caroline at the motel and takes a shower at Caroline's assistance and once she gets out, Danielle turns to her guitar and inspiration seems to come.
Danielle writes a song called Bad Moonlight and Caroline hears it as she comes out of the shower next, offering compliments and says the rest of the band have to hear it. When everyone is brought to the room to hear the song, it is a hit with everyone...but Dee.
The title also becomes the band's new name...very Bad Company.
Billy lets Danielle go to see Dr. Moore after her vision and biting Kit the following night before rehearsal for the performance. He hypnotizes her and Danielle, instead of being calm and relaxed, has a vision of fighting with someone where it ends all bloody and she wakes up with armchair fabric under her fingernails.
That night, Bad Moonlight is a success and everyone is pumped...even Dee as long as she doesn't meet Danielle's eye. They want to go out and eat but Danielle can't help but be buzzing with energy instead of sitting around a table and after Joey kisses her unwillingly, which Kit sees, how could Danielle even think of sitting there?
So she goes off running and has a vision that her hands turn into claws...
The next morning, the band is getting ready to leave but they are one member short...no one can find Joey. Getting ready to leave without him, the wild party man he is no real concern for most, the band soon find Joey when the police cars show up to the park nearby.
Called in about a body ripped to pieces...with Joey's face the only thing recognizable.
After Joey's death, tension begins to grow in a variety of ways. Dee and Danielle's little rift becomes huge like a chasm, Danielle is having feelings for Kit but can't help but being drawn to Billy who is starting to act strangely and then Danielle learns that her Aunt Margaret has kept a terrible secret from her about her parents' death.
Not torn by the rocks below when their car crashed but instead clawed to death alongside the road near their car with a flat tire...
Everything comes together in reveals and shocking moments that are just perfect for any horror lover and with all the Fear Street snark and drama like a cherry on top this sundae.
I don't see how anyone couldn't enjoy Bad Moonlight...
April 16, 2025
Another fear street book where the cover is better than the actual book. The pink and purple look amazing and it’s totally giving clueless to me I mean the blond is even wearing the red dress from the movie. To me this book was vey predictable I could spot almost all the twists from a mile away lol. It’s also confirmed Stine is horrible at music lyrics just like he is at cheerleading cheers. Also neither girl on the cover is our main character Danielle so minus more points for that. I’m not a huge fan of werewolf books so that may have biased my review but barely 3 stars. Also this book really drives the title bad moonlight into your brain it’s probably said over a 100 times. lol
January 25, 2019
This was a great book. First one I’ve ever read by R.L. Stine. It kept my interest and I didn’t want to stop reading it. Lots of twists that made me think.
March 3, 2019
Started off slow but eventually turned into a fun book some genuinely intriguing and even a little scary scenes overall a good book worth reading
May 25, 2025
i loved fear street when i was a child but this was so bad
April 8, 2022
Batshit crazy, as it should be.
September 6, 2018
I liked this a lot. Even though I read it before as a teen, I could not remember all the little twists.
November 1, 2025
Danielle Verona's dream of being a lead singer for a rock band turns into a nightmare when a band member is killed by a savage animal under the full moon. Danielle experiences violent fantasies, hears howling, and sees claws in her psychiatrist's office, hinting that she herself might be the creature responsible for the terror lurking in the moonlight. I thought the story was a bit predictable but there were some surprises too. It’s a fast short read and if you’re looking for a good throwback YA horror then I would recommend it.
October 28, 2017
The moon overstays its welcome in this one. Too much about its flow, light, temperature (I didn't realize light could impart the cold to a person). I understand it's central to the plot, but Stine could've eased up a little and been okay. Characters thin, and I didn't like the fact that this was genuinely supernatural; Fear Street doesn't go this route often and it's usually weaker when it does. If I want stories with no grounding in reality I'll pick up a Goosebumps.
Still, not bad, and kept tension fairly constant throughout. Joey was a joker. It was pretty funny to see how his friends get over his death in about two weeks. "Oh well, now we don't have to feel in mortal danger everytime we hit the road."
Also thought end was a bit too easy; wouldn't Kit notice Danielle transforming before she could clamp on his throat? I do like Stine's commitment to keeping the endings positive though -- another refreshing way the series differed from Goosebumps.
Still, not bad, and kept tension fairly constant throughout. Joey was a joker. It was pretty funny to see how his friends get over his death in about two weeks. "Oh well, now we don't have to feel in mortal danger everytime we hit the road."
Also thought end was a bit too easy; wouldn't Kit notice Danielle transforming before she could clamp on his throat? I do like Stine's commitment to keeping the endings positive though -- another refreshing way the series differed from Goosebumps.
December 22, 2008
Danielle Verona has just been picked as the lead singer of Bad Moonlight, a local rock band. Now she¿s touring all the clubs, living her dream.
And kind of, sort of turning into a werewolf.
I first read this book when I was twelve, and at the time I thought it was okay. Reading it again a dozen years later, I'm able to catch a few of the subtleties that zoomed over my head the first time. Though still not high on the creep-o-meter, Bad Moonlight has its moments, and for me, the most unnerving part of all is Danielle's relationship with her psychiatrist, Dr. Moore, who is to this story as Dr. Sapirstein was to Rosemary's Baby.
And kind of, sort of turning into a werewolf.
I first read this book when I was twelve, and at the time I thought it was okay. Reading it again a dozen years later, I'm able to catch a few of the subtleties that zoomed over my head the first time. Though still not high on the creep-o-meter, Bad Moonlight has its moments, and for me, the most unnerving part of all is Danielle's relationship with her psychiatrist, Dr. Moore, who is to this story as Dr. Sapirstein was to Rosemary's Baby.
August 21, 2022
4.25 stars (reread). I remember loving this story as a kid because it was my first werewolf novel and it had a main character touring in a band as a singer. It just seemed so illustrious and cool when I was a kid. I forgot the ending of this novel and it definitely goes into strange and left field, but it's still a fun Fear Street novel and it's totally weird and supernatural. It's a fun time overall.
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