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Big Bad Me
by Aislinn O'Loughlin
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Evie Wilder is a normal teenager, or so she thinks until one day she discovers that she is a werewolf, and her sister is a monster slayer. Now the Wilder sisters have to go on the run to look for their missing mother and end up in a small town called Brightside that appears to have a bit of a vampire problem.
This book is fun and quirky, full of teenagers doing what they do best without adult supervision - drinking a lot of hot chocolate, eating pizza and oh yeah, killing some monsters. I couldn't help but enjoy some of the antics going on this book and obviously appreciate the sisterly relationship in this as well which is one of the strongest relationships in the book. I can imagine that there are many moments in this book that would appeal to fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as the whole story is a little bit campy in a way old school horror and supernatural media used to be.
I do wish the book took some time to slow down in parts and give some proper build up to everything that happened. It felt like everything was happening at a rapid pace from the moment the book starts and the girls run away from Stalker Rom, to arriving in Brightside and immediately learning about Asher from Kevin and Chris. It felt like relationships and characters appeared out of nowhere from Kevin hating Evie to flipping and wanting to help her in the space of a couple of pages, as well as Kate befriending Felix and Cass, and then the latter being dead and Felix needing to be saved all in one go. There were times this book and the writing style reminded me a lot of original supernatural fan fiction I used to read back in the day as everything focused on the characters and all this action going on instead of actually building up a scene and creating atmosphere and build up.
I do think this book would appeal to many readers though particularly anyone who loves Buffy, The Vampire Diaries, Riverdale aka any CW show with teen or supernatural influences. It's not a book to be taken too seriously, it's one you just need to hop onto and enjoy the ride it takes you on.
This book is fun and quirky, full of teenagers doing what they do best without adult supervision - drinking a lot of hot chocolate, eating pizza and oh yeah, killing some monsters. I couldn't help but enjoy some of the antics going on this book and obviously appreciate the sisterly relationship in this as well which is one of the strongest relationships in the book. I can imagine that there are many moments in this book that would appeal to fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as the whole story is a little bit campy in a way old school horror and supernatural media used to be.
I do wish the book took some time to slow down in parts and give some proper build up to everything that happened. It felt like everything was happening at a rapid pace from the moment the book starts and the girls run away from Stalker Rom, to arriving in Brightside and immediately learning about Asher from Kevin and Chris. It felt like relationships and characters appeared out of nowhere from Kevin hating Evie to flipping and wanting to help her in the space of a couple of pages, as well as Kate befriending Felix and Cass, and then the latter being dead and Felix needing to be saved all in one go. There were times this book and the writing style reminded me a lot of original supernatural fan fiction I used to read back in the day as everything focused on the characters and all this action going on instead of actually building up a scene and creating atmosphere and build up.
I do think this book would appeal to many readers though particularly anyone who loves Buffy, The Vampire Diaries, Riverdale aka any CW show with teen or supernatural influences. It's not a book to be taken too seriously, it's one you just need to hop onto and enjoy the ride it takes you on.