Temptation by R.L. Stine

     About the book: Sometimes evil is sealed with a kiss.
     The vampires of Sandy Hollow crave the summer months. Summer means plenty of beach tourists...and plenty of fresh blood after months of deprivation. But this year the Eternal Ones have decided to spice things up with a little bet: The first to seduce a hot date of the human variety, and then turn them into a fellow creature of the night, wins. 
     The catch? In order to successfully turn their prey, they must take only three sips of blood on three different nights. If they take too much blood on any night, the human will die and the bet will be lost. 
     The setup sounds simple enough, but things quickly get complicated--especially when these vampires are just dying to quench their thirst...

 
     Quote of the Book: "All's fair in love and war, you know."    
     -Gabriel Martins


     My thoughts and opinion: I got this book for my birthday and I thought that it was time I read it. Now, I have and I must say that R.L. Stine did not meet my expectations. However, I really think he's much better at writing children's horror stories. I remember loving his books as a child, but a teen book? I don't think it delivers. 
     Anyway, there were many different characters and technically, this book contains three stories.
     Starting off with the first one, I thought it was a nice beginning. I liked Gabri and Jessica together even though they were Eternal Ones and apparently didn't want to be with each other. But, the little arguments they had were amusing. I really didn't like April even though she, sort of, resembles me in a way. When she got upset at Matt and ran off with Gabri, it was her anger that pushed her to do such a dumb thing with an absolute stranger. I'm impulsive like that too. However, I did not like the way she ignored Matt. Her attitude irritated me so much! Despite his obsession with horror movies and arcades, Matt is not that bad. Sure, he didn't give his full and undivided attention to April, but hey. What do you expect from a teenage boy?
     Then, there was the second story and I sensed a bit of repetition because it was still vampire meets human, seduce them, and suck on their blood. However, for this second story, I really liked the foreshadowing and the clues in different parts of the story. A lot of mixed feelings I had were mostly in this story. I liked the whole plot of it and the climax was great. Billy left a positive feeling for me because of his determination for a desire that was hidden until the end of this story. 
     The last story, the third, was the best of the book even though it was extremely short. That ending was a brilliant example of a story twist. It made up for the terrible characters in the first story and some others in the second. 
     Actually, all of these stories had a surprise ending, but I think Stine nailed it for the third story. Although, I was, sort of, worn-out from all the shocks so I wasn't really feeling it right after I finished the book. I really had to think of why the third story seemed the best.
     Overall, I would not recommend this book. That's mainly because I felt it didn't have strong characters or that much details. Perhaps, I just didn't find the genre of this book fascinating and interesting. However, if you guys are bored and in need of a somewhat little read, go for Temptation but don't get your hopes up like I did.