Julian is what some might term the “stalker-boyfriend” type. Then there’s Julian, our main antagonist. Smith didn’t really know what to do with Zach. Fortunately, they do develop beyond those initial characterizations: Jenny learns to be less dependent on Tom, and Audrey doesn’t turn out to be the “rich bitch” you might be expecting her to be, but a couple characters–most notably Summer and Zach–don’t really seem to grow as much as the others. Overall, even though there were some elements of the book that were definitely a little dated, I still enjoyed it.įor starters, there isn’t a lot of depth to the characters (at least at first): Jenny is your run-of-the-mill everywoman, Tom, her boyfriend, is your run-of-the-mill everyman (and almost singularly focused on protecting Jenny from everything), Dee is the sassy black friend (who has a wise grandmother), Audrey is the rich girl, Michael is the fat kid, Zach, Jenny’s cousin, is the quiet type who prefers staying in his darkroom to interacting with people, and Summer, Summer is the sweet and innocent girl who thinks that everything is “cute”. This book was one of my favourites when I was younger, and reading it again for the first time in almost a decade was an interesting experience. Little does she know that the Game is actually a contest for a human soul, and soon, she and her friends find themselves trapped in the world of the game, where their deepest secrets and darkest fears are very real–and very deadly. Stumbling upon a mysterious game store with an equally mysterious proprietor–a boy with the most startlingly blue eyes–Jenny feels drawn to a simple white box, supposedly containing a game unlike any other game in the world. The Forbidden Game trilogy ( The Hunter, The Chase, and The Kill) begins with average girl Jenny Thornton looking for last-minute entertainment for her boyfriend Tom’s birthday party. The cover of the swanky collector’s edition omnibus, not lovingly destroyed, like my own copy. So I decided to take the time to re-read a book I’ve wanted to review ever since I started this blog. I’m a little depressed since my computer decided to crap itself and die (luckily, I managed to save most of my writing, except the document I just started on my queer Arthurian stories, but I didn’t start writing them yet, so that’s okay).
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