After about 20 years or so of not reading these books, that I loved so much back then, I had to give a book another try, for old times sake. I really did enjoy this book and strolling down memory lane, but good gracious was this book cheesy! lol..The ending was extra cheesy in my book. but, again, it was just so much fun!

R.L. Stine knows how to pull you in and keep you just so you can see how it ends! Will I continue reading these books? Probably not...I may try again one day, maybe if I feel like a cheesy thriller/mystery/horror book. And I don't mean cheesy in a mean way..It was, well, written for younger people, maybe late Junior High age, early high school...

If you want something to just read and to do to waste time, these books are perfect. I really don't remember all of the books being this cheesy though, maybe it was just this one, or maybe I just didn't care back then, this was what I liked at the time. I think I was in my older teens, maybe early 20's when I read these so now that I am much, much older now, maybe it just seems cheesy now because of my age NOW...

But, there isn't a whole lot I can really say about the book itself except, if you have never read R.L. Stine, don't go into it expecting Steven King, Dean Koontz, Ted Dekker, Frank Peretti, etc (which I haven't read Steven King or Dean Koontz books but I know they are very popular and well loved authors, although I did watch Misery and loved the movie! lol)...Just go into it expecting a quick and easy read, maybe a few eye rolls and some giggles along the way! lol...

It was pretty predictable in most parts, heck, the whole thing was some what predictable..but you still had the little lingering doubt there sometimes...But many may be able to figure it out right off and know what's going to happen. ( )

The book I read was "The Perfect Date," by R.L. Stine. He, by the way, is one of my favorite authors.

The author builds the suspense and excitement by the descriptions of the characters and the settings. He makes a very vivid picture in your head of the settings and characters because of the descriptions he provides. For example, one of the sentences goes something like this: "The snow looked fresh and crisp, as if nothing touched it. All the blood smears and blood trails were gone. As if no one was even here. It looked like a perfect winter day." This made a clear picture of the setting in which the story was happening in and how it happened. To me, I think this is not what all authors have in their writing. This is a reason why R.L.Stine is my favorite author, he writes complicated stories, but he gives you a clear image in your head towards what is happening.

Some of the things the author does to lead you away from solving the mystery is that he uses different things and combines them together and makes a mystery. For example, he takes something, and talks about it in some points of the story, then he takes something totally different, and also combines it in the story so that the story is much more interesting and exciting and harder to solve. ( )

The Perfect Date is a horror story that will give you the shakes. It leaves you in anticipation to see what is going to happen next. Starting with the death of his girlfriend and then his best friend, Brady has gone through a truly hard-hitting year. Then he meets a girl that is absolutely perfect named Rosha. Just when he thinks he is going to live happily ever after with his dream girl, something shocking happens. --Robert