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Santa Claws

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For a 90's young adult thriller, this is fairly typical fare, but it was a good book for its genre. It mixes suspense with the zodiac in the form of a serial killer who is targeting people one by one based on their zodiac sign, starting with an Aries girl who he strangles with a wool scarf, choosing this weapon because wool comes from a ram - he then goes on to kill a Taurus, a Gemini, etc, choosing their methods of death according to their sign. The motive for this is eventually revealed, and the overall story is well-written and nicely paced for a young adult novel. I liked it a lot.

I remember reading this book as a pre-teen thinking that it would make a great slasher film (great characters, good story, gory and creative deaths, what's not to love? Any current or future filmmakers reading this review: please try to make this book into a film. It would rake in the dough and it would be way better than a lot of the more recent horror films) and the book stayed in my mind even in my twenties. If you are a fan of slasher films/books, I would highly recommend this book. Heck, even if you aren't into slasher films/books, you'll most likely enjoy it. So, if you can find it, buy it and enjoy it. You won't regret it.

I loved this item. It was exactly as discribed. The shipping was great and it came in excellent condition. If you like a good book this one is a great mistery/suspence/werewolf book that I have ever read. Once you start reading this one you can't stop until the end.

I enjoyed reading this book, but early on I knew the ending. So once I got to the end I wasn't shocked, but I liked the way the author handled it. Robyn was a good character and she knew her stuff. If you're into the Zodiac aspect, this book is for you.

I read the book, Horrorscope, for a report. When I finished I looked back at some of the pages I really liked and I thought that was an excellent book. And I'm gonna tell everyone I know to read it. My sister read it before me, and she said it was a great book. But that's not what made want to read it, what made me want to read it was some of the line's I read after a couple of pages.

This book was really great. I really love books about werewolves and this book was one that I really loved. I wasn't really expecting the ending but it was really cool. This book has all the genres for a horror book: slasher killing, a strange but cool hero, good setting... I love this book, you should definetly read this book!

In the small town of Branton, a savage bloodthirsty cougar is on the loose, killing anyone in its way. First it was the animal keeper at the game farm, and then the high school student, Chrissie Kelly, followed by the hunter who was on its trail. But for two teenagers--Cory Darnell and Holly Parker--these killings mean more than just the random, thoughtless attacks of a cougar. For Cory, its physical proof of the unaccountable bloody visions that have been plaguing him lately. He cant remember where hes been or what hes done when he blacks out at night, but he remembers the hunt and the kill of all three people vividly. Is he, indeed, responsible for killing his girlfriend and the other two people--or is there something far more sinister happening in Branton? The one person who knows the answer to this is Holly, the lone teen investigator who is out to prove that the cougar is just a cover up for a much larger, smarter creature--a werewolf. But first she must find out who the werewolf is, because after only three deaths, the creature is hardly satiated, and more people are likely to die unless Holly can find and kill it before then.

The ending of "Santa Claws" was definitely exciting, even though I had guessed the secret of the werewolf beforehand. Still its well worth reading if youre a fan of horror and, especially, of werewolves. As warning, there is some violence, but its tolerable if youre used to blood and guts and youre older than twelve. The ending did leave a possibility for a sequel, which I would love to see happen. I really enjoyed this book and think a second book would be just as good.

The only thing that bothered me, though, was the front cover and the title of this book--both greatly misrepresented the story. Theres very little to do with Christmas except the mention of holiday caroling and decorations at the end of the book, plus the snow. And the creature on the front cover could have been anything, but hardly looked like a wolf of any kind, least of all a werewolf. If I had known "Santa Claws" was about werewolves, I probably would have started it a lot sooner.