Book: Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender

Published by Disney Book Group

Borrowed from the library as an e-book (346 pages)

Genre: YA: Paranormal- Ghosts

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Goodreads Summary: When Alexis’s little sister Kasey becomes obsessed with an antique doll, Alexis thinks nothing of it. Kasey is a weird kid. Period. Alexis is considered weird, too, by the kids in her high school, by her parents, even by her own Goth friends. Things get weirder, though, when the old house they live in starts changing. Doors open and close by themselves; water boils on the unlit stove; and an unplugged air conditioner turns the house cold enough to see their breath in. Kasey is changing, too. Her blue eyes go green and she speaks in old-fashioned language, then forgets chunks of time.

Most disturbing of all is the dangerous new chip on Kasey’s shoulder. The formerly gentle, doll-loving child is gone, and the new Kasey is angry. Alexis is the only one who can stop her sister — but what if that green-eyed girl isn’t even Kasey anymore?

I enjoyed Bad Girls Don’t Die.  I haven’t read too many books featuring ghosts, but I think this one is my favorite.  Lexi’s sister is possessed by a ghost hell-bent on revenge, which is definitely interesting but not all that unusual for a ghost story.  I like how there’s something weird going on, but you’re not completely sure what it is until later in the book.  It’s definitely creepy, so it all comes together for this really interesting atmosphere.

There is a little bit of everything- romance, mystery and friendship are all in there, but it could have had a little more paranormal activity.  In all honesty, there’s too much going on in this book, so it really felt like Alender couldn’t make up her mind about what she wanted to include.  There are also some things that aren’t resolved in this book that will probably be resolved in one of the other books in the series.

It was definitely predictable, but it seems like there is a lot more to what’s going on.  I have a feeling there’s more to come, and other things will pop up.  The characters are also predictable, and what I expected, but it was still fun to see their reactions to what was going on.  I did like that it was a normal family going through something paranormal.

It started off slow, but once things got going, it was more enjoyable.

I give it a 3 out of 5.  I liked it, and it was a fun yet creepy read.