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Prom Nights from Hell (Short Stories from Hell)

by Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author), Kim Harrison (Goodreads Author), Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Myracle

3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 · rating details · 10,719 ratings · 824 reviews

In this exciting collection, bestselling authors Meg Cabot (How to Be Popular), Kim Harrison (A Fistful of Charms), Michele Jaffe (Bad Kitty), Stephenie Meyer (Twilight), and Lauren Myracle (ttyl) take bad prom nights to a whole new level—a paranormally bad level. Wardrobe malfunctions and two left feet don't hold a candle to discovering your date is the Grim Reaper—and he...more

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Published April 24th 2007 by HarperTeen (first published April 1st 2007)

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Nov 06, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: trt-posted-reviews

Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

What do you get when five great authors come together to create a paranormal prom anthology? In a word - greatness!

Meg Cabot starts off the collection with THE EXTERMINATOR'S DAUGHTER. When Mary shows up at Swig, an exclusive VIP club in Manhattan, it's not to socialize. No, she's on a mission to take out Sebastian Drake -- and by take out, I mean kill him with a crossbow. But when Adam, a fellow student at Saint Eligius, takes his own potshots at the dreaded...more Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

What do you get when five great authors come together to create a paranormal prom anthology? In a word - greatness!

Meg Cabot starts off the collection with THE EXTERMINATOR'S DAUGHTER. When Mary shows up at Swig, an exclusive VIP club in Manhattan, it's not to socialize. No, she's on a mission to take out Sebastian Drake -- and by take out, I mean kill him with a crossbow. But when Adam, a fellow student at Saint Eligius, takes his own potshots at the dreaded Sebastian, things get a lot more interesting.

Lauren Myracle, the author of THE CORSAGE, has written what is probably the saddest, and creepiest, story of the bunch. All Frankie wants is for her best guy friend, Will, to realize that it's his destiny to ask her to the prom. To accomplish that goal, she drags Will and her other best friend, Yun Sun, to visit Madame Zanzibar, a fortune-teller. She's sure that Madame Z will proclaim that Will is her one true love, and that will be that. But the psychic is short on information, but does end up grudgingly handing over to Frankie a dried up old corsage, which she says will grant her three wishes. Over the next couple of days, however, Frankie will come to realize that she'll have to make some requests that she never in her wildest dreams would have thought of making.

MADISON AVERY AND THE DIM REAPER by Kim Harrison is the longest story in the group, and the most involved. When Madison ends up at the costume prom with a dud date, she's surprised to find one guy who can pick up the slack. Seth isn't like anyone she's ever met before. Unfortunately, before too long she'll find out why that is, and the picture it paints isn't pretty. There are deaths, white reapers, black reapers, grim reapers, and odd amulets. I really liked this story, and would be happy to see more of these characters in the future.

Michele Jaffe's story, KISS AND TELL, was by far my favorite. Miranda has a secret. Not only is she a student and a part-time driver/chaeffeur, but she also fights crime in her spare time. It turns out Miranda has special abilities that allow her to do things most regular teens can't do -- like, say, knock over a lamppost just by leaning on it. This particular day turns out to be stranger than the norm, though, when she picks up young Sibby Cumean, a strange girl who has an even stranger habit of kissing every boy she can find. When weird things start happening, Miranda's day turns into an action-adventure movie beyond anything she could have expected. I LOVED this story, and I HAVE to read more about Miranda and Sibby in the future! Yes, Ms. Jaffe, that's me begging!!

Last but not least is HELL ON EARTH by Stephenie Meyer. This is the story of Sheba, a demon on earth who loves bringing misery to others. Her plan is working pretty well, too, because nearly everyone at the prom is having a downright horrible time. Everyone, that is, except for Gabe, who seems not just happy but serene. By the time Sheba can figure out what's happening, it's too late, and prom just might end up having a happy ending after all.

PROM NIGHTS FROM HELL is a great paranormal anthology that teens and adults alike will enjoy. I highly recommend picking up a copy today! (less)

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Mar 28, 2009 Sandy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009

This book is five prom stories by five authors.

The Exterminator's Daughter by Meg Cabot ***
This story is about a girl who is hunting and trying to kill the vampire that turned her mother. The chapters alternate back and forth in the point of view of Mary and Adam.
I liked this story right away because it has a character named Sebastian. (My son's name.) But, I quickly became frusterated with the amount of times Meg used the word 'well'.
~I'm reading along and, well, there's another one. I get b...more

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Sep 07, 2012 Kaethe rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: anthology, age-ya, stories

Not the best efforts by any of the contributors. So far the one I've like best was Lauren Myracle's version of "the Monkey's Paw", but that's a story I've always liked. Everything else is kind of "meh", and four of these are authors I usually love.

In conclusion, let me add that the Stephanie Meyer story didn't work for me at all. It was s very literal interpretation of a bit of Christian mythology, that wasn't made any more believable than tradition has it.

The proceeds of the book go to charity,...more

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Sep 07, 2012 Inge *Studying for Exams* rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: angels-and-demons, crap-romance, ending-blows, ghosts, go-insta-love-yourself, i-need-a-bucket, less-personality-than-a-paper-bag, love-interest-is-lame, main-character-is-a-dumb-cow, meh, put-a-sock-in-it, vampires, villain-sucks-hairy-monkey-balls, what-is-this-i-dont-even, young-adult, fantasy

Spoilers. But then again, what do you care about this book?

Wow. Just wow. What the hell did I just read? I still don’t know. This was one big pile of suck.

Meg Cabot’s The Exterminator’s Daughter: Hello! My name is Mary. I’m trying to kill the vampire that seduced my best friend, Lila. His name is Sebastian Drake and he’s got Lila under some kind of spell. Lila’s (now ex-)boyfriend, Ted, is heartbroken. I’m not a stereotypical main character at all. So what if one parent is missing and I only hav...more

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Inge *Studying for Exams* @ Keertana:

Haha, I'm glad my misery amuses you! Seriously, there were so many things wrong with these stories, there was so much snark built up inside...more
Sep 11, 2012 01:55pm

Keertana I love it when snark gets loose! It always sucks for us as a reader, but to your ardent review followers, it is AWESOME! ;)

Meg Cabot seems to be a po...more
Sep 11, 2012 02:20pm

Feb 27, 2013 Ezgi Su Bayraktar rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Sonunda okuyabildim şu kitabı!
Sırasıyla;
Madison Avery ve Kara Melek - Kim Harrison | HA-Rİ-KAY-DI! Bu hikayeden harika bir melek-insan serisi çıkar. Ama çok kısaydı ve çok pis bir yerde bitti. Yazarı buradan kınıyorum :'(

Yok Edicinin Kızı - Meg Cabot | Pek tatmin edici bir uzunlukta değildi, diğerleri gibi çok kısa sürdü. Ama sanırım yanılmıyorsam aynı hikayenin bir serisi var. Şimdi ona da bir göz atacağım. Genel olarak konuyu beğendim çünkü.

Diğer üç hikayeyi çok fazla beğenemedim. Belki Stephe...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Lynchan rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: e-books, mental-disaster, possessed-authors-or-just-crazy, suckers-on-the-loose, total-headache, unearthly-characters, w-some-lame-characters

What.The.Hell.

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Honestly, the only decent story in this book for me was the Exterminator's Daughter, the first one you'll be going to read- if you're interested in reading this title anyway. But I'm warning yah, you might as well prepare yourself for some silly and pathetic female protagonists. Ugh-gen. (I can't even stand calling them heroines!)
Well, the Exterminator's Daughter was written by Meg Cabot (I like her, she's funny and brilliant. The only reason why I decided to read this book)
Anyway,...more

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Jun 05, 2009 BOOK BUTTERFLY rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a collection of short stories from popular teen authors that takes the revered tradition of going to the Prom and gives it a dark twist. From a vampire hunting girl named Mary whose mission it is to take out Dracula, to the demon Sheba delighting in wreaking mayhem at the prom, these stories take the reader on an exhilarating ride of action and suspense with strong, appealing characters.

The Exterminator’s Daughter by Meg Cabot was my favorite. It’s about Mary, a young girl who shows up...more This is a collection of short stories from popular teen authors that takes the revered tradition of going to the Prom and gives it a dark twist. From a vampire hunting girl named Mary whose mission it is to take out Dracula, to the demon Sheba delighting in wreaking mayhem at the prom, these stories take the reader on an exhilarating ride of action and suspense with strong, appealing characters.

The Exterminator’s Daughter by Meg Cabot was my favorite. It’s about Mary, a young girl who shows up at a ritzy downtown Manhattan nightclub with a mission to take out her best friend’s date Sebastian with a crossbow! Things go a little awry when fellow classmate Adam takes his own shot at Sebastian. I was sorry to see this story come to an end, and hope Meg Cabot considers revisiting the characters again in the future.

Lauren Myracle's story, The Corsage was by far the creepiest story of the bunch. It’s about a young girl named Frankie who gets a corsage from a psychic with the knowledge that it will grant her three wishes. What Frankie wants most in the world is for her best guy friend Will (who she has a crush on) to ask her to the prom. Should be so simple right? As they say, though- "Be Careful What You Wish For". And for Frankie, this will be a painful lesson learned.

Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper by Kim Harrison is the longest story and most involved. When Madison winds up stuck at her prom with a real dud for a date, she ends up taking off with the mysterious Seth whom she just me that evening. Only Seth isn't like the other guys at the Prom. When she finds out why, it's too late, and it's not pretty. Note: Kim Harrison recently released Once Dead, Twice Shy, which is a continuation of this back-story.

Michelle Jaffe's story, Kiss and Tell was another solid contribution. It's about a crime fighting student/part time limo driver named Miranda and the strange passenger she picks up named Sibby Cumean. Sibby has the oddest habit of kissing every boy she can find. Strange occurrences ensue with lots of action/adventure.

Hell on Earth by Stephenie Meyer was another well executed short story about a demon named Sheba whose sole mission was to bring misery to others. Her plan to ruin the prom was working pretty great- everyone there was having a horrid time. Gabe was the only person at Prom who she could not affect though, and it confounds Sheba. By the time she figures it out, it's too late and prom just might have a happy ending after all.

BOTTOM LINE: Prom Nights from Hell was a great paranormal anthology that both teens and adults will enjoy reading and I’d highly recommend it. (less)

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May 25, 2009 Shanon rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, short-stories

Kim Harrison's Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper ***
Knowing this story is going to be a series makes a big difference in my rating. Had I not known, I would have been insanely frustrated with the ending / non-ending of the story. Nothing is wrapped up yet it's not really an obvious cliff hanger either. I'm curious to see where Harrison takes Madison. I have high hopes for an amazing series.

Stephenie Meyer's Hell on Earth **
hmmmff.... My initial reaction is not so good - I'll have to let it sit f...more

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Nov 29, 2011 Ashlee rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My favourite story in this book was Kiss and Tell, the superhero theme was fantastic, but you would never have guessed it from the way the protagonist talks about herself. Also using the idea of different identity as TV or radio channels rather than different personalities, which would make the character sound more insane than moody.

Stephanie Myers story had too many characters to focus on, so I didn't actually end up finishing it.

Other than that the other stories all bugged me a little becaus...more

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Feb 15, 2009 Alison rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

Eh.
I picked this up to read the short story by Kim Harrison. Her story, Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper, introduces a new main character and is the basis for an upcoming full-length book and presumably, series. I admit that I'm getting tired of the Rachel Morgan series of late and this new offering didn't do much to win me over. Still, I will probably give the new book, Once Dead, Twice Shy a chance.
The only other story I read was The Exterminator's Daughter by Meg Cabot. It was also okay, bu...more

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Jun 06, 2008 Allanna rated it 3 of 5 stars

Five short stories, each from a different YA author, about the supernatural and prom.

I really liked Meg Cabot's "The Exterminator's Daughter," with its Buffy-esque throwbacks, and Michele Jaffe's "Kiss and Tell."

I wanted to like "The Corsage" by Lauren Myracle a lot more, since it's a retelling of the creepy "The Money's Paw" (a perfect story for a stormy night) ... And I would have liked some more closure with Kim Harrison's "Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper."

There is a story, "Hell on Earth,"...more

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Jan 11, 2009 Elizabeth Wallace rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-and-reviewed

The Exterminator's Daughter: Whoa, can you say unsuspenseful?! Meg Cabot, if you can't write a story with an actual problem, just don't write in a book called Prom Nights from Hell! And the plot was so recycled. Girl has a problem, girl is a tough girl, guy gets involved, nothing seems like it will work out, voila it does. Sooo expected. And at the end, they're all like "oh, Dracula, no big deal now I'm in love!". And I thought other Meg books were bad! (no offense to Avalon High)

The Corsage: Ah...more

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May 09, 2013 Kevin Fairre rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: enjoyable-fluff

Well, short stories were never my thing, but in lieu of the prom season, I have read this, pleased that someone's else's prom experiences were more horrible than mine. (Not that mine were horrible, just disappointing I guess). Except all of these girls' proms ended pretty good or at least with a hot boy. Whatever. Why can't my life work out like that? Sorry. I'm whining. Back to my review. I'll start with the first story in the book.

The Exterminator's Daughter by Meg Cabot:
What I love about Meg...more Well, short stories were never my thing, but in lieu of the prom season, I have read this, pleased that someone's else's prom experiences were more horrible than mine. (Not that mine were horrible, just disappointing I guess). Except all of these girls' proms ended pretty good or at least with a hot boy. Whatever. Why can't my life work out like that? Sorry. I'm whining. Back to my review. I'll start with the first story in the book.

The Exterminator's Daughter by Meg Cabot:
What I love about Meg Cabot it that when you read her books, she has a very distinctive, great writing voice. I've never really see that normally in today's YA lit. She's great and I love her Princess Diaries the best, though the Mediator series was pretty good. But I felt this short story was boring. It was like these publisher people approached her and asked her to write one for this book and she didn't really know what to do. But at least the girl kills the vampire instead of falling in love with him! Girl Power makes my day. All in all, it was alright and I enjoyed it.

The Corsage by Lauren Myracle:
Honestly, I have never heard of her. I think for these books, they find a few of the more popular authors and then choose some more obscure ones (because we would all die of happiness if Scott Westerfield, Stephanie Meyer, Meg Cabot, and Cassandra Clare all wrote in the same book, but they spread them out across three different books: Prom Nights from Hell, Love is Hell, and Vacations from Hell). However in the back it says Myracle (which rings like a pseudonym, if you ask me) has wrote: How to Be Bad, Bliss, Rhymes With Witches, TTYL, TTFN, and L8R G8R, all of which I never heard of. (Though I could be living under a literary rock; I haven't even read Fahrenheit 451 or The Tale of Two Cities, which Clockwork Princess talked about nonstop, or Les Mis). Anyway, The Corsage is just a remake of the Monkey's Paw, but set in the modern day. I was kind of disappointed because it wasn't as powerful as the original, but they never are. I wish the author had come up with something more original, though I did get chills when Will was at her door. I thought it was cool that Myracle chose to have Will talk, though that made it lose the air of mystery that the original had. But it might have added to the creepiness. It was okay, but I wanted something original, the Monkey's Paw was fine the way it was.

Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper by Kim Harrison:
First of all, the title "Dim Reaper" never tied back into the story. All of the reapers were intelligent and cunning, or so I thought. It was only the main character that got the short end of the stick when it came to brains. I hate it when the title never ties back into the book. The author probably just thought it sounded good and ran with it. When I looked at the title, I thought it was going to be funny, and I was disappointed. Madison comes off as a spoiled, "in crowd"-minded nasty person, complaining about having to move and making fun of people who live in the Midwest or in a rural area (which is a large percentage of Americans, by the way. Try not to insult one third of your readership). So after being nasty to her date, she meets this super cute guy and starts to make out with him. Then she decides it's a good idea to get into his car. He turns out to be a reaper and he kills her. Surprise, surprise. But after that it gets more interesting and Madison gets less repulsive after she's dead. (Ha ha, that sounds weird). Unlike a ghost, though, living people can still see/hear her and they think she's still alive. She meets up with these white reapers (good guys) and they tell her it was a mistake that she died. There was one of the white reapers I thought she'd hook up with but it never happened. However, it ended really weird because nothing was ever resolved and I got confused. Then I read the advertisements for new stories in the back. It was just a teaser for Harrison's new series! I was upset. Write me a short story! Not an intro or a teaser, just a plain, old short story that can stand alone. I was pissed off (though I think you've figured that out already). I haven't heard of Harrison either, but she's written: Once Dead Twice Shy (the book the teaser was about), Dead Witch Walking, The Good the Bad and the Undead, Every Which Way But Dead, and A Fistful of Charms. Most of her titles appear to have common themes (ha ha). Yeah...so I liked this story only in the middle (the beginning was really rough and the end pissed me off because nothing was resolved and then I found out it was just a teaser).

Kiss and Tell by Michele Jaffe:
I also have no idea who Jaffe is but she wrote Bad Kitty, Kitty Kitty, Bad Girl and Loverboy. Alright then. This was my favorite until I read the next one. Though some parts were unresolved, it had the feel of a short story and tied the majority of things up at the end and gave you a sense of mystery a little bit. Miranda Kiss (what is up with that last name?!) is clueless when it comes to guys and she's insecure, so she reads self-help books. Which is really sad and something I probably need to do as well. Anyway, she was the first main charcter of these short stories that I hopped on the bandwagon to root for. This story was different in style because it didn't really have the paranormal, though the main character had superpowers and it kind of felt X-Men ish because she met another girl who could see the future. There were these people who were hunting them down and a love interest. What I thought was strange was that the main character often wore masks and costumes while roller skating with a team. Is this an actual sport? Who in the hell would play it? I feel that the author invented it solely to make sure the girl had a mask at her convenience when bad guys attacked. So it ends ambiguously with her deciding to go on a journey to find out about her past, but I didn't mind because it had a clear climax and ending. This was actually pretty good and I enjoyed it.

Hell On Earth by Stephanie Meyer:
I loved this one! Anyone who says Meyer is a bad author is an idiot. Sure, most of her stories are superficial mostly and filled with her ideas about underage sex, but she's good. (Except her main characters are usually boring as hell). But she's really jump-started YA Lit and I can't thank her enough for that. Okay, what I thought. So there are demons whose sole objective is to spread misery and enchant people and angels try to save them. And a demon is spreading havoc at a high school prom. I wish that she could have written more about this, I would have been excited to read it. No complaints about this one except why did she have to use the word "lust" so many times? It felt awkward and weird. I mean, she must have used it 20 times. Most of it was to describe how the teen boys looked when they saw the demon dressed up in her mortal form. We get it! She's evil AND sexy. Good for her. Also, she described the way the main guy sensed the demon's pain or whatever as a "need." Was she trying to be sexual? It didn't fell like she meant it that way, seeing as he was half-angel or something. "Here and there Gabe had felt a weak pull, but nothing at all like that one girl's raging, suffocating need." "Here, in the ballroom, that same sucking need, pulling at him." "The need tugged at him again...The vibrant need was an aura surrounding her." Okay, "sucking need?" didn't she edit this? But her dialogue is as good as ever. The way she drives the conversations to touch on all the points she needs to cover for the plot is very natural and flows. I've never read as good of dialogue as Meyer has and that's saying something. I loved this short story and I totally wanted more. (Despite the whole "need" thing).

I wrote this review listening to: Cupid Shuffle by Cupid, Hips Don't Lie by Shakira, "3" and Womanizer by Britney Spears, True Love by Pink and Fireflies by Owl City.

P.S.- Great Gatsby comes out tomorrow!!! Old sports, find your green light and don't let a man who symbolizes Modernism shoot you and your Romantic dreams! (less)

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Apr 27, 2013 clearpaperanddirtymind rated it 2 of 5 stars

Let's say it simple, I really did not like this anthology. And no, I did not suggest to read it. The idea was not bed - although proms are doomed to bring up some tedious stuff, I guess. The point is, I found almost all the stories rather dull and meaningless. Yep, I'll going down hard on this one, but let me explain a bit more:

The Exterminator's Daughter by Meg Cabot Not bad as an idea, but it could have been brought up better. Vampire hunter girl hunting the vampire who turned her mother. Boy...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Danielle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ls-583

Name: Danielle Autumn Shur
Cabot, M., Harrison, K., Jaffe, M., Meyer, S., & Myracle, L. (2007). Prom Nights from Hell. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.
Genre: Short Stories
Format: Print (Book)
Selection Process: NoveList
Review:
Most teenage girls dream of the perfect prom night. They carefully pick out the perfect dress and spend hours doing their hair and makeup. Unfortunately, some girls have a terrible time a prom but for the girls in this collection of short stories, prom night turne...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Katie Herring rated it 3 of 5 stars

All five of these authors are brilliant, but these short stories weren't really anyone's cup of tea.

My order from greatest to least:

1: The Corsage by Lauren Myracle

This one actually brought me to tears. This story seemed to be the only was that didn't have a happy ending. I felt both pity and fear for the characters. I will not be reading the story it was based off of, that's for sure! This was scared me enough. Be careful what you wish for indeed. Why she didn't wish to go back in time is beyon...more

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Dec 08, 2012 Jen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"Prom Nights from Hell" (yet another of my book bazaar finds) had five short stories from five different authors. I'm often hesitant to buy a collection like this because it tends to 1) end too abruptly, leaving you wondering what the heck will happen next or 2) is a novella connected to an on-going series by the author. Still, I went ahead and bought the book, anchoring my hopes on the names of Meg Cabot and Stephenie Meyer.

Of the five shorts, my favorite was Michelle Jaffe's "Kiss and Tell". N...more

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Oct 31, 2012 Hobby rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: supranatural, gothic-fantasy, vampire, available-for-swap-sale

Judul Asli : PROM NIGHTS FROM HELL
“The Exterminator’s Daughter” copyright © 2007 by Meg Cabot LLC
“The Corsage” copyright © 2007 by Lauren Myracle
“Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper” copyright © 2007 by Kim Harrison
“Kiss and Tell” copyright © 2007 by Michele Jaffe
“Hell on Earth” copyright © 2007 by Stephenie Meyer
Translation copyright © 2012 by PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Alih Bahasa : Shandy Tan
Editor : Primadonna Angela
Cetakan I : Agustus 2012 ; 312 hlm

Terus terang keinginan membaca buku ini sudah...more Judul Asli : PROM NIGHTS FROM HELL
“The Exterminator’s Daughter” copyright © 2007 by Meg Cabot LLC
“The Corsage” copyright © 2007 by Lauren Myracle
“Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper” copyright © 2007 by Kim Harrison
“Kiss and Tell” copyright © 2007 by Michele Jaffe
“Hell on Earth” copyright © 2007 by Stephenie Meyer
Translation copyright © 2012 by PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Alih Bahasa : Shandy Tan
Editor : Primadonna Angela
Cetakan I : Agustus 2012 ; 312 hlm

Terus terang keinginan membaca buku ini sudah padam lebih dulu, gara-gar selesai membaca Kisses From Hell yang juga merupakan antologi para penulis, namun karena sudah ada diantara tumpukan, akhirnya kumulai saja membuka halaman pertama, dengan harapan semoga tidak terlalu mengecewakan ...

Kisah pertama ‘The Exterminator’s Daughter’ (Putri Sang Pembantai), membuatku teringat dengan Terminator gara-gara judulnya, tapi setelah membaca, kisahnya justru mirip Buffy The Vampire’s Slayer, walau tokoh utamanya tidak sekuat dan seheroik Buffy. Mary putri seorang slayer yang mencari-cari kesempatan membalas dendam kepada Dracula, akhirnya menemui jalan lewat putra Dracula, Sebastian Drake yang sedang memikat Lila – sahabat Mary sebagai mangsanya. Rencana pembunuhan itu mengalami bencana akibat campur tangan Teddy Hancock – mantan pacar Lila, serta sahabatnya Adam Blum. Maka terbentuklah konspirasi baru guna mengalahkan Sebastian Drake. Tema serta idenya bukan sesuatu yang baru, beberapa hal sudah bisa ditebak bagaimana endingnya, namun Meg Cabot mampu menyajikannya dengan lumayan manis. [ Kuberi bintang 2,5 ]

Kisah kedua ‘The Corsage’ (Korsase), tentang 3 remaja, Frankie, Yun Sun dan Will, yang iseng-iseng berkonsultasi kepada Madame Zanzibar, sang peramal ulung. Sebagaimana tingkah laku remaja pada umumnya, mereka tak berpikir panjang dalam meminta ‘saran’ Madame Zanzibar. Terutama Frankie, karakter cewek yang kurang ajar, seenaknya sendiri, pikirannya yang berpusat pada dirinya sendiri (benar-benar karakter yang menyebalkan). Meski diberi saran serta nasehat penting, semuanya masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri. Alhasil petaka yang terjadi akibat 3 permintaan yang ia ajukan pada sebuah korsase ajaib yang diminta dengan paksa dari tempat Madame Zanzibar. Penulis mengingatkan bahwa ide kisah ini diambil dari ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ karya W.W. Jacobs (1902), sebuah kisah yang mencekam. Namun kisah ini justru mengingatkan diriku akan kisah ‘Days Living of The Dead’ – menjadikan kisah kedua ini lumayan ‘spooky’ : beware of what you wish for !!! [ Untuk ide tidak terlalu orisinil, tapi ketegangan yang dibentuk cukup menarik. Rencana mau kuberi bintang 3, tapi karakter Frankie ini sungguh menjengkelkan, kuberi bintang 2,5. ]

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Aug 27, 2012 Felita rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-romance, young-adult

Cerita2 pendek ini berkisar ttg malam prom sma. Keribetan di malam prom itu semuanya bersinggungan dg dunia supernatural.

Meg cabot-cerita mary, siswa sekolah yg mengincar sosok vampir (anaknya drakula) ditemani dg adam si cowok keren, yg baru nyadar mary itu cewek menarik.diceritakan dg pov yg berbeda.ini favoritku

Lauren miracle,---frankie, cewek sama(karakternya nyebelin) yg berharap will, cowok incarannya utk mengajaknya ke prom..asli cerita ini yg paling seram tapi jg nyebelin…

Kim Harrison— m...more

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May 06, 2012 Jennica rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: picture-books

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Short Stories
Critical analysis: It is an irrational collection of tales that will draw you in if you are interested in the kinds of literature produced by these authors, or if you are already a fan of these authors. However, if you have no interest in strange tales about youths trying to be normal prom dates while having to cope with insanity worthy issues concerning the undead and damned, skip this one.

Opinions: I could not get into it. Perhaps it is the genre of the authors, thei...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Audree Del Rosario rated it 5 of 5 stars

I have read this book a while ago so I can only vaguely remember the stories. Not all of the book was perfect in my sense of reading but I'm still giving it 5 stars because I so totally loved the stories inside (well, except for one, *cough*Stephenie Meyer written story*cough*

The Exterminator's Daughter and Kiss and Tell (both *****) is probably tied for my favorites because of the portrayal of bad ass teen girls and then the plot was great. Then there's The Corsage**** which is so creepy, I wan...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Jenie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: girl-power, magic-supernatural, teen-reads, fiction

Of the 4 short stories which comprise this volume, I really wanted more of Meg Cabot and Michele Jaffe's. I wanted to know more of Kim Harrison's too, because it felt unfinished, but she often writes -ing gerunds/infinitives instead of active verbs, and that makes me insane, so I'm not sure I could read an entire book by her. Do not write, "Seeing him move toward her, she ran." Write, "He moved toward her, and she ran." Or, "She saw him move toward her, and she ran." Or "so she ran." I can't sta...more

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Aug 29, 2011 Lauren rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It is hard to give an overall rating for this book as it is made up of five different stories by five different authors. However the reason I gave Prom Nights From Hell a two star rating was because I was kind of disappointed comparing it to Vacations From Hell and Love is Hell.
I mainly wanted this book for the authors Meg Cabot and Stephenie Meyer, from reading previous books of theirs, and I must say Meg Cabot did not disappoint with her short story 'The Exterminator's Daughter' which I would...more

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Jul 16, 2011 Shanan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: review-on-blog

In A Nutshell (review of anthology):

I am glad that I read this anthology. I was exposed to four authors that I had not read before and because of that I will actively be looking for their novels. However, I realized that short story writing is not for everyone. In some stories, I was disappointed and frustrated because the story felt incomplete. There were too many loose ends that were left hanging at the end.

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The Exterminator’s Daughter by Meg Cabot (Rating 2/4)
M...more In A Nutshell (review of anthology):

I am glad that I read this anthology. I was exposed to four authors that I had not read before and because of that I will actively be looking for their novels. However, I realized that short story writing is not for everyone. In some stories, I was disappointed and frustrated because the story felt incomplete. There were too many loose ends that were left hanging at the end.

Review (each story individually):

The Exterminator’s Daughter by Meg Cabot (Rating 2/4)
Meg Cabot packed a lot of action into fifty pages; however the story felt incomplete at the end. The story that Meg Cabot told needed more than prom night. At the end of the story, I still wanted to know what happened to Adam and Mary. Did they become an exterminating team? How did Sebastian’s father react? I actually left with nothing but questions, however I will not ask here because I do not want to spoil the story.
This was my first exposure to Meg Cabot’s writing, and her writing really drew me in. I am interested in reading some of Meg Cabot’s longer works because I feel like she has an attention to detail and complexity that would make a book interesting, but I would not recommend her short stories.

The Corsage by Lauren Myracle (Rating 4/4)
Lauren Myracle’s story was inspired by “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs. Lauren Myracle did a wonderful job of modernizing the story as a prom night story where the Frankie is so focused on getting her crush to ask her to prom that she disregards numerous warnings. Lauren Myracle also did a wonderful job of working within the short story genre and writing a complete story. I would have said I loved the story, but I am still sad from the ending of the story. Regardless, after reading this story, I am interested in finding other works written by Lauren Myracle.

Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper by Kim Harrison (Rating 2/4)
Kim Harrison had a lot happen in fifty pages but at the end I had more questions than answers. I still did not understand what the black reapers were versus the white reapers or why Barnabas and Lucy were fighting about whose fault it was or what their mission had been or why Madison was special for Seth. I would not rush out to read more by Kim Harrison because at the end I just felt confused. I did not find the characters likeable and I really did not want to know what happened afterwards.

Kiss and Tell by Michelle Jaffe (Rating 3/4)
Michelle Jaffe had more pages to tell her story, and it showed. She was able to tell a fairly complete story with more complications and plot twists then the stories before it in the book. However, she never explained why Miranda was different, which may not have been a problem if one of the characters had not referred to Miranda as Princess. Once that was brought up, it needed to be explained in order for the story to feel complete. Regardless, Michelle Jaffe’s writing did draw me in and I would be interested to read some of her longer works.

Hell on Earth by Stephenie Meyer (Rating 4/4)
Stephenie Meyer was the only author in this anthology that I had already read before reading Prom Nights From Hell. As I said in an earlier post I am not a fan of some of Stephenie Meyer's other book, so I was pleasantly surprised when I read this short story. I thought she did an excellent job. The characters were engaging. The story was fun to read, and I would be interested in reading more of her short stories.(less)

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May 08, 2011 Samantha The Escapist rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, urban-fantasy, fluffier-than-a-youtube-kitten, guiltier-pleasure

It's pretty good, more or less what I expected from reading Vacations from Hell and it has made me want to read Love is Hell (though mostly because Scott Westerfield contributed to that one)

In no particular order:
There is the Madison Avery story which is actually the beginning of a series about a girl who more or less becomes a Reaper. I liked this one well enough but I didn't enjoy the open-endedness nor am I interested in reading the full book.

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Mar 22, 2010 Iffath added it

LOL! I really enjoyed this collection of captivating short stories from five different YA authors themed with the supernatural and paranormally twisted romance of Prom night! :)

The whole of the book kept me on edge as each story revealed these interesting, attractive characters being taken on a whole adventure of magic and passion. The atmosphere in each story was so intense and fast-paced, I was so disappointed when they ended, after all, they were only short stories, but with a really strong m...more

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Mar 22, 2010 Madalina rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: anthology, romance

What happens when fairly good authors try to write a collection of short stories together?
I say, this combination of shelves makes a 100% bad books percentage. I'm just so happy when I manage to find them... it gets my hopes up. Bad books...
The cover is a big plus, that rose is gorgeous...

"Hell on earth" - No characterization at all: What we know Sheba-demon Gabe Christen-sen(I'll give you this-it's indirect-still genes), half-angel ->the conclusion? Genes drew them together, you know? Like...more

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Feb 13, 2010 Mandy Beyers rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This anthology of five stories from different authors contains five very different prom-themed stories. The creepiest is definitely "The Corsage" by Lauren Myracle, a modern take on "The Monkey's Paw", with the same sad, creepy factor. Stephanie Meyer's "Hell on Earth" pits a mid-level demon bent on destroying all happiness and good relationships at a high school prom against a half-angel unaware of his own legacy. In Meg Cabot's "The Exterminator's Daughter", new-girl Mary finds her best friend...more

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Jan 16, 2010 Mabs rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 09

Nice little raining-day reading. Not scary at all, on contrary to what the back cover says.

“The Exterminator´s Daughter” by Meg Cabot
The never disappointing story of yet another cute girl and boy with a weird plot as background. MC is great because she´s never mean: you can enjoy all paragraphs without worrying if she´s going to kill some beloved cute character. [Yeah, I care when people designed to be cute die. Even if it is fictional. Shame on you, L.M.:] Anyway, vampires and holly water and a...more

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Dec 01, 2009 Angela rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, ghosts, zombies, demons, anthology, urban-fantasy, 2-stars, pn-romance, read-in-2009

Disappointing stories with no endings

PROM NIGHTS FROM HELL is an anthology composed of five paranormal romances from five young adult authors: Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle. I picked this up after reading the sister anthology, Love Is Hell, which I enjoyed a great deal. Unfortunately, as a short story collection about paranormal romance and the prom, this compilation fell short.

Of the stories, only one contained a complete story arc from beginning t...more

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About Meg Cabot

Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.

She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.

Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.

Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.

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