Once Bitten, Twice Dead (A Monster High YA Novel)

by Tiffany Schmidt

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Get your spook on with the classic Monster High characters—the ghouls that started it all—while they hit up their old haunts in this all-new, original YA novel starring Draculaura, set in the world of Mattel's Monster High, and written by author Tiffany Schmidt

When a horrific loss throws Monster High into a state of grave upheaval, Draculaura and the other ghouls find themselves coping in different ways. Cleo and her family sense opportunity in the mayhem, grasping at control and leaving the rest of the ghouls' loyalties divided.

For her part, the chaos at school is making Draculaura sick. She feels more exhausted by the day, and she finds escape only by slipping away to the cemetery to pore over her mom's old journals. It's there that she meets Poe, a handsome human harboring some darkness of his own. Soon Draculaura finds herself caught in an impossible web of lies. If her ghoulfriends find out she's fallen for a normie, they'll freak. And if Poe discovers she's a vampire, his monster-hunting dad may have a stake in the matter.

Meanwhile, dangerous events have begun plaguing the halls of Monster High. The gargoyles stage a mutiny, and the water in the swimming pool boils while Lagoona is swimming laps. When the magical protections around the school borders falter and a group of normies stumbles onto campus, Draculaura and the other ghouls know something needs to be done before Monster High becomes Monster Die.

But there's a secret about Draculaura that no one—not Poe, the other ghouls, or even she—was aware of until now: a secret tied to the school's very marrow. When Draculaura and Ghoulia uncover ancient texts that reveal the full implications of her identity, Draculaura is forced to make an impossible choice that will alter her identity forever.

Will her loyalties to Monster High determine all their fates? Or will Draculaura succumb to a dangerous passion that makes her feel more . . . alive than she ever has?

Creators
- Tiffany Schmidt
  
  Author
Publisher

Amulet Books
Release date

July 16, 2024
Formats
- Kindle Book
- OverDrive Read
  - ISBN: 9798887071572
- EPUB ebook
  - ISBN: 9798887071572
  - File size: 2574 KB
Languages
- English
Reviews
- Kirkus
  
  September 15, 2024
  A tale of star-crossed love and existential danger featuring characters from the uber-popularMonster High TV series. When a tragic event robs Draculaura of her adoptive father, it also throws things into chaos for Monster High, where Dracula was the principal. A cemetery meet-cute with brooding but (unfortunately) human Poe leads to an ill-fated romance that will put them both in danger if Draculaura's real identity is discovered by Poe's monster-hunter father. As strange and dangerous events threaten the safety of everyone at Monster High, Draculaura discovers a secret about her family that forces her to decide once and for all where her loyalties lie. The trappings of the Monster High fandom are laid over a fairly standard genre framework, and although the beginning is quickly paced and compelling, the story gets bogged down in the middle and loses some steam. Draculaura, Cleo de Nile, Ghoulia Yelps, and the others aren't fleshed out enough to hook newcomers to this world, but existing fans will likely be mostly satisfied despite the shallow characterizations and predictable plot. The nonstop puns, chirpy tone, and focus on friendship are true to the source material, though, and the cast members encompass many different types of monsters. Poe has tan skin, sandy hair, and blue eyes, and Draculaura is pale-skinned. Familiar, beloved characters are the highlights of a slightly hollow story.(Paranormal. 13-18)
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Once Bitten, Twice Dead (A Monster High YA Novel)

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