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When Bliss’s hippie parents leave the commune and dump her at the home of her aloof grandmother in a tony Atlanta neighborhood, it’s like being set down on an alien planet. The only guide naive Bliss has to her new environment is what she’s seen on <I>The Andy Griffith Show</I>. But Mayberry is poor preparation for Crestview Academy, an elite school where the tensions of the present and the dark secrets of the past threaten to simmer into violence. Openhearted Bliss desperately wants new friends, making her the perfect prey of a troubled girl whose obsession with a long-ago death puts Bliss, and anyone she’s kind to, in mortal danger. Lauren Myracle has taken the ubiquitous friendship novel to a new, dark place.

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The author sets up an incredibly creepy tone from the beginning. The chapters are divided alternately by excerpts from a cr...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 08:00:19 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 08:15:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 08:54:02 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 28 01:06:59 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 00:42:14 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 21:48:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 15:41:56 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 17:19:53 -0700 2008
After living on a commune for years, Bliss expects high school to be like The Andy Griffith Show and...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 07:03:20 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 07:03:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 12:30:37 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:38:06 -0800 2008
Bliss is a supernatural thriller set in 1969 Atlanta around the backdrop of institutional racism and the Manson murders. This is the first YA horror I've read in a long time - partly because they don't publish a lot of it these days.

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it was very creepy. and normally i am not big on creepiness, but somehow, this worked itself up into the crazy conclusion without freaking me ou...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:19:23 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:20:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Aug 30 14:08:08 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:19:24 -0700 2009 1) Bliss is the YA horror version of Twilight's Bella- absolutely NO personality. Despite her fascinating upbringing, she is completely ineffectual, serving no purpose except to keep the story treading water.
2) For most of the book you think that Sarah Lynn i...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 12:53:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:54:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 06:54:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 07:03:57 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 26 21:00:47 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 18:57:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 26 14:33:56 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 13:17:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 15:12:09 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:24:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jul 23 12:27:30 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 10 09:13:57 -0800 2009
I got about halfway through and had to stop because something about the book made me feel sick and uncomfortable but not really in an effective horror kinda way.
I think the book is mostly facile and disingenuo...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3457715