The Fear Street Saga is a 16-book rundown of twists and turns cover to cover. The one I chose to read was the start of it all, The Betrayal.
This book starts in one of the most disturbing parts of history, the Salem witch trials. Where women were often accused of being witches and were either hanged or burned alive at the stake. Located in Wickham Village, Massachusetts, 1692.
Taking interest in a 16-year-old girl named Susanna Goode, she was by far the prettiest girl in her village and often was scorned for her looks by her mother and other female figures in the village. Susanna was constantly in fear due to the accusations of witchcraft that went around her village. She was brought up to be very modest for the sake of staying innocent in front of the witch killer of their region Benjamin Fier.
This book had nothing but downs, it just got worse and worse. The reader instantly understands that Susanna is marked for death someway somehow. She is put in situations beyond her understanding or her control, which was very common back in the day. I had characters to fear and look for.
I grew up with R.L. Stine’s books and have read through his pages throughout childhood, his unpredictability was nothing new, his writing was sharp, clean, and easy to imagine in your mind. Each character had a unique quirk to them and most had a well-deserved ending.
This book was a very short read and was hard to put down. There was no real message beneath the words, it was just a story that was easy to read and was written for 10-year-olds. So nothing stood out to me.