Release: November 1, 1989
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Published by Scholastic
Source: Amazon
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Jenny is new in town. Her parents go away, leaving her all alone in an isolated house. The mountains surrounding the town loom ominously, guarding the secret of what really happened the day of Diana Benson’s accident. Then the phone calls start…
Jenny has a secret admirer, who courts her with sweet messages and flowers. But she also has an enemy, who chases her on a lonely road. Does she know too much about the ‘accident’ on the cliffs? and is there anyone she can trust?
Jenny has no one to turn to.
Except for her secret admirer…
But who is he?
About the Author:
Carol Ellis is an American author of young adult and children’s fiction. Her first novel, My Secret Admirer, was published in 1989 by Scholastic as part of their popular Point Thriller line.
She went on to write over fifteen novels, including a few titles in the Zodiac Chillers series published by Random House in the mid-1990s, and two titles in The Blair Witch Files series for young adults, published by Bantam between 2000 and 2001.
My Secret Admirer Review:
This book was ok and was pretty decent for a Point Horror novel. I liked some of the shocking scenes that the culprit uses to scare Jenny, especially the one involving Peaches. I also enjoyed the setting of Rimrock and the cliffs where the author adds in some thrills and adventure. The author sets the story nicely, in a classic horror setting, where a girl moves in with her family to a new place and has to spend the night alone while her parents are away, with creepy things happening as someone targets her.
However, I had mixed feelings about Jenny. At times, she was wise to set up booby traps in the house to prepare for predators. But, half the time, she was so dumb. She gets scared at the thought of someone attacking her, but at the same time, she falls for a secret admirer she never met, never considering the two might be connected. It also takes Jenny quite some time to figure out what is happening. Frankly, I liked Sally better than Jenny in the story because at least Sally sparked the pages with her conversations.
But, the reveal, in the end, was not as shocking as I thought it would be. Almost anyone who reads the book would be able to guess who is behind it, as we don’t have many characters on the canvas. There are also some characters with no closure to their storylines, and you wonder what they were doing there.
Overall, “My Secret Admirer” is a decent story if you love Point Horror and want to spend an afternoon with a book, but not a must-read.
