The Wrong Number

Average for Fear Street. The two girls were pretty dumb at times (stealing evidence to convince the police you're innocent? LOL. Sure, that'll work.), but it was a fast and easy read. No plot twists and straight forward.

What a great book in the "Fear Street" series. Honestly though Deena is our lead in this one, her best friend Jade should have been the focus. No complaints on this one, Stine bounces back to showing us how deadly Fear Street can be.

"The Wrong Number" follows teens Deena and Jade. Both are about to return to school at Shadyside High and are bored. When Jade wants to make a prank call, the two girls do it and get excited about causing some of their school friends to think they are someone they are not. When Deena's half brother Chuck comes to live with her, he finds out about the prank calls. After that the prank calls turn dangerous and then lead to a murder.

Deena as I said didn't shine for me as well as Jade did in this one. Deena is show more very reluctant to even do the prank calls, when things turn to murder she doesn't know what to do. Jade though comes through and comes up with a plan.

I liked the reveal about who the murderer was and why they did it.

The ending though leaves things on a happy note for both girls. show less

For a fear street book, this was surprisingly multiple layered with different plot points, investigations, mini mystery, and some misdisrecting. Fun book.

Possible Spoiler Alert:

Last Fear Street Reread! So this book was kind of dumb, but at least the police had the right prime suspect in mind after all. What I really want to do, however, is take a moment to talk about the series as a whole. As much as I groaned at the predictable, unrealistic (though generally not supernatural), and repetitive plots, they never bogged me down. I've had one or two books I couldn't finish at all, and others I could barely slog through, but these held my attention, and were never torture to read. The number one way I'd improve the series: more ghosts, less murder. No one would even move to Shadyside if the murder rate were that high.

I liked this one… what feels more “Fear Street” than a prank call gone wrong?

The first time I read this I was about 11 or 12. I enjoyed it then and now at 40, I’ve enjoyed it even more.

I’m glad I’m once more tackling this series. Fear Street is a great for readers of all ages who enjoy a good thriller with some spooky thrown in for good measure.

Average for Fear Street. The two girls were pretty dumb at times (stealing evidence to convince the police you're innocent? LOL. Sure, that'll work.), but it was a fast and easy read. No plot twists and straight forward.