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First Date (Fear Street, No. 16)

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Chelsea Richards has never had a first date, but she's not the only new kid in town noticing that. Two boys, two new, cute boys ask her out. One is a shy, sweet boy who goes to her high school. The other is a rough, tough dropout she meets at her dad's coffee shop. Chelsea is so excited, her first date! How can she know that one of her "first" dates could lead to her funeral?

The cast of characters includes Chelsea a pretty, young girl who plays the saxophone and is slightly overweight. She is timid and tolerant, but can be panicky at times. Will Blakely is humble, kind and shy, whereas, Tim Sparks gives the impression of being wild and tough. Nina, Chelsea's friend, is a short, cute blonde, slightly selfish at times, but also friendly, relaxed and easygoing.

Although he may not use the greatest literary techniques, R.L. Stine does have the ability to build suspense that keeps you begging for more. Readers can relate to his language and true-to-life conflicts with ease. Stine promotes the mood of the novel with strong verb choices and some wonderful imagery. The author's point of view seems to wallow in the shadows of the plot, as a third person who is telling the story as though he knows what will happen. By leaving a little bit of foreshadowing at the end of each chapter, R.L. Stine can be sure that readers will not stop reading until Chelsea's fate is determined.

A rellay good book.Lots of Action and Sunspence.Not the best Fear Street book,But still really good.The fact that you know who the killer is half-way threw the book is great because the main chacther is talking to a killer and not knowing it,But the reader knowing it,Is really Breath-Taking[.]You should REALLY read this book!...You won't reagret it!...

First Date is one of the best books in the Fear Street series. Although predictable, it still had style and substance, and actually contained some very suspensful parts, unlike other Fear Street books.

The book describes 15 year old Chelsea Richards, a shy, lonley, high school student who is looking for love.

She soon meets two boys, a 20 year old high school dropout by the name of Tim Sparks, and a new boy at school named Will Blakely.

Soon both of them ask her out, although when she finds out the FBI are on the trail of a serial killer who looks alot like Tim Sparks, she rats him out and chooses to go on her first date with Will Blakely.

Unfortunately for Chelsea, Will is the actual serial killer. His real name is Lonnie Mayes, and he kills girls who look like his mother or his sister in each town he visits.

Will Chelsea's first date also be her last?

This book was pretty good, I especially liked the fact that the villian was revealed in the middle of the book, that way, the only thing worth waiting for was for the leading character to realize it. I really liked the ending. Stine always seems to have some sort of pun at the end of it.

I love Rl Stine but this book was not one of his best!The whole story is about Chelsea Richards and Nina her friend, Chelsea just moved to Shadyside and doesn't have a boyfriend.One day at her fathers cafe she meets this one guy named Sparks and he seems like a bad boy type of guy and she also meets a nice guy and he is also new!! So, she decides to go out with with him, but did she make the right choice???
I gave it 3 stars because in the begining it tells you who is bad and who is nice! ...So it is an ok book.

This may be one of the best horror / dating books i have ever read. R.L.Stine is truly a great author!

Chelsea has just recently moved to Shadyside. She is very shy and has never been on a date.

A new boy in school, shy Will, seems interested in her. And at work she meets an angry but good looking boy, Sparks, who also may like her.

But one of the boys is a murderer.

This was an okay book, but nothing more. It has none of wow moments Stine is so good at.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the fact that some of the book was told from the killers point of view. It moved pretty fast and kept me on my toes.

I'd recommend this book. 4 stars. I finished this book in approximately 1 day.

This is the one of the many books of the Fear Street series, and it's really good. Fear Street is a series about scary and/or supernatural events that happen to teenagers in a ficitional town called Shadyside. In this book, a sweet, shy girl who has trouble with boys happens to meet two interesting ones. Too bad one's a deranged killer, the mystery is, which one? This has a pretty good twist ending and gives a good taste of future books in the series.Pulitizer material it's not, but for young teens, or anyone wanting a quick thrilling read, this suits the bill just fine.

This book was good, but he revealed the killer way too soon. I have read a ton of Stine's books, and this defiently wasn't his best book.