![]() The park is run down with only a handful of updated rides so it gives off this vibe of dilapidation. So Jenny drags them all onto a bus to go to the local amusement park to while away the hours. Turns out the woman’s out all day and it’s just past dawn so they all have some time to kill. Jenny remembers the name of the caretaker so they walk a half mile or so to the local dairy bar (I’m guessing an ice cream shop? Soda fountain?) to use the phone. So they wing it, practically breaking in before they see the ADT-type sign on the lawn and think better of it. Like whether it was even still in the family, who could be living there, who’s taking care of it. Fantastic.įor all the planning Jenny did to actually get them to the house she didn’t do jack to find out anything about the house. Then the plane drops due to turbulence, a number of buttholes clench, and I imagine one of my worst fears while reading a book. But what do I know?ĭee, Audrey, Michael, and Jenny are on the plane and they all pass out at the same time and wake up at the same time, all having some kind of Julian dream. I mean not a bad idea but it seems like they probably shouldn’t have gotten as far as they did. I get there was no internet and people weren’t monitoring their accounts then like they do now, but shouldn’t someone at the bank have notified the cardholders of this kind of activity? Seems like it should have sent up some kind of red flag or something.īut their plan was to skim this money from their parents and buy tickets to Pittsburgh and get to Jenny’s grandfather’s house, the only place she knows with a door to the Shadow World. I guess the way they all funded their trip back east to get to Jenny’s grandfather’s house to get into the Shadow World was by stealing their parents ATM cards and skimming $200 a day from them. Your dad may want to test you for acid again, though. Jenny, considering it’s the story you told the police, your parents should expect the ridiculous truth. Jenny thinks a lot to herself while on the plane about the brief note she left for her parents and what she could have written, the could-have-written being the summary of the last two books. The paragraph summarizing the last two books is rather awkward but less so than in the last book at least. Because we don’t really come back to these horrid descriptions again. Smith pretty much gets this out of the way in the beginning, thank god. The book starts off with Audrey having her spiky lashes, Dee looking like Nefertiti (and also a night princess, not sure WTF that is), and Jenny describing herself looking at her reflection in a window and she has her hair the color of honey in sunlight again. Tom and Zach don’t show up until the end and as if you couldn’t see it coming, Summer shows up too. Julian – Also looking like a haggard Tri Pi because Jenny’s beaten his ass twice and he doesn’t know when to fuck right on off. Michael – Still a useless coward and I’m not even really sure what he’s doing in the story. She’s frazzled, unkempt, and so incredibly over this shit. I guess the amusement park really gets to her.Īudrey – Is basically looking like a crisped out Tri Pi from Sorority Boys hanging out in a life raft at this point. Jenny – Who’s gone all BAMF and isn’t taking shit lying down and is not having any of Julian’s crap and GODDAMNIT GIVE HER BACK HER MENS.ĭee – Who has largely stopped being othered (largely) but her personality changes pretty heavily in this book. Just take your toys and go home.Ī little bit in Jenny’s grandfather’s house but mostly in an amusement park of nightmares. ![]() Īt this point the kids are like, “Best of seven?” And Julian’s likeīecause dude. Jenny’s only clue it a gold coin, Julian’s gift, and Julian himself, more beautiful, more seductive, and more dangerous than ever. They’re lost in an amusement park nightmare, at Julian’s mercy as they look for Tom and Zach. Jenny, Audrey, Michael, and Dee have burned their bridges, leaving their families behind, to enter the Shadow World with a set of runes, magical letters that open the doors of hell. But remember: if you lose, there’s the devil to pay.” It was Julian’s last challenge before he disappeared into the Shadow World, taking Jenny Thornton’s boyfriend Tom and her cousin Zach: “If you want them, come on a treasure hunt. The othering is still there, but it’s minimal in comparison. Smith, who finally ditched the ridiculous descriptions and probably realized what she did with Dee in the last book was a bit much so she toned it down a ton in THE KILL.
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