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My Sister the Vampire #16
Fashion Frightmare!
The twins' 16th adventure finds them sleuthing with style
The Café Creative fashion show is just around the corner, and everyone who's anyone is ready to strike a pose. Everyone except Ivy, that is. Modeling is her worst nightmare! Twin sister Olivia is there to lend a hand. But soon strutting down the catwalk is the least of their worries, when a priceless accessory goes missing. Is there a couture crook in Franklin Grove?
The Café Creative fashion show is just around the corner, and everyone who's anyone is ready to strike a pose. Everyone except Ivy, that is. Modeling is her worst nightmare! Twin sister Olivia is there to lend a hand. But soon strutting down the catwalk is the least of their worries, when a priceless accessory goes missing. Is there a couture crook in Franklin Grove?
256 pages, Paperback
First published May 8, 2014
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About the author
Sienna Mercer
38 books465 followersSienna Mercer grew up in Toronto, Canada. She was an only child, and always wanted a brother or sister – especially a twin. A twin would have been awesome! Sadly, she never got that sister so, when she was grown up, she did the next best thing - she wrote books about a girl who reminded her of herself, and gave her the most fun, fabulous twin she could think of!
Sienna began writing stories when she was a teenager, on a very wet day in Toronto when her cheerleading practice was cancelled - and she has not stopped writing since. She used to write in red leather notebooks while sat on her bed, but now does most of her writing in her attic, which is quite dark, and has some spooky cobwebs in the corners - the perfect location for thinking about vampires. She doesn't use red notebooks anymore, either, although she keeps them in a chest by her desk in the attic.
Sienna got the idea for My Sister the Vampire from a daydream she had - what if she had a super-cool twin sister... who was a vampire? She loved the characters - and their kooky friends and family - so much that she just had to keep writing about them.
When she's not daydreaming about vampires and cheerleading, Sienna enjoys travelling and exploring new cities, and keeps a detailed scrapbook of everywhere she’s visited. She lives in Toronto, kept company by Calypso and Angel – her two gorgeous cats. She is happily writing away and we wait for her upcoming books!
Sienna began writing stories when she was a teenager, on a very wet day in Toronto when her cheerleading practice was cancelled - and she has not stopped writing since. She used to write in red leather notebooks while sat on her bed, but now does most of her writing in her attic, which is quite dark, and has some spooky cobwebs in the corners - the perfect location for thinking about vampires. She doesn't use red notebooks anymore, either, although she keeps them in a chest by her desk in the attic.
Sienna got the idea for My Sister the Vampire from a daydream she had - what if she had a super-cool twin sister... who was a vampire? She loved the characters - and their kooky friends and family - so much that she just had to keep writing about them.
When she's not daydreaming about vampires and cheerleading, Sienna enjoys travelling and exploring new cities, and keeps a detailed scrapbook of everywhere she’s visited. She lives in Toronto, kept company by Calypso and Angel – her two gorgeous cats. She is happily writing away and we wait for her upcoming books!
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February 29, 2016
31/05/2015 re-read: So maybe this book isn't quite as bad as I thought it was the first time I read it. I've kept my original review (below), because - as with many books I'm disappointed with, later to re-read and enjoy more - I can see where my past-self was coming from with all the points I made, even if they don't bother me all that much anymore.
Contrary to my original thoughts, I didn't think the story was particularly weak, and I actually like the mystery. The first time I read this, I was really frustrated at the fact that the person that stole the pashmina,
The other points I made (about Reiko and other characters having no spirit, and the way the fashion show seemed to spring out of nowhere) are honestly just things I'm not bothered about anymore. Again, I can see where my past-self was coming from, but I wasn't nearly as annoyed this time, and didn't feel they dejected from the reading experience at all. Weirdly, the one thing I said was redeeming in my original review (Jackson), I hardly noticed this time. Aside from the funny little janitor scene, he didn't have any note-worthy great moments for me.
The first time I read this, I gave it a three-star rating, but now I'm upping that to a four-star because, basically, it was a good book. The reason it isn't a five is because, yes, some of the storylines and scenes were a little ridiculous (Alex and Tessa's superstitiousness, mostly), and I do still think it could have been more thoroughly thought-out.
Original review (15/05/2014): I was expecting to come on here and write a really bad review for this book. You know; "This was a frightmare of a book," "This series is losing it's charm," blah, blah, blah. But, I suppose it was okay.
I think the whole story was a little two-dimensional and hollow, if that makes sense. It felt like it was planned out really badly, and there was no cute little heart-warming bit at the end that usually buys my five-star ratings in this series. There was a little funny bit at the end that made me smile a bit but that hardly made me want to skip around hugging the book (something I might have done with previous books in the series...)
The characters, old and new, just had no spirit to them, it was all a bit blasé to be honest. Like this new character Reiko, the exchange student from Japan. Her personality was not very well thought out and the ending to her storyline was totally anti-climax and I found it a huge disappointment! The one thing I did like when it came to characters was Jackson. He has become a lot more likeable and just a nicer person since he and Olivia got back together.
So, onto the main story. The fashion show and the stolen err, thing. The situation with the fashion show just sprung up out of nowhere at the start of the book and there was very little explanation to what it actually was. The reader was just kind of expected to miraculously know what was going on. Like I would've really liked to know how the hell they convinced Ivy to be a model. Seriously, how???
I'll admit, I had no idea who had stolen the but that was only because the character was never even introduced into the story until the last minute! I guessed as soon as they walked past he/she though. Predictable alert!
More things I found annoying: The emphasis on at least one word in every sentence the characters say (no exaggeration: half the book was in italic text.), the constant use of annoying couple names - Menny? Paxie? *me ripping my hair out*, and tons of other things I'm not going to mention right now.
Overall, a pretty poor book. There was nothing particularly bad about it, but just nothing all that good. As a HUGE fan of this series, I was a little disappointed in this one and the way that it felt like it had just been thrown together and written in a day or two. Sorry, not impressed.
Contrary to my original thoughts, I didn't think the story was particularly weak, and I actually like the mystery. The first time I read this, I was really frustrated at the fact that the person that stole the pashmina,
The other points I made (about Reiko and other characters having no spirit, and the way the fashion show seemed to spring out of nowhere) are honestly just things I'm not bothered about anymore. Again, I can see where my past-self was coming from, but I wasn't nearly as annoyed this time, and didn't feel they dejected from the reading experience at all. Weirdly, the one thing I said was redeeming in my original review (Jackson), I hardly noticed this time. Aside from the funny little janitor scene, he didn't have any note-worthy great moments for me.
The first time I read this, I gave it a three-star rating, but now I'm upping that to a four-star because, basically, it was a good book. The reason it isn't a five is because, yes, some of the storylines and scenes were a little ridiculous (Alex and Tessa's superstitiousness, mostly), and I do still think it could have been more thoroughly thought-out.
Original review (15/05/2014): I was expecting to come on here and write a really bad review for this book. You know; "This was a frightmare of a book," "This series is losing it's charm," blah, blah, blah. But, I suppose it was okay.
I think the whole story was a little two-dimensional and hollow, if that makes sense. It felt like it was planned out really badly, and there was no cute little heart-warming bit at the end that usually buys my five-star ratings in this series. There was a little funny bit at the end that made me smile a bit but that hardly made me want to skip around hugging the book (something I might have done with previous books in the series...)
The characters, old and new, just had no spirit to them, it was all a bit blasé to be honest. Like this new character Reiko, the exchange student from Japan. Her personality was not very well thought out and the ending to her storyline was totally anti-climax and I found it a huge disappointment! The one thing I did like when it came to characters was Jackson. He has become a lot more likeable and just a nicer person since he and Olivia got back together.
So, onto the main story. The fashion show and the stolen err, thing. The situation with the fashion show just sprung up out of nowhere at the start of the book and there was very little explanation to what it actually was. The reader was just kind of expected to miraculously know what was going on. Like I would've really liked to know how the hell they convinced Ivy to be a model. Seriously, how???
I'll admit, I had no idea who had stolen the but that was only because the character was never even introduced into the story until the last minute! I guessed as soon as they walked past he/she though. Predictable alert!
More things I found annoying: The emphasis on at least one word in every sentence the characters say (no exaggeration: half the book was in italic text.), the constant use of annoying couple names - Menny? Paxie? *me ripping my hair out*, and tons of other things I'm not going to mention right now.
Overall, a pretty poor book. There was nothing particularly bad about it, but just nothing all that good. As a HUGE fan of this series, I was a little disappointed in this one and the way that it felt like it had just been thrown together and written in a day or two. Sorry, not impressed.
November 16, 2015
Strangely I liked this better the second time reading it.
Fashion Frightmare is another cute installment in the My Sister the Vampire series. This book introduces Reiko, a vampire on an exchange trip from Japan.
This book had a couple of things the bothered me, , apart from that I really enjoyed it.
Fashion Frightmare is another cute installment in the My Sister the Vampire series. This book introduces Reiko, a vampire on an exchange trip from Japan.
This book had a couple of things the bothered me, , apart from that I really enjoyed it.
June 2, 2014
I really want to read it.
February 13, 2016
These books tickle me, these girls always find themselves in a mystery of some kind, and they always solve it in the next of time.
February 10, 2016
AMAZING
This is one of my favourite books. I love it!
If there was a Caldecott Award for best story, Sienna Mercer would win it!
This is one of my favourite books. I love it!
If there was a Caldecott Award for best story, Sienna Mercer would win it!
September 28, 2023
I didn't like Reiko at first but once she toned down her sportiness she was actually bearable
September 11, 2024
I enjoyed very much. The girls always find themselves in some sort of trouble and sometimes in disgrace.
July 21, 2025
Definitely not the strongest entry in the series.
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