Release Date: 08/05/12
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The RADs are free and Draculaura (Lala) is flashing her fangs with pride. But when Daddy Drac pays her a surprise visit everything goes batty. Mr D. thinks RADs should have their own school, but Lala isn't ready to give up the rights they fought so hard for. So when she hears about a glamorous contest, where the winning school gets mad moolah and a chance to star in a national ad campaign, Lala decides it's time to bite. It's father against daughter in a battle for Salem's student body. Despite the many challenges, Lala is determined to save Merston High. But she might die twice trying.
REVIEW:
The latest Monster High book and one that centres Lady Eleanor’s favourite character, Draculaura (she owns about 4 of the Dolls) in the centre of the plot. She’s feisty, she has to cope with her own family troubles and also help improve the lot for the students of Merston High.
As with the other books, the characters within have each grown as the stories have continued, they’ve learned to get along and also how to make friends with the normal whilst learning to express themselves as individuals. Throw into the mix the usual solid plot line, great personal developments as well as the authors usual style of prose and pace which all in makes this a wonderful read. Great stuff.
Release Date: 20/09/11
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The frighteningly hip teenage children of the world's most famous monsters have gathered together under one roof...to brave the horrors of high school! Always overshadowed by her six brothers and her fab friends, Clawdeen Wolf plans to finally strut her stuff in the spotlight at her upcoming Sweet Sixteen bash. But after The Ghoul Next Door goes viral, it's into the woods for the family Wolf. Clawdeen goes stir crazy lying low at her family's B&B with her annoying brothers until Lala shows up to keep her company. But is the vamp flirting with Claude?!
REVIEW:
OK, we’re fans of Monster High in this household, we love the characters, their own little catchphrases and of course how they’re gelling together to get through the experience of high school together. It’s quirky, it has great plot lines and of course choices lead to consequences that they all have to deal with.
Add to this a wonderful overall outline that threads through the books, a sense of normality even though the characters are strange to the usual heroes that appear and a decent sense of pace to the titles. It’s a great piece of fun to read and for us, was a wonderful experience as we had another adventure thrown in as Claudette tries to have her Sassy Sixteenth even whilst her world changes around her.
Release Date: 02/09/10
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The monster community has kept a low profile at the local high school, but when two new girls enrol, the town will never be the same. Created just fifteen days ago, Frankie Stein is psyched to trade her father's formaldehyde-smelling basement lab for parties and prom. But with a student body totally freaked out by rumors of monsters stalking the halls, Frankie learns that high school can be rough for a chic freak like her. She thinks she finds a friend in fellow new student Melody Carver-but can a 'normie' be trusted with her big secret?
REVIEW:
If you want a title set in a high school environment with a bit more horror, a lot more glitter and of course a whole host of monstrously good fun characters then you really have to try Monster High. It’s well written, the author has a great idea and also manages to tap into the drone like psyche of the High School environment. It may well be less song and dance than the Disney version but the characters are vivid, their struggles for acceptance interesting to follow and above all its their perseverance that demonstrates that no matter how bad things get, friends can be found in strange places. Definitely a title to turn the drab to the fab and to quote Frankie creates a totally VOLTAGE opening book to a series.
Release Date: 07/04/11
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Tensions are running high as Melody teams up with Frankie in a race against time to try and stop Bekka from spilling Jackson's big secret. But Frankie has bigger plans in mind - she and Brett decide to film a documentary to further the RADs cause ...but Bekka isn't about to let some monster steal her man! Meanwhile, Cleo freaks when her friends bolt on her Teen Vogue photo shoot to be in Frankie's documentary, and she starts giving Melody the evil eye - just what is that royal pain up to? Will Cleo stop at nothing to remain queen bee, even if it means teaming up with Bekka - a normie?!
REVIEW:
The second book in the Monster High Series and here we get to know others cast members a little more. This title frequents the glamour queen of the high School and Queen of De-Nile, Cleo. She’s brash, she’s impulsive and she has a passion for fashion that would dwarf any of the preppy’s out there. Great characterisation, a wonderful build up for the world as well as allowing the overlying arc to develop in such a way that it feels natural and demonstrates that the real monsters aren’t always the ones who appear to be on the outside. All in a tale of friendships abound and to be honest a lot of ghoulishly good fun all in.
Release Date: 08/05/12
