Book Review: Red Rain by R.L. Stine

RED RAIN
By R.L. Stine

If you grew up anywhere but under a rock, you’ve heard of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series because before there was Harry Potter and Edward Cullen, there was Ghost Granny and Dr. Maniac.

Over the past decade, Stine’s books were criticized by the American Library Association for being too scary for kids and dealing with occult themes. They also just happen to hold the Guinness World Record of Best-Selling Children’s Books of all time.So it only makes sense Stine would write a novel for all those kids who grew up with him and are now adults.

Stine’s latest, Red Rain, follows travel writer Lea Sutter to a small island, Cape Le Chat Noir, and—brace yourself Long Island fans—back to Sag Harbor.

Sutter brings back orphaned twin boys, and that’s when things get strange—and two people are brutally murdered. Red Rain is a horrifying thriller that will give adults some real goose bumps.

R.L. Stine will appear at Barnes & Noble, East 86th St., Manhattan on Monday, 10.22, for a conversation with Harlan Coben and a book signing.