The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even | 
 enlarge | Author: Julie Kenner
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0425213919
EAN: 9780425213919
ASIN: 0425213919
Publication Date: April 3, 2007
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Product Description
The bestselling author of Carpe Demon takes a bite out of high school in this bloodsucking blast.
Elizabeth Frasier's ticked off. Her junior year of high school was going just fine. But thanks to a bunch of jerkwad vampire jocks, she ended up undead, and with a thirst that a thousand Diet Cokes couldn't quench. Now she's out for blood-and revenge. And she knows exactly what to do...Elizabeth's read Salem's Lot. Separate the good vamps from the bad and wipe out the crowd that did her in. On top of that, she's got to figure out how to be mortal again-unless universities start accepting dead girls.
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 Y/A Chick Lit with Fangs March 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Elizabeth Frasier is on track to graduate as school valedictorian, is the editor of the school newspaper, and has already picked out her dream college. All is going according to plan until she encounters the school heartthrob, star football player Stephen Wills. Stephen turns out to be a vampire and promptly turns Elizabeth into one as well. Elizabeth's world is turned upside down as her hopes and dreams are lost, and she has to deal with the problems of undead life. With her best friend Jenny, Elizabeth plans to extract revenge on Stephen and tries to find a way to rejoin the living . The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even is an enjoyable, light read that doesn't take itself too seriously. It is a well-written book that contains both action and mild romance, as well as a healthy dose of humor. It's easy to get caught up in Kenner's writing. The book is lighter in tone than many teen vampire themed books with female protagonists , but fans of the genre should appreciate the break, and readers of teen chick lit who don't normally read vampire fiction will still enjoy The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even . The only flaw is that Kenner does not provide a satisfying resolution at the end, so the book can't really be said to stand alone. The ending is clearly written to set up for the sequel as it is clearly set up for a sequel. Still, The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even is a fun, fast, and appealing read, and is definitely worth a look.
 Pure enjoyment!!! March 3, 2008
These books are pure fast moving enjoyment. We had a lot of dun reading them and are impatiently waiting for the next book. I would recommend these books to anyone who enjoys reading Sci-Fi Fantasy.
Light, Vampy Read February 27, 2008
Edited to note: This was supposed to have been rated three stars, it won't let me edit the stars given.
Believable? Nope, not even as far as vampires go. Quirky? Yup. Funny? Yup. Entertaining? Yes,every bit of this quick and light read is wholly engrossing.
Yet, there isn't much to this YA book from Julie Kenner. It reads a lot like her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom books. The main character, Beth is a sixteen year old borderline geek who gets bitten by a studly vampire and made into a cheerleader type overnight. Beth doesn't take too kindly to this messing up her grades and possible college application. She and a cast of fun secondary characters embark on a plan to get revenge upon her football hero vampire master and thereby make herself human again. This book was definately worth the read and I expect to get the next installment soon. However, a word of warning...apparently 'Good Ghouls Do' leaves some cliffhangers also, and according to Julie Kenner's website, there are no plans to make a third installment. This scares me off a little, but I'm one book in, I figure I will read the next one too.
Fun Paranormal Fiction Even Adults Can Love February 10, 2008
Courtesy of CK2S Kwips and Kritiques
Elizabeth (Beth to her friends) Frasier's junior year of high school was going so well... Until her super crush, Stephen Wills turns her into a vampire! Her parents are divorced, professional, and have no time for her. Beth still manages to strive toward her goals of valedictorian and future NYU student and has good friends who stay true even when Beth gets a pesky thirst for type O-neg.
Stephen Wills has plans for Beth. He's turned most of the football team already and she could hold the key to what he desires most. All Beth desires is getting even with him, and the popular cheerleaders who lured her into his evil clutches! Well, that and keeping her valedictorian status.
Beth has to find out if she can become human again, stop a power mad vampire, convince the vampire hunters she's one of the good guys and still get accepted at NYU! Thank goodness she has her best friend and new would-be boyfriend/fierce academic competitor on her side, or she might not make it through to the next night.
I appreciate Julie Kenner's ability to craft such a well written story with humor and intelligence allowing it to relate well to young adults without talking down to them or resorting to vulgarity. While she captures a teen voice, it's not too trendy. Adults can enjoy THE GOOD GHOULS' GUIDE TO GETTING EVEN just as much as teens. There's the added bonus of being able to read it with your teenager without worrying about turning red in the face!
I found it to be engaging and laugh out loud funny. Kenner spins a great yarn and her pithy dialog has become her trademark. She has a great way of writing paranormal stories and spinning them in a new, fresh way. I greatly look forward to the next in the series GOOD GHOULS DO.
Pretty Good November 2, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sixteen year old Beth Frasier is a junior in high school and has one goal in mind - to get into a great college and become a Hollywood director. She's already gotten early admission to one college, but her goal is the Tisch School at NYU. To get in she needs a perfect college application. She already has the grades, but she needs some more extra curricular activities. She aims for the drill team, but the cheerleading squad wants her to join. Not only that, but the star quarterback, Stephen Wills wants to meet her after school. She thinks he wants to ask her out on a date, but he has something else in mind and turns her into a vampire. He has his reasons and if she doesn't do what he wants, he threatens to make her undead forever. Beth wants revenge and she, along with her friends Jenny and Clayton, sets out to get that revenge.
"The Good Ghouls Guide to Getting Even" is a nicely done young adults novel. Beth narrates it and author Julie Kenner does a good job of capturing Beth's voice. Beth is a well written and believable character - extremely intelligent, high achieving, not part of the popular crowd, and determined to not only be class valedictorian, but to get into her dream college. While she is excelling in school, her home life is a mess - her parents are divorced and she is shuttling back and forth from living with her mother to living with her father, both of whom are too wrapped up in themselves to pay attention to her, a situation which makes her a more real and sympathetic character. Her friend Jenny is one of the best characters in the book, a good friend, unpopular, but in control over the kids in school in ways they don't even know. Beth's rival for class valedictorian, Clayton Greene, plays an integral part in the book and is another nice character. The popular students - Stephen Wills and his friends and the cheerleaders - all seem like cliches at first, but that changes when the vampire elements come into the book. The vampire parts are okay; Kenner has to explain how the vampires can attend high school during the day and it works but isn't quite believable. In fact, with everything going on at the high school, it's kind of hard to believe the teachers and other adults have no idea there is something going on. Still, the idea of vampires taking over a high school is a fun concept and good reading.
"The Good Ghouls Guide to Getting Even" is part of a new series and ends in a cliffhanger. The next book Good Ghouls Do is now available.
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