Review: An inventive novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2013
Eden Crowne's "Fear Club" brims with original ideas and colourful characters. It's a book that one could recommend to people who span a wide range of ages and tastes.The heroine, Alexandra, finds herself in a supernatural crisis on the very first page of the book. Having awoken in a strange room, cradled in the arms of a mysterious boy, her memories are full of fluttering ribbons, blood and pointy teeth. It turns out that Alexandra has been subjected to a terrible, literally soul-destroying ceremony, courtesy of a circle of sinister Tokyo youngsters. The boy, Julian Lake, pledges to save Alexandra's soul, but it isn't clear whether he can be trusted.These events set the scene for the main body of the plot, which is both exciting and funny. Apart from Alexandra and Julian, a number of other memorable characters, including a flesh-eating hound with a terrifying howl and a pair of Japanese teenagers whose mother is a water spirit, have important roles to play in the story.