Sunday, January 17, 2021

Burning down the house....

 So, I actually finished the omnibus edition of the Fear Street Saga by R, L. Stine a few days ago, but I haven't had a bunch of time to sit down and review it. 

The collected edition is named Betrayal, containing the volumes The Betrayal, The Secret, and The Burning. Near as I can tell, it's really the first time the Fear family gets mentioned in the overall series, let alone mention of the Fear family. 

Anyway, we learn of a rich family, the Fiers, and a poor family, the Goodes, who start off in colonial Massachusetts. The youngest Goode girl is in love with the son of the Magistrate Fier. The Magistrate wants his son to marry someone else, so he produces evidence that the Goode girls are witches. Mr Goode pays off the Magistraye's brother to save his wife and daughter, but the Fier family takes the money and runs, leaving the Goode girls hunka hunka burnin loves. We then find out Mr. Goode is the Real thing, as he curses the Fiers. Seems the Fiers are also witches, complete with a magical amulet with Latin for Power Through Evil written on it.

So, we progress from 1640ish to 1900, following the Fiers/Fears nd the Goodes as they curse and burn each other from both sides of the grave. 

It's actually kind of silly, but engaging.

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