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Monster High 2: The Ghoul Next Door ReviewThe second novel in Lisi Harrison's Monster High series, Monster High: the Ghoul Next Door, picks up where the first book leaves off, focusing largely on the character Cleo de Nile. My hopes were high after the first few pages; I found the fast-paced Egyptian references and jokes in the opening paragraphs quite entertaining, and I was happy to find more of the "girl talk" banter and teasing among the monster gang that was featured in the first novel. Unfortunately, that tone changed, and the second book deviated from what I thought was a strength of the first one: the absolute loyalty among the monster friends. Frankie, being new, has not yet been fully accepted by Cleo and her clique, Clawdeen, LaLa (Draculaura), and Blue (Lagoona), but otherwise Cleo and the others came across as genuine "BFFs" in the first story. In the second book, the friends are far too quick to turn their backs on one another, to distrust each other based on assumptions and rumors, and to treat one another quite cruelly (emotionally, that is; this is not a "horror" novel). Cleo, LaLa, and Blue's characters are filled out a bit more in the second novel than in the first; Clawdeen, it seems, is being saved for the third book in the series, Where There's A Wolf, There's A Way, scheduled for a Fall 2011 release.While Cleo is not a particularly "likable" character in either novel, I found it unnecessarily tacky that twice in Ghoul Next Door she is referred to as a "bee-otch." Her actions and dialog more than convey this without resorting to quasi-sanitized profanity.
The second story, after the first few pages, feels forced. The plot is sketchy, too many more humans are made aware of the monsters' existence, and as I mentioned, the actions of the main characters are not consistent with their personalities from the first novel.
Ghoulia makes an appearance (as "Julia") in the second book. Invisible Billy, introduced in the first novel, plays a more significant role here. Frankie's parents are reduced to a "walk-on" part, and their strong protective attitude toward their daughter and the monster community, developed at length and playing a prominent role in the plot of the first novel, largely disappears after an initial scene. After hiding for years from the humans and trying to protect their daughter and the monster community, all of a sudden the Steins are okay with monster kids appearing on local television? Cleo's father is introduced near the beginning of the story, apparently more concerned than even the Steins about the monsters' secrets being revealed, then vanishes completely. I kind of lost count of how many "normie" teens became aware of the monsters in their midst. After decades of living invisibly among humans, it seems that all of a sudden the "unbreakable safety rule" of not discussing "monster business" outside of monster circles has become moot.
The ending seemed hasty and, to me at least, unbelievable considering the personalties of the characters involved. As with the first novel, the second leaves loose ends unraveled, setting the stage for the next installment of the series, due in the fall of 2011.
Fans of the Mattel Monster High line of toys and animated episodes should be aware that the characters and setting as developed in the novels differ somewhat from those in the animated versions or suggestions on the box art. The novels should be considered as "stand-alone" takes on the theme and characters, as there is little fidelity between the books and the webisodes.Monster High 2: The Ghoul Next Door Overview
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