PUG REVIEW: DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK BY MARLENE PEREZ

 DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK BY MARLENE PEREZ: DEAD IS 1#
 

 BLURB:

Welcome to Nightshade, California—a small town full of secrets. It’s home to the pyschic Giordano sisters, who have a way of getting mixed up in mysteries. During their investigations, they run across everything from pom-pom-shaking vampires to shape-shifting boyfriends to a clue-spewing jukebox. With their psychic powers and some sisterly support, they can crack any case!
Teenage girls are being mysteriously attacked all over town, including at Nightshade High School, where Daisy Giordano is a junior. When Daisy discovers that a vampire may be the culprit, she can’t help but suspect head cheerleader Samantha Devereaux, who returned from summer break with a new “look.” Samantha appears a little . . . well, dead, and all the most popular kids at school are copying her style.

• GENRE: MYSTERY, CHICK LIT, YOUNG ADULT 12+

• PAGES: 208

• CHAPTERS: 21

•  Published September 1st 2008 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 

PUG RATING: 

KEYPOINTS: CLUE SOLVING, TEEN DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHIC POWERS


IN SHORT:  A GOOD READ AND A GOOD START TO A NEW SERIES BUT CAN COME ACROSS A BIT PREDICTABLE.


GINNY'S ( THE PUG'S) REVIEW:
 

This book stood out to me and my human because of it simple but beautifully designed cover art, we picked up as soon as we were able. This is book one in the DEAD IS series. 

MARLENE PEREZ is a new author to me so I was looking forward to maybe find a new writer to follow, even though this book didn’t knock me off my paws receiving only a 3 paw rating, the writing style and world set up did intrigue me enough that I will be getting my human to buy book two (Dead is a state of mind) when she is next on Amazon.

The book appears to be quite short, causing me and my human to finish this book in only one day, the characters are a little flat but I can see plenty of potential to make these charters more lifelike and 3D, although these characters are a little 2D there is a fun flare to them that kept me reading to find out what happened. This storyline focus on the chick lit mystery which is a little predictable but fun none the less, although this is a mystery/ paranormal book there is little explosive off the page action  and more character focus and clue solving.  

Another thing that intrigued me was the world building although this book focus more on the chick lit mystery and the characters, we are given little hint that the world they live in is not quite what they originally thought and I look forward to discovering how the author brings this into play.

Even though this isn’t the best book I have ever read, this book did perk my curiosity enough to make me want to read the next one.  This book is what I call a marmite book; you will either love it or hate it, give it a go and see if you enjoy the world and life Marlene Perez has laid out on paper for you.

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PIG XX