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The Sequel
Writer’s block shows up in person to terrorize a bestselling author
Zachary Gold, struggling to write his second novel after his first became an instant success, is suddenly confronted by a mysterious man claiming that Zach plagiarized his writing. In an effort to escape the crazed imposter, Zach flees to a nearby library and hides out amid the children’s bookshelves in the basement. Surrounded by fairy tales, fearing for his safety, the author endeavors to write while grappling with the question of whether to attempt a sequel to his smash hit or start anew with an original story.
The Sequel is the latest installment in our Bibliomysteries series, penned by none other than R. L. Stine, the man who made horror fun for young readers.
Zachary Gold, struggling to write his second novel after his first became an instant success, is suddenly confronted by a mysterious man claiming that Zach plagiarized his writing. In an effort to escape the crazed imposter, Zach flees to a nearby library and hides out amid the children’s bookshelves in the basement. Surrounded by fairy tales, fearing for his safety, the author endeavors to write while grappling with the question of whether to attempt a sequel to his smash hit or start anew with an original story.
The Sequel is the latest installment in our Bibliomysteries series, penned by none other than R. L. Stine, the man who made horror fun for young readers.
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First published January 1, 2014
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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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September 3, 2024
5 stars
short review for busy readers:
“Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name…” 🎵 There are only 2 mythic characters who could, or would, say that. This one is the second one you'd think of!
in detail:
From the writer of the popular "Goosebumps" series, this Bibliomystery for adults gives us a twist on a twist on a twist. Some you see coming, others you get just before Zachary, the focus character, does, and others blind side you.
Zach is suffering from imposter syndrome and the self-esteem issues many writers who have had a huge success suffer from with their sophomore work. All of the people in Zach's world have something overdone and overdrawn about them, possibly magnified by his anxiety and stress. Or are they something Zach has yet to "put a name to"?
The Sequel is a fabulous rendering of the series theme of a mystery about a deadly book and one of the best of the series I’ve read.
short review for busy readers:
“Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name…” 🎵 There are only 2 mythic characters who could, or would, say that. This one is the second one you'd think of!
in detail:
From the writer of the popular "Goosebumps" series, this Bibliomystery for adults gives us a twist on a twist on a twist. Some you see coming, others you get just before Zachary, the focus character, does, and others blind side you.
Zach is suffering from imposter syndrome and the self-esteem issues many writers who have had a huge success suffer from with their sophomore work. All of the people in Zach's world have something overdone and overdrawn about them, possibly magnified by his anxiety and stress. Or are they something Zach has yet to "put a name to"?
The Sequel is a fabulous rendering of the series theme of a mystery about a deadly book and one of the best of the series I’ve read.
July 30, 2016
Zachary Gold wrote a bestselling debut novel about a doctor who experimented with his brain and accidentally gained superpowers. Now he’s finding it hard to write a follow-up and what’s worse is a strange man is claiming his book was plagiarised from him, word for word! But that’s only the beginning of Zachary’s weird journey…
RL Stine’s The Sequel is another short story from the Bibliomysteries series, and it’s one of the good ones too. When I was a kid I was a huge Goosebumps fan which was a pre-teen horror series that was my gateway drug to Stephen King. In revisiting this author, I was pleased to see that RL Stine can write adult stories just as well as kid’s.
And speaking of King, the premise of the creepy guy claiming that a novelist stole his book sounds exactly like that of Secret Window, Secret Garden from Four Past Midnight. It starts off that way but Stine takes you on so many twists and turns that by the end he’s created a completely original story even though he started with King’s setup (though for all I know King lifted it from someone else).
In fact, there are so many similarities to well-known stories, from King to that awful Scarlett Johansson movie Lucy to well-known fairy tales, that I wonder if it’s deliberate – a commentary on the derivative nature of storytelling. It’s even framed like a Twilight Zone episode with a Rod Serling-esque opening paragraph with the same unsettling tone throughout with the famous twist ending.
The story starts slowly but builds up quickly to a fantastic finale that’ll leave you questioning which parts of the story were real, which were fiction, or whether it was all fake. Great fun, really entertaining stuff – check out RL Stine’s The Sequel if you’re looking for an unpredictable, exciting mystery that’ll fuck with your mind!
RL Stine’s The Sequel is another short story from the Bibliomysteries series, and it’s one of the good ones too. When I was a kid I was a huge Goosebumps fan which was a pre-teen horror series that was my gateway drug to Stephen King. In revisiting this author, I was pleased to see that RL Stine can write adult stories just as well as kid’s.
And speaking of King, the premise of the creepy guy claiming that a novelist stole his book sounds exactly like that of Secret Window, Secret Garden from Four Past Midnight. It starts off that way but Stine takes you on so many twists and turns that by the end he’s created a completely original story even though he started with King’s setup (though for all I know King lifted it from someone else).
In fact, there are so many similarities to well-known stories, from King to that awful Scarlett Johansson movie Lucy to well-known fairy tales, that I wonder if it’s deliberate – a commentary on the derivative nature of storytelling. It’s even framed like a Twilight Zone episode with a Rod Serling-esque opening paragraph with the same unsettling tone throughout with the famous twist ending.
The story starts slowly but builds up quickly to a fantastic finale that’ll leave you questioning which parts of the story were real, which were fiction, or whether it was all fake. Great fun, really entertaining stuff – check out RL Stine’s The Sequel if you’re looking for an unpredictable, exciting mystery that’ll fuck with your mind!
October 7, 2015
Feh.
But on the other hand, hell yes.
Let me explain.
This book didn't do a lot for me. But there's a concept here.
I visited Mysterious Bookshop in Tribeca, and I found out that it's the ONLY mystery specialty shop on the island of Manhattan. Which is pretty rad.
But was was the most rad-ist, they had a whole series of pocket-sized mysteries by big-name authors on display.
Here's why I think this is such a good idea.
When I go on vacation, I always stop at a bookstore if there's a good one in the area. It's a great destination, you can spend some time relaxing a little bit, and bookstores are almost always one of the few outposts in the city that will let you take a piss. Seriously, what the fuck, cities? Why do so many spots in the subway stations smell like piss? Maybe because where the hell are you SUPPOSED to pee? Restaurants will tell you to go fuck yourself, other stores don't even HAVE a bathroom. It's the brave bookstores that keep us from floating in a river of piss.
PS, a little tip if you're in the NYC area, I found the omnipresent Starbucks to be a spot where you could use the bathroom without buying anything. If there's ever been an excuse for me to drink Starbucks, I've found it.
Anyway, one of the problems with stopping in a bookstore on vacation is that you gotta haul whatever you buy all the way back home. Yesterday afternoon, I RAN with all my shit to catch a ferry. Ran with a bag that had a week's worth of clothes on my back. Plus a couple books. Plus a couple gifts. Plus some...you know what? It was heavy. You don't need to record all my personal items, you nosy asshole.
When you have to carry everything, the appeal of book-buying goes down. Plus, it's just so damn easy to look and think "Fuck it. I'll buy it when I get home."
Ah, enter Mysterious Press.
These little books, like The Sequel, or on display in the store. They're inexpensive, tiny, and maybe not something you'd know about if you didn't visit. They feel like something special, something you could get at that store and perhaps nowhere else.
Good on Mysterious Bookshop. Although I don't remember if they had a bathroom.
But on the other hand, hell yes.
Let me explain.
This book didn't do a lot for me. But there's a concept here.
I visited Mysterious Bookshop in Tribeca, and I found out that it's the ONLY mystery specialty shop on the island of Manhattan. Which is pretty rad.
But was was the most rad-ist, they had a whole series of pocket-sized mysteries by big-name authors on display.
Here's why I think this is such a good idea.
When I go on vacation, I always stop at a bookstore if there's a good one in the area. It's a great destination, you can spend some time relaxing a little bit, and bookstores are almost always one of the few outposts in the city that will let you take a piss. Seriously, what the fuck, cities? Why do so many spots in the subway stations smell like piss? Maybe because where the hell are you SUPPOSED to pee? Restaurants will tell you to go fuck yourself, other stores don't even HAVE a bathroom. It's the brave bookstores that keep us from floating in a river of piss.
PS, a little tip if you're in the NYC area, I found the omnipresent Starbucks to be a spot where you could use the bathroom without buying anything. If there's ever been an excuse for me to drink Starbucks, I've found it.
Anyway, one of the problems with stopping in a bookstore on vacation is that you gotta haul whatever you buy all the way back home. Yesterday afternoon, I RAN with all my shit to catch a ferry. Ran with a bag that had a week's worth of clothes on my back. Plus a couple books. Plus a couple gifts. Plus some...you know what? It was heavy. You don't need to record all my personal items, you nosy asshole.
When you have to carry everything, the appeal of book-buying goes down. Plus, it's just so damn easy to look and think "Fuck it. I'll buy it when I get home."
Ah, enter Mysterious Press.
These little books, like The Sequel, or on display in the store. They're inexpensive, tiny, and maybe not something you'd know about if you didn't visit. They feel like something special, something you could get at that store and perhaps nowhere else.
Good on Mysterious Bookshop. Although I don't remember if they had a bathroom.
April 15, 2015
I don't want to spoil the fun here, so I'll keep this short and sweet.
If you're in the mood for a psychotic story that makes you stop and rewind when you hit the last page, read this. Now.
P.S. I loved Goosebumps. LOVED Fear Street. But I may love this one a little more.
If you're in the mood for a psychotic story that makes you stop and rewind when you hit the last page, read this. Now.
P.S. I loved Goosebumps. LOVED Fear Street. But I may love this one a little more.
May 14, 2016
An amusing short read with a corny but pleasing twist at the end. This is from the same short series as the Megan Abbott book. Stories involving books. And I was previously not too impressed with a Stine "adult" book. But this one was fairly readable.
September 2, 2016
This was an ok short story. I listened to it via audible for free on their mystery channel. It wasn't spectacular but it did pass a little over an hour of with a bit of fun and nostalgia of R. L. Stine.
August 26, 2023
Short story written by one of my favorite authors. I thought this one was more average than most of his. I know it was supposed to be short, but I still wanted more.
September 25, 2020
This was a confusing and extremely poorly edited short story with an even more confusing ending.
June 1, 2018
okie dokie !!!
February 4, 2015
Reviewed first at Brunner's Bookshelf
R. L. Stine was one of the only authors I would read as a kid. I wasn't big into reading and hated being told I had to read something for school. However, I really enjoyed the series Goosebumps, and the Box Car Children. R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series was a lot of fun to read and just scary enough to be entertaining but not to scary to keep me up at night with nightmares. I loved those books.
I was asked by the publisher to give this a read and review it through Net Gallley. I have to admit I was really excited to not only be asked to read and review this but that it was a throwback to my childhood. This book is written for adults I guess it reads very well and being a Bibliomystery it's short.
I'm going to be honest and when I started reading this I was kind of disappointed. This book is about an author who hit it big with his first novel and is now being pressured into writing a sequel he doesn't want to write. While contemplating his next book he is accosted by a man who claims that he wrote the book and our author stole it from him. The beginning of the story felt like I was reading Stephen King's Secret Garden Secret Window. I felt that Stine could have done a better job of writing a story that wasn't just a new twist on an old story.
Then things changed and I really liked this story. I don't want to give anything away because this is definitely a story any fan of a good short story should read. The twist at the end was great and made up for the slow start at the beginning. I really enjoyed this short story and I am interested in checking out some of the other books from R. L. Stine for adults. I mean his fiction novels and not the YA stuff. I'm going to give this 4 out of 5 stars, really I would say this is more like 4.5 and I am very grateful to have been asked to review this story.
R. L. Stine was one of the only authors I would read as a kid. I wasn't big into reading and hated being told I had to read something for school. However, I really enjoyed the series Goosebumps, and the Box Car Children. R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series was a lot of fun to read and just scary enough to be entertaining but not to scary to keep me up at night with nightmares. I loved those books.
I was asked by the publisher to give this a read and review it through Net Gallley. I have to admit I was really excited to not only be asked to read and review this but that it was a throwback to my childhood. This book is written for adults I guess it reads very well and being a Bibliomystery it's short.
I'm going to be honest and when I started reading this I was kind of disappointed. This book is about an author who hit it big with his first novel and is now being pressured into writing a sequel he doesn't want to write. While contemplating his next book he is accosted by a man who claims that he wrote the book and our author stole it from him. The beginning of the story felt like I was reading Stephen King's Secret Garden Secret Window. I felt that Stine could have done a better job of writing a story that wasn't just a new twist on an old story.
Then things changed and I really liked this story. I don't want to give anything away because this is definitely a story any fan of a good short story should read. The twist at the end was great and made up for the slow start at the beginning. I really enjoyed this short story and I am interested in checking out some of the other books from R. L. Stine for adults. I mean his fiction novels and not the YA stuff. I'm going to give this 4 out of 5 stars, really I would say this is more like 4.5 and I am very grateful to have been asked to review this story.
December 23, 2024
The Sequel is R.L. Stine's entry in the Bibliomystery series of short mystery tales from a few years back. The story follows a best selling author who's stuck trying to come up with a follow up second book. As his writer's block and pressure from his agent mount, strange figures appear in his life adding to his stress.
As with his other attempts at adult fiction, Stine's story suffers from his inability to not write as if the book is intended for children. The dialogue is often stilted, and the twists in the story are rather childish and predictable. Not a terrible short story, but Stine really only shines when writing for kids.
As with his other attempts at adult fiction, Stine's story suffers from his inability to not write as if the book is intended for children. The dialogue is often stilted, and the twists in the story are rather childish and predictable. Not a terrible short story, but Stine really only shines when writing for kids.
September 14, 2023
3.5 stars. A short story with an interesting plot... Zachary Gold is trying to write the sequel to his bestselling first book. He's then confronted by a man claiming that Zachary plagiarized him. He runs away trying to escape this weird, mysterious man, wanting to figure out why the man thinks he was plagiarized. Some more odd things happen, and then we get a roll your eyes twist at the end. I liked the concept even though the ending was a little OTT.
September 1, 2019
Not 5 stars as in "the best book ever!" But 5 stars as in "this perfectly fulfilled what it set out to do." I'm just getting started down the Bibliomysteries rabbit hole, but R.L. Stine seems to set the standard for what it should be. He's still got it!
February 24, 2024
Very short read it’s about an author who has a bestseller, but now he has brighter block and doesn’t know if he can write a sequel.
It’s kind of confusing in the end, because it makes it sound as if he is in his own story or in a fairytale.
It’s kind of confusing in the end, because it makes it sound as if he is in his own story or in a fairytale.
May 5, 2017
Another bibliomystery. Seems to be a low key easy read until part way through. The twists have left my head spinning trying to understand what is happening.
July 24, 2018
I liked this short story, it reminded me of King’s Secret Window, Secret Garden!
March 16, 2020
Shortly after starting this, I knew exactly where it was going.
November 17, 2020
A bibliomystery with strong fantasy elements.
September 1, 2024
Good book. The author did surprise me with the twist. Well played.
March 15, 2025
Not my cup of tea... Kristi & Abby Tabby
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April 13, 2025Masterful first half. Confusing & disappointing ending.
June 30, 2025
Too gimmicky.
July 8, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
August 21, 2024
3.5 stars. A modern, adult version of Rumplestiltskin. It was just okay. The protagonist was a weak, beta male, completely unlikeable and lacking personal morals.
April 14, 2015
Recently the almighty gods of literature have seen it fit to bless me with the opportunity to consecutively review two amazing books, The Last American Vampire and The Sequel, which are very different. This is the review for the latter of those books, and it is AWESOME!
Reading the Sequel is like riding a roller coaster that moves too fast. The beginning of the book is like crawling up that mountainous arch, excitement and fear chewing at the pit of your stomach. Till you sit upon that massive perch, stationary, watching the world below crawl by, but then you suddenly feel the ride lurch forward as the coaster plummets down toward the ground below at 60+ miles per hour, you don’t even really have time to scream, much less comprehend WTF’s going on. All those loops, bends, and screws seem to blend into one short disorientating moment, and then you are at the end of the line and the feeling of having experienced something really cool remains with you.
If anything this roller coaster effect is The Sequel’s greatest strength, and greatest weakness. At the same time you’re thinking “that was really cool!” however you’re also thinking “WAIT! I need to go back; I couldn’t comprehend what just happened!” Unfortunately, the only way to tell what really happened is to go back and ride the roller coaster in slow motion. The cool thing is the much used roller coaster comparison is literally perfect for this book. During the first part of the book, The Sequel seems like a normal book about a writer named Zachary Gold who wrote an incredibly successful novel about a doctor who began experimenting with the unused portions of the human brain, and eventually constructed his own alternate reality inside his own mind. Everyone he knows is trying to get him to write a sequel.
Matters only get more complicated when he meets a man called Cardoza. Cardoza says Zachary stole his book. Causing Zachary to bolt from the coffee shop he was in, fearing for his life. He then runs into a library were he meets a strange woman who wants to write his book for him. That’s when it happens, you reach the last part of the book, and it lurches forward, reality falls apart around the reader literally. It’s like all the twists and turns and questions in the Matrix and Inception got smashed together and compressed into less than 200 pages.
I give this book top ratings and my recommendation. I just can’t wait to re-read this book after its release.
Review by: Brennan Palm
Full Reviews Available at: http://www.thebookendfamily.weebly.com
Reading the Sequel is like riding a roller coaster that moves too fast. The beginning of the book is like crawling up that mountainous arch, excitement and fear chewing at the pit of your stomach. Till you sit upon that massive perch, stationary, watching the world below crawl by, but then you suddenly feel the ride lurch forward as the coaster plummets down toward the ground below at 60+ miles per hour, you don’t even really have time to scream, much less comprehend WTF’s going on. All those loops, bends, and screws seem to blend into one short disorientating moment, and then you are at the end of the line and the feeling of having experienced something really cool remains with you.
If anything this roller coaster effect is The Sequel’s greatest strength, and greatest weakness. At the same time you’re thinking “that was really cool!” however you’re also thinking “WAIT! I need to go back; I couldn’t comprehend what just happened!” Unfortunately, the only way to tell what really happened is to go back and ride the roller coaster in slow motion. The cool thing is the much used roller coaster comparison is literally perfect for this book. During the first part of the book, The Sequel seems like a normal book about a writer named Zachary Gold who wrote an incredibly successful novel about a doctor who began experimenting with the unused portions of the human brain, and eventually constructed his own alternate reality inside his own mind. Everyone he knows is trying to get him to write a sequel.
Matters only get more complicated when he meets a man called Cardoza. Cardoza says Zachary stole his book. Causing Zachary to bolt from the coffee shop he was in, fearing for his life. He then runs into a library were he meets a strange woman who wants to write his book for him. That’s when it happens, you reach the last part of the book, and it lurches forward, reality falls apart around the reader literally. It’s like all the twists and turns and questions in the Matrix and Inception got smashed together and compressed into less than 200 pages.
I give this book top ratings and my recommendation. I just can’t wait to re-read this book after its release.
Review by: Brennan Palm
Full Reviews Available at: http://www.thebookendfamily.weebly.com
January 10, 2015
I received a free copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
Zachary Gold is struggling to write his second novel after his insanely successful first. Suddenly, a complete stranger shows up and claims that Zachary plagiarized his writing. He flees into a nearby library and attempts to write his next novel there, when a beautiful young woman shows up willing to help him. But her help will not be for free.
There were two reasons I wanted to read this story. The first is that I’m a “Goosebumps” kid, so I pretty much want to read everything R.L. Stine writes. The other reason is that the blurb very much reminded me of “Secret Window” by Stephen King. Also about a writer who is suddenly accused of stealing someone else’s story. So I was very curious to see how similar the two actually are.
This short story has everything you would expect from R.L. Stine. Good writing, easy to read, fun, thrilling, odd at times, and a bit twisted. And I’m pleased to say that even though at it’s very core it has some similarities with King’s Secret Window, this is a very different little story with an ending that will probably surprise (and maybe confuse) you.
Zachary Gold is struggling to write his second novel after his insanely successful first. Suddenly, a complete stranger shows up and claims that Zachary plagiarized his writing. He flees into a nearby library and attempts to write his next novel there, when a beautiful young woman shows up willing to help him. But her help will not be for free.
There were two reasons I wanted to read this story. The first is that I’m a “Goosebumps” kid, so I pretty much want to read everything R.L. Stine writes. The other reason is that the blurb very much reminded me of “Secret Window” by Stephen King. Also about a writer who is suddenly accused of stealing someone else’s story. So I was very curious to see how similar the two actually are.
This short story has everything you would expect from R.L. Stine. Good writing, easy to read, fun, thrilling, odd at times, and a bit twisted. And I’m pleased to say that even though at it’s very core it has some similarities with King’s Secret Window, this is a very different little story with an ending that will probably surprise (and maybe confuse) you.
January 10, 2015
A Tasty Mini-Mystery
Cool idea. Mysterious Press is the imprint connected to Mysterious Bookshop, which bills itself as the country's oldest "mystery, crime, and suspense" bookstore. It's latest digital project is the distribution of "bibliomysteries", which are short pieces, mostly written by established authors. There are stories by C.J. Box, Ken Bruen, Jeffrey Deaver, Loren Estleman, Laura Lippman, and so on.
This one is by R.L. Stine. It was interesting to see what Stine, who is known primarily for his YA and middle grade suspensers, (the "Goosebumps" series, for example), would do with a short adult horror-mystery. Well, no spoilers here, but what we get is a nice, moody, tight Twilight Zone kind of episode. It's tasty and twisty, although it never reached out and grabbed me.
It seems that this work, and most of the others, are intended to be fun, quick samples that let you explore new and established writers through a brief, but complete, tale. I liked it, and I note that many of the bibliomysteries are kindleunlimited freebies, so I'll be trying a few more.
Please note that I received a free advance ecopy of this book in exchange for a candid review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
Cool idea. Mysterious Press is the imprint connected to Mysterious Bookshop, which bills itself as the country's oldest "mystery, crime, and suspense" bookstore. It's latest digital project is the distribution of "bibliomysteries", which are short pieces, mostly written by established authors. There are stories by C.J. Box, Ken Bruen, Jeffrey Deaver, Loren Estleman, Laura Lippman, and so on.
This one is by R.L. Stine. It was interesting to see what Stine, who is known primarily for his YA and middle grade suspensers, (the "Goosebumps" series, for example), would do with a short adult horror-mystery. Well, no spoilers here, but what we get is a nice, moody, tight Twilight Zone kind of episode. It's tasty and twisty, although it never reached out and grabbed me.
It seems that this work, and most of the others, are intended to be fun, quick samples that let you explore new and established writers through a brief, but complete, tale. I liked it, and I note that many of the bibliomysteries are kindleunlimited freebies, so I'll be trying a few more.
Please note that I received a free advance ecopy of this book in exchange for a candid review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
January 18, 2015
I’m not in the right age group to have read the Goosebumps books, but I remember how popular they were. I have, however, read several books in the “Bibliomysteries” Series and thought the description of the latest in this series by Stine sounded intriguing. Author Zachary Gold wrote a bestselling novel and is being pressured by his agent to write a sequel when he would prefer to write something completely different. The problem is he doesn’t have any ideas for a second novel and becomes more and more worried. He receives inspiration from an unexpected source, but is warned that nothing comes without a price.
The story is quick to read and packs a lot of suspense in such a small amount of pages. Just when I was feeling proud of myself for figuring out what was going on, the story takes a surprising twist I would never have guessed. The ending is strange, but enjoyable. I really enjoyed R.L. Stine’s contribution to the Bibliomystery series and would be interested in reading other books aimed at adults by this author.
I received this book from NetGalley, through the courtesy of Mysterious Press/Open Road. The book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.
The story is quick to read and packs a lot of suspense in such a small amount of pages. Just when I was feeling proud of myself for figuring out what was going on, the story takes a surprising twist I would never have guessed. The ending is strange, but enjoyable. I really enjoyed R.L. Stine’s contribution to the Bibliomystery series and would be interested in reading other books aimed at adults by this author.
I received this book from NetGalley, through the courtesy of Mysterious Press/Open Road. The book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.
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