Review: Shudderville Three: A Terrifying Twist on the Quest for True Love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2012
Mia Zabriskie's Shudderville left me feeling as if I had been dangled over the edge of a great cliff (hanger).  As I read the last line, I quickly moved to flip the page of my Kindle, but there was nothing.  How would I find out what happened to Sophie McKnight, or the true identity of Tobias Mandelbaum?Despite my disappointment, I decided to move on to Shudderville Two. After all, we're not supposed to know how every story ends...right? You only have to read my review of Two to see that I was just as enthralled by that very different but equally terrifying tale.  Still, Tobias Mandelbaum lingered in the back of my mind.Luckily for me, Mia Zabriskie is not one to leave her readers hanging (at least, not for long).  Shudderville Three picks up where One left off.  Tobias Mandelbaum, the mysterious old man that grants wishes and steal souls, has returned. His latest victim is Cassie, Sophie McKnight's best friend and-- as it turns out--her betrayer as well. For no one, it seems, is able to resist Mandelbaum's dangling carrot.As in One and Two, Shudderville Three explores the polarities hidden in the human psyche--good vs. evil, love vs. hate, and condemnation vs. redemption. But here Zabriskie underscores another theme: the truly terrifying consequences of wishing for "true love".  Be careful what you wish for...