(4) YA High School Horror series. Returning to Hollow Pines, Texas (Teen Frankenstein), Baker's new Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde–inspired protagonist, Cassidy, balances the devastation she experiences following a sexual assault with the terror she inspires as Marcy, a drug-fueled murderer exacting vengeance upon her attackers. The painful reality of Cassidy's situation sometimes pairs awkwardly with the campy presentation of high-school friendships, cheerleading rivalries, and horror-flick violence.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA When seventeen-year-old Lake survives the car accident that kills her two best friends, she faces not only immense grief but also an impossible decision. On whom should she grant her one government-granted resurrection: one of these friends or, as promised, her quadriplegic brother after a planned suicide (he'd come back able-bodied)? This thought-provoking, character-driven novel gets bogged down by too many issues and subplots.

Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald

(3) YA High School Horror series. Victoria (Tor) Frankenstein's scientific curiosity outpaces her ethics when she reanimates a teenage boy after running him over on a rainy road. Revived but suffering from amnesia, "Adam's" attempts to fit in at high school are simultaneously comic and alarming, and strange local murders soon lead to questions about his mysterious past. Baker's series-starter facetiously parodies both Shelley's classic and high-school social dynamics.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Stella's recent heart transplant saved her life--so why has she been plagued by bizarre side effects since her surgery? The only person who eases her anxieties is Levi, a mysterious new boy at her Seattle prep school. But why does he want to get so close to Stella? A predictable plot nevertheless offers some genuine heart-pounding moments in this supernatural thriller.

Reviewer: Norah Piehl