Caitlyn has never had a real boyfriend before. When she starts seeing Blade, she throws herself into the relationship with fervor. She ignores her friends who warn her that Blade may be a phony and that she is taking the whole thing too seriously. Caitlyn is smitten. She doesn’t care if she loses her friends. All she wants is Blade. When Caitlyn sees Blade with another girl, she completely loses it. She snaps. Everything goes red. When she comes back to her senses, she realizes that Blade is dead-and she has killed him. But if Blade is dead, how is he staring at her across a crowded party?
Pros – My status updates are just…precious jewels of wit, Stine’s inadvertent use of the “yandere” trope
Cons – Less sense than most Shadyside teens, overuse of “Diary”, patently unbelievable lies
Spoiler – I’m going to ruin the “twist” to this book. Not that it matters.
Note – as of writing this review I could not find a different synopsis than the one I have here. I found this one on Teenreads.com…but the names were different (Caitlin vs Caitlyn, Colin vs Blade, which is funny considering what really happens in the book).
For the Sake of Reading 