Book Review: Bad Girls Don't Die

Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

2 book reviews in one day! I couldn't put this one down, just HAD to finish it!

Alexis looks like a 'typical' dysfunctional teen with a 'typical' dysfunctional family, Pink hair, don't care 'tude, hangs with goths: Check. Mom who works too much: check. Dad who spends more time with sports than at home: Check. Little sis who talks to her dolls: Check. Psycho ghost in haunted house....Check.


When Alexis' little sister starts behaving strangely and a series of harmful accidents occurs, Alexis is left to solve the mystery on her own. Who can she trust to help her? The goth 'friend?' The preppy boy with a disturbed past? The head cheerleader who has a secret? Alexis is determined to get her sister back...or die trying.

Review: This book was great! Read half in one sitting, paused to eat dinner, then read the rest. Really, think Wait Till Helen Comes for a YA audience, and you've got this book. Not so creepy that you want to run screaming from the room or have to sleep with the lights on for a week, but not so sappily predictable that you are bored and don't want to finish the book. Some of the 'twists' and things were a little obvious, but the writing style is good so I forgive that. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes a good ghost story (like me), who liked Wait Till Helen Comes and wants something slightly more grown up (no really mature themes or passages, don't worry).



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