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Prom Dates from Hell (Maggie Quinn: Girl Vs. Evil #1)
by
Rosemary Clement-Moore (Goodreads Author)
Maggie Quinn, Girl reporter. Honors student, newspaper staffer, yearbook photographer. Six weeks from graduation and all she wants to do is get out of Avalon High in one piece. Fate seems to have different plans for her.
High school may be a natural breeding ground for evil, but the scent of fire and brimstone is still a little out of the ordinary. It's the distinct smell o...more
High school may be a natural breeding ground for evil, but the scent of fire and brimstone is still a little out of the ordinary. It's the distinct smell o...more
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Published
April 22nd 2008
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
(first published March 13th 2007)
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I, surprisingly, quite enjoyed this book. It was light, fun, and funny. It's a kind of chick-lit with Demons from Hell and a clairvoyant, snarky Nancy Drew.
It's not the greatest book ever, and has the standard fare of a likable, normal (well, with ESP) protagonist and the intentionally extreme caricature of jocks and cheerleaders, as well as two gorgeous boys and a romance that satisfy its target audience. However, I do like the fact that the heroine is a good mix of self-confidence and self-do...more
It's not the greatest book ever, and has the standard fare of a likable, normal (well, with ESP) protagonist and the intentionally extreme caricature of jocks and cheerleaders, as well as two gorgeous boys and a romance that satisfy its target audience. However, I do like the fact that the heroine is a good mix of self-confidence and self-do...more
Excerpt: Dad and I had seen the same action movies, so he got into place, all very Lethal Weapon. I mouthed, “One, two,three!” and he yanked open the door so hard it banged into the wall, showering plaster onto the carpet. The crash startled me, and I flung my barrage of salt into the bathroom with a stifled squeak.(...)
“I’m getting too old for this shit,” said Dad, making me laugh, mostly with relief. He examined the big hole the doorknob had made in the wall. “Your mom is going to kill us.”
“I’m getting too old for this shit,” said Dad, making me laugh, mostly with relief. He examined the big hole the doorknob had made in the wall. “Your mom is going to kill us.”
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Love, love, love this book. I decided to pick it up a few weeks ago again and I was amazed again with how much I love the Maggie Quinn: Girl v. Evil series. Clement-Moore is a genius when it comes to characterization. Maggie and her friends come off as being very real despite all the wacky paranormal stuff that's going on. And speaking of wacky paranormal stuff, Clement-Moore knows her stuff. The explanations seemed logical for all the weird stuff that was going on in Maggie's world and I honest...more
Jan 05, 2011
Warnie B.
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
young-adult
This book was really fun--like one of Meg Cabot's supernatural books (only smarter and much better written) mixed in with a little Nancy Drew. The main character is delightfully sarcastic (sometimes this type of character can be annoying, but in this case, it really works!), the romance bits are perfectly drawn out and the heroine is not nearly as clueless as most teen heroines seem to be, the characters are generally not trite or uninteresting (okay, maybe the "Biffs and Jessicas" are the typic...more
Here is the review I posted on Amazon:
I stepped outside my reading habits box here and was well rewarded for it. The story of Maggie Quinn and her effort to get out of high school with a demon in her path is a well paced read. This is one hard-to-put-down book. The characters are engaging, even to a forty-something year old reader like me. Had this book been around when I was in my teens, I would have been a lifelong Maggie fan. There is always something satisfying about the triumph of good over...more
I stepped outside my reading habits box here and was well rewarded for it. The story of Maggie Quinn and her effort to get out of high school with a demon in her path is a well paced read. This is one hard-to-put-down book. The characters are engaging, even to a forty-something year old reader like me. Had this book been around when I was in my teens, I would have been a lifelong Maggie fan. There is always something satisfying about the triumph of good over...more
I had to order the first two books in the Maggie Quinn series, which was a bummer since the author is uber cool and local. So, please request this book at your local store. Come on, look at the cover! It’s just cool!
The Setting — is a small college town. I don’t think it ever says where it is. Or if it did I don’t remember. Maggie is in high school so a lot of the story takes place between her school and home. I think that a lot of the feel for the book comes through how Rosemary says things. Yo...more
The Setting — is a small college town. I don’t think it ever says where it is. Or if it did I don’t remember. Maggie is in high school so a lot of the story takes place between her school and home. I think that a lot of the feel for the book comes through how Rosemary says things. Yo...more
High school senior and aspiring journalist Maggie Quinn just wants to survive the last few weeks of high school without getting sucked into the prom madness. However, there’s more on her plate to worry about when strange and horrible things begin to happen to her grade’s “elite crowd,” lovingly called the Jocks and the Jessicas by Maggie. These boys and girls suffer accidents or lose what is most important to them, and Maggie, with the help of her friends, reluctantly admits that something sinis...more
This book was really fun--like one of Meg Cabot's supernatural books (only smarter and much better written) mixed in with a little Nancy Drew. The main character is delightfully sarcastic (sometimes this type of character can be annoying, but in this case, it really works!), the romance bits are perfectly drawn out and the heroine is not nearly as clueless as most teen heroines seem to be, the characters are generally not trite or uninteresting (okay, maybe the "Biffs and Jessicas" are the typic...more
I’m blaming being sick for this being the most inarticulate review ever, so if you want to save yourself some time, just know that THIS IS AN AWESOME SERIES. Gushy gushy awesome. I love it. I smiled. I laughed. I cheered. I snorted. I “ohmygawd”ed. Rosemary Clement-Moore is awesome. Read this series.
Now onto the only slightly more articulate review:
After reading all three books in Rosemary Clement-Moore’s Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil series (Prom Dates From Hell, Hell Week, and Highway To Hell)...more
This is a supernatural story that doesn’t included vampires or much angst. While it is fairly light-hearted in tone, there are serious subjects touched upom such as bullying and date rape. These are mostly dealt with in a oblique manner, and this book would probably be a safe read for anyone thirteen or older. The plot is more focused on Maggie and her figuring out what in the world is going than anything else. Humor and a quick pace move the reader through the story to a satisfying conclusion....more
Jan 16, 2010
Stefanie
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Stefanie by:
Read the 2nd book, Hell Week, because of RITA
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Funny. Easy to read. Interesting. A great story.
These are some of the words I use to describe this book.
Maggie would be a normal highschool girl with who we could relate if it wasn't for the creepy-meter to point at unusually high numbers when close to her.
This book hooked me on the first page and didn't let me down.
If you are looking for a book to read what are you waiting for to read Prom Dates from Hell? Maggie Quinn: Girl vs E...more
Funny. Easy to read. Interesting. A great story.
These are some of the words I use to describe this book.
Maggie would be a normal highschool girl with who we could relate if it wasn't for the creepy-meter to point at unusually high numbers when close to her.
This book hooked me on the first page and didn't let me down.
If you are looking for a book to read what are you waiting for to read Prom Dates from Hell? Maggie Quinn: Girl vs E...more
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I can’t even begin to express my love for Prom Dates from Hell. This book is brilliant. That’s all there is to it. I love a book that manages to have the perfect mixture of action, humour and a bit of romance and this one defiantly ticks all those boxes.
Prom Dates from Hell follows senior, Maggie Quinn, as she battles a Demon that begins taking down the popular crowd at her school.
I love Maggie Quinn. She is amazingly hilarious with her sarc...more
I can’t even begin to express my love for Prom Dates from Hell. This book is brilliant. That’s all there is to it. I love a book that manages to have the perfect mixture of action, humour and a bit of romance and this one defiantly ticks all those boxes.
Prom Dates from Hell follows senior, Maggie Quinn, as she battles a Demon that begins taking down the popular crowd at her school.
I love Maggie Quinn. She is amazingly hilarious with her sarc...more
Maggie Quinn only has a couple months before she can say GOODBYE to high school, the Jocks and the Jessicas and her hated math class. First through she has to get through a Prom straight out of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode…and she doesn’t even have a dress. Witty, mysterious, fun and spooky excitement make Maggie’s adventures a treat to read. Clement-Moore skillfully imagines Maggie’s friends, family and foes with such detail to keep stock characters from being stock. As Maggie battles wit...more
This is a great book. My love for Maggie, the main character and teller of this story, began on page one. She is witty, honest and everything I have wanted to see in a female, teen main character for quite some time. And...she has a best friend who is just as hilarious.
Maggie Quinn is not a super hero. But as she approaches the end of her senior year, she finds she has gifts that are a bit more supernatural than her peers. Her grandmother believes very strongly in her ability to see the things s...more
Maggie Quinn is not a super hero. But as she approaches the end of her senior year, she finds she has gifts that are a bit more supernatural than her peers. Her grandmother believes very strongly in her ability to see the things s...more
Jan 15, 2009
Katrina
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Buffy and paranormal fans.
Recommended to Katrina by:
Brianna Collins
Give this to the next Buffy fan to approach you for a suggestion, for serious. Maggie Quinn has always been somewhat intuitive. Her gran tells her that the Sight runs in the family. So when Maggie starts having horrific dreams about fire and brimstone and a shadowy demon, she's not completely surprised to find mysterious things happening at her high school. The first appearance is at the pool during gym class. Maggie notices a strange sulfuric odor and then her classmate Karen "accidentally" sli...more
Also picked this one up in Canada from the specials table. Probably closer to 2.5 stars really, but I give it a bit of a benefit here because I did like the sequel a lot more.
This was a pretty standard and well written YA of the "high school girl with psychic powers" style. I quite liked this one, although the plot was a little predictable, but I do have to give a trigger warning for a not-hugely-signposted (although we did see it coming a little way off) disclosure near that end of the previous...more
This was a pretty standard and well written YA of the "high school girl with psychic powers" style. I quite liked this one, although the plot was a little predictable, but I do have to give a trigger warning for a not-hugely-signposted (although we did see it coming a little way off) disclosure near that end of the previous...more
Rosemary Clement-Moore has created what is quite possibly one of my favorite YA heroines ever. Maggie Quinn is snarky, sassy and smart. She's got this razor sharp wit that keeps you laughing at the people and situations around her.
You know Maggie is character gold when she continuously drops references to Star Wars and LOTR.
At first glance, Maggie is the average on-the-fringe type of teenage girl. She writes for the school paper, but she's not all out popular. She's got her small group of friend...more
You know Maggie is character gold when she continuously drops references to Star Wars and LOTR.
At first glance, Maggie is the average on-the-fringe type of teenage girl. She writes for the school paper, but she's not all out popular. She's got her small group of friend...more
I downloaded this when I had nothing to read in a waiting room, because it was the first book I came across that I was able to check out. I'm glad I stumbled onto it though. It was an intriguing read that kept me on the edge of my seat. Maggie (not short for Margaret) is a heroin that reminds you of yourself in high school and as soon as the story starts you find yourself rooting for her. She's tired of the jocks and cheerleaders running the school, she stands up for the awkward nerdy kids, and...more
The first in a trilogy about young heroine Maggie Quinn, "Prom Dates" was one of those books that I probably wouldn't have initially considered but am so glad that I gave it a chance...because I LOVED it. Maggie possesses supernatural senses, such as soothsaying dreams, but still remains a down-to-earth protagonist. She is witty and consistently engaging. Sci-fi and workings of the other-worldly are not typically my cup of tea, but Rosemary Clement-Moore makes it not just readable, but perfectly...more
So I was pleasantly surprised with how good this book was. It was suggested to me a couple years ago, but I just now got around to reading it. Starting from chapter one I immediately fell in love with the main character, Maggie Quinn. If you're tired of all the whiny, do-nothing girls you see in a lot of YA, then you'll love Maggie. She's funny, bold, and mouthy (which I love!). Plus you gotta love a girl that describes seeing the boy she likes in a tux as, "I froze on the stairs, a funny sort o...more
Apr 07, 2012
Miss Jessica
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
paranormal-angels-demons
Fun, snarky mix of Nancy Drew and Daria. The heroine of this book isn't really all that different from the heroine in "Texas Gothic" or "Splendor Falls". A quick-witted smartass who's reluctant about her innate supernatural abilities. However, I liked this book and will read all of Clement-Moore's books because I love that heroine. She has as many flaws as she does virtues. She's quirky and interesting. She's resourceful and hardheaded. She's worth reading more than once.
I have to knock off a f...more
I have to knock off a f...more
Maggie Quinn is your average high school nobody- and she's totally happy to blend in- until something dark starts stalking the popular crowd that tortures the kids like her.
This book was a completely fabulous, light, pool side read. The plot moves along quickly enough to keep things interesting and the characters are all likable and well written. There were also a few unexpected twists in the ending that spiced things up even more. I could see Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil becoming a successful se...more
This book was a completely fabulous, light, pool side read. The plot moves along quickly enough to keep things interesting and the characters are all likable and well written. There were also a few unexpected twists in the ending that spiced things up even more. I could see Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil becoming a successful se...more
Told in the first person, Maggie discovers a gift that she has been blessed, or not-so-blessed, with - the ability to see things in her dreams that will take place. There is a demon targeting people that make their fears become real and it is after Maggie also. With lots of twists and turns, Clement-Moore does an excellant job of making Maggie into a modern day Nancy Drew and paves the way for more to come.
I probably, as a teacher, would not teach this in a class setting; however, I would defin...more
I probably, as a teacher, would not teach this in a class setting; however, I would defin...more
This was a good read. It was basically what I was expecting...a paranormal, demon fighting story that revolves around a teen that is beginning to recognize her psychic abilities. What I did like was that it was neither too serious, nor too flippant....it reminded me of an adult Paranormal kindof romance, but without all the adult innuendos. Prom Dates from Hell was fun and flirty, and I will definitely recommend it to those who like this genre. I want to read the rest of the series, but I'm not...more
Clement-Moore, R. (2007). Prom Dates from Hell. New York: Delacorte Press.
308 pages.
Three pages into Prom Dates from Hell I knew I was going to love it. (Talk about a bias!) I loved the sarcastic, smart voice of Maggie Quinn right away. She reminded me of a hybrid of Veronica Mars and Buffy Summers.
...But I guess with dark hair.
Appetizer: After stopping an incident of bullying in the halls, the three most popular girls in the senior grade (all named Jessica) take notice of Maggie and start to m...more
308 pages.
Three pages into Prom Dates from Hell I knew I was going to love it. (Talk about a bias!) I loved the sarcastic, smart voice of Maggie Quinn right away. She reminded me of a hybrid of Veronica Mars and Buffy Summers.
...But I guess with dark hair.
Appetizer: After stopping an incident of bullying in the halls, the three most popular girls in the senior grade (all named Jessica) take notice of Maggie and start to m...more
Maggie Quinn is an aspiring photojournalist, who stumbles upon an evil demon plot in her high school. She attempts to solve the mystery with the help of her awesome grandmother, a jock who's stepping outside his clique, and a very cute college student.
The plot isn't terribly original, but beyond that, there's a lot to like about this book. For starters, it's really funny, something that's lacking in most YA paranormal novels (the sturm und drang of tortured romance doesn't really lend itself to...more
The plot isn't terribly original, but beyond that, there's a lot to like about this book. For starters, it's really funny, something that's lacking in most YA paranormal novels (the sturm und drang of tortured romance doesn't really lend itself to...more
this one was a lot of fun, mainly because of Maggie's constant sharp sarcastic wit. she finds it nearly impossible to hold her tongue or back down from any threat, even when she's truly scared. the story itself will appeal to fans of Buffy, Charmed, The Mediator. sometimes you just have to kick some demon butt. "As an interactive horror experience, with beasts from Hell, mayhem, gore, and dismemberment, it was an impressive event. As a high school prom, however, the evening was marginally less s...more
Excusing my fansquee over Texas Gothic earlier this month, I love most of Rosemary Clement-Moore’s books. They’re funny, snarky, and manages to whip up a good plot.
Prom Dates… is a great little read. I said in the aforementioned review that Amy Goodnight could be cousins with Maggie Quinn, insofar of the fact that they’re both snarky psychics who like to get their Nancy Drew on. While it should be a cliché that Maggie’s defenses for dealing with the banality that is high school. But it’s a refr...more
Prom Dates… is a great little read. I said in the aforementioned review that Amy Goodnight could be cousins with Maggie Quinn, insofar of the fact that they’re both snarky psychics who like to get their Nancy Drew on. While it should be a cliché that Maggie’s defenses for dealing with the banality that is high school. But it’s a refr...more
Apr 23, 2009
Karin
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
youngadult,
2009-reads
Maggie Quinn is a high school senior who spends her time taking photos for the yearbook and writing stories for the school’s newspaper. She is completely content with staying under the radar in order to avoid coming into contact with the Jocks and the Jessicas (the girls that seem to run the school). Everything is working out just fine until she snaps some incriminating pictures of the Jocks bullying one of the bigger geeks of the school.
Soon, after her creative photo rescue, Maggie starts havi...more
Soon, after her creative photo rescue, Maggie starts havi...more
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“My major vice is sarcasm with a side of caffeine addiction.”
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“Is Lisa going to the prom?'
I shelved my worries for the moment. 'I don't know, Mom. We don't talk about the You-Know-What. We made a pact.'
You could go together, if you didn't want to mess with dates and things.'
I don't want to mess with the prom at all, Mom.'
She ignored me, placidly eating popcorn, piece by piece.'Some girls in my high school class did that and had a wonderful time. They weren't lesbians or anything. Not that it would matter if they were.'
That's nice, Mom. I'm glad you're so open-minded.' I grabbed my Coke and the popcorn bowl and headed for the stairs, because I could go my whole life without ever hearing my mother talk about lesbians again.
Maybe you could take Justin to the prom,' she called after me, laughter in her voice. 'He is such a hottie.'
Shoot me now.”
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I shelved my worries for the moment. 'I don't know, Mom. We don't talk about the You-Know-What. We made a pact.'
You could go together, if you didn't want to mess with dates and things.'
I don't want to mess with the prom at all, Mom.'
She ignored me, placidly eating popcorn, piece by piece.'Some girls in my high school class did that and had a wonderful time. They weren't lesbians or anything. Not that it would matter if they were.'
That's nice, Mom. I'm glad you're so open-minded.' I grabbed my Coke and the popcorn bowl and headed for the stairs, because I could go my whole life without ever hearing my mother talk about lesbians again.
Maybe you could take Justin to the prom,' she called after me, laughter in her voice. 'He is such a hottie.'
Shoot me now.”
Jul 25, 2009 06:54pm