Saturday, September 3, 2022

Teen Phantom by Chandler Baker - OPTIONAL

Teen Phantom (High School Horror Story #3) by Chandler Baker, 288 pages. Fiewel & Friends (Macmillan), 2022. $18. 

Language: R (53 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG13

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

In order to keep his head down and avoid military school, Chris has given himself three rules at his new high school: no girls, no fast cars, and no trouble. Except that Lena is the first person to be nice to him, and he can’t stop thinking about Honor, the girl in his theater class. Surely, though, two out of three isn’t bad.

I’m disappointed that this is the concluding book of Baker’s High School Horror Story series. The twist she presents on The Phantom of the Opera in this book was fun to read as I anxiously anticipated how she would adapt the familiar story. While Chris’s story could be read as a standalone despite a couple references to the prequel, I recommend going back to read the others in the series because the books are enjoyable.

Chris, Lena, and Honor are all white. The mature content rating is for mentions of drugs and alcohol, innuendo, illegal activity, mention of abortion, partial nudity, sexting, and mentions of sex. The violence rating is for mentions of suicide, blood, and murder.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen 

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