Title: Bad Girls Don't Die |
Bad Girls Dont Die by Katie Alendar
Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence. Dysfunctional like her parents' marriage; her doll-crazy twelve-year-old sister, Kasey; and even her own anti-social, anti-cheerleader attitude. When a family fight results in some tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes that her life is creeping from dysfunction into danger. Kasey is acting stranger than ever: her blue eyes go green sometimes; she uses old-fashioned language; and she even loses track of chunks of time, claiming to know nothing about her strange behavior. Their old house is changing, too. Doors open and close by themselves; water boils on the unlit stove; and an unplugged air conditioner turns the house cold enough to see their breath in.
Alexis wants to think that it's all in her head, but soon, what she liked to think of as silly parlor tricks are becoming life-threatening--to her, her family, and to her budding relationship with the class president. Alexis knows she's the only person who can stop Kasey -- but what if that green-eyed girl isn't even Kasey anymore? |
Book Review |
Katie Alendar
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Katie Alender (rhymes with “calendar”!) grew up in South Florida, which probably explains the recurring alligator dreams (one of which is documented in Bad Girls Don’t Die). She is the third of four children (three girls and a boy) and the child of three very loving and encouraging parents.
She attended high school at the Palm Beach County School of the Arts, studying Communication Arts. From there, she went on to the Florida State University Film School, which led her to her current hometown, a tiny hamlet on the West Coast known as “Los Angeles.” She enjoys writing, reading, sewing (especially quilts), trying to grow plants, birdwatching in the backyard, photography, visiting friends’ blogs, and hanging out with her husband (known on the blog as “the husb”), her daughter, and her little brown dog, Scooter. Her first brush with publication was the article “So You Want to Live On Mars?” published in Sassy magazine in December 1991. |
Wow it dawn on me as I was reading this book that most of what I read is like...teen romance with a hint of the paranormal! This book was the opposite and I loved it! It was refreshing to see a highly organized story that wasnt centered around soulmates and the sort (even though I love those stories too)! Dont get me wrong, there is a small amount of love in this book, and I think it was done perfectly! At first I was a bit put off by Alexis' blunt rudeness...but the more I read I realized the sometimes people are just rude on accident...and not always trying to get attention or hurt people. I even do it and feel horrible... :/ I really liked Megan, she was all "cheerleader" but also a lot deeper than she appeared! Over all I would rate this 5 stars because I couldnt find anything wrong with it! I would def recommend it! Its def unique and sort of scary!
