Silent Night 3

While better than the second one in the series, 3 falls short of the first one. Don't get me wrong, none of these are great, but at least the first one had some real horror elements to it. I don't have a problem with a dislikeable main character, but Reva has literally nothing going for her and her little jokes are just her being mean to people and then saying she was kidding. I did appreciate that the murderer (for the first time) is NOT motivated to murder because they are poor. So that added a star!
I'm going to hide the rest of this review because of spoilers that just need to be discussed here.
Figured out the Grace/Rory thing right away because a whole page is given over to Reva demanding to answer the phone when she is home, the phone never rings, no one checks the caller id for Rory's number and Grace basically says the same thing over and over again into the phone. I really thought she was murdering models in order to get a spot in the fashion show. Also, let's talk about this "fashion show". Cue: George Michael's "Too Funky".How big of a deal could it be with only one product going down the runway on three different models? Was it going to be 75 seconds long? It's the same scarf in different colors with different designs painted on it. Honestly a little tired that Reva never actually gets killed. Sigh. Also, all of the males in this town are damned dopes. Except for little Michael, who was smart enough to escape to the islands last Christmas. Also, someone call Super Nanny because that kid is headed down a scary path.
And so, in short, the covers of these books are more fun than the actual content in them. I think I would have rather have had this in Christopher Pike's hands. At least we would have had an unstable Vietnam vet, a trip to McDonald's, and probably and a visit from Krampus.