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Trauma Queen
Farrah Kozlow is after fame and fortune. But her ordinary life often just doesn't measure up. So she creates her own drama. Kiss a random boy at a party even though she already has a boyfriend? Fine. So long as it gets people talking.
On social media, she makes sure everybody knows all about the latest trauma in her life. Who cares if she's the one who has fabricated it all from the beginning? If it's scandalous and exciting, everybody wins, right?
Wrong.
Farrah's propensity to use other people for her own ends is about to come back to haunt her. Somebody has decided that Farrah should be the subject of a trauma that isn't of her own making.
Now Farrah's life is far more frightening and dramatic than she ever could have expected. Somebody is sending her threats, taunting her on-line and even trying to kill her.
But nobody believes her.
Farrah needs to find out who is out for her blood before she changes from the queen of drama to the queen of the dead
On social media, she makes sure everybody knows all about the latest trauma in her life. Who cares if she's the one who has fabricated it all from the beginning? If it's scandalous and exciting, everybody wins, right?
Wrong.
Farrah's propensity to use other people for her own ends is about to come back to haunt her. Somebody has decided that Farrah should be the subject of a trauma that isn't of her own making.
Now Farrah's life is far more frightening and dramatic than she ever could have expected. Somebody is sending her threats, taunting her on-line and even trying to kill her.
But nobody believes her.
Farrah needs to find out who is out for her blood before she changes from the queen of drama to the queen of the dead
166 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2016
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Paul Phillips
12 books12 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Hi, my name is Paul Phillips.
If you were a fan of Point Horror, Nightmare Hall, Fear Street or the myriad other 90s YA horror books, then my work should be right up your alley!
My books are approximately 50,000 words in length and although set in the fictional town of Howlett, are all stand-alone stories. (Unless I one day write a sequel!)
I hope my books can provide some quick, harmless fun for those after a bit of 90s YA horror-style nostalgia, or those who are up for some cheap thrills and spills without having to commit to a 400-page book.
Hi, my name is Paul Phillips.
If you were a fan of Point Horror, Nightmare Hall, Fear Street or the myriad other 90s YA horror books, then my work should be right up your alley!
My books are approximately 50,000 words in length and although set in the fictional town of Howlett, are all stand-alone stories. (Unless I one day write a sequel!)
I hope my books can provide some quick, harmless fun for those after a bit of 90s YA horror-style nostalgia, or those who are up for some cheap thrills and spills without having to commit to a 400-page book.
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October 25, 2016
After loving "Halloween Candy", I went and got the author's books on Kindle - they were cheap! Good thing, too, because I didn't like "Trauma Queen" as much. The pace was slow and the plot twists were easy to spot for me. And the ending was kinda icky. . I still enjoyed it, though.
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July 15, 2016The one thing everybody on social media knows is that the life we present on-line is a lot different to our actual lives. I'm guilty of it. My dog Denny is a little monster that bites everything in sight and steals my shoes when I'm not looking. Still a puppy at the time of writing, she's not yet toilet trained, and keeps jumping into my lap while I try to eat dinner. But on-line, she's portrayed as the most darling Labrador Retriever puppy you'd ever want to meet.
Like many others, my news feed is filled with people dramatically declaring how complex and difficult their lives are. I sometimes wonder which ones are telling the truth, and which ones are perhaps blowing it a little out of proportion. So that's how the idea for "Trauma Queen" came about.
This book presented a challenge in that my main character was possibly not wholly likeable at the beginning of the story. I had to get into the headspace of the type of person who tends to annoy me in real life! However, I also had fun playing with some of the tropes usually associated with 90s YA horror fiction. For example, in most books back then, adults were usually absent. Here, Farrah's mother is a major character.
Like many others, my news feed is filled with people dramatically declaring how complex and difficult their lives are. I sometimes wonder which ones are telling the truth, and which ones are perhaps blowing it a little out of proportion. So that's how the idea for "Trauma Queen" came about.
This book presented a challenge in that my main character was possibly not wholly likeable at the beginning of the story. I had to get into the headspace of the type of person who tends to annoy me in real life! However, I also had fun playing with some of the tropes usually associated with 90s YA horror fiction. For example, in most books back then, adults were usually absent. Here, Farrah's mother is a major character.
December 18, 2020
Trauma Queen is the fourth book I've read by this author and is another great read!
With twists and turns and enough drama to keep my attention.
I did expect a few more deaths after the last book I read, but this one was about Farrah and what was happening to her rather than the body count.
I'll be reading another by this author very soon.
Quick easy read, taking me back to my youth with a style of writing similar to rlstine.
This is quite a believable story, it could happen in real life as scary as that sounds. I've seen enough crime shows to remember anyone can be a stalker and anyone can be scared. In this day of online social presence it makes it all the more real and that's what made this story scary.
With twists and turns and enough drama to keep my attention.
I did expect a few more deaths after the last book I read, but this one was about Farrah and what was happening to her rather than the body count.
I'll be reading another by this author very soon.
Quick easy read, taking me back to my youth with a style of writing similar to rlstine.
This is quite a believable story, it could happen in real life as scary as that sounds. I've seen enough crime shows to remember anyone can be a stalker and anyone can be scared. In this day of online social presence it makes it all the more real and that's what made this story scary.
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