Hell Week (Maggie Quinn: Girl Vs. Evil, #2) by Rosemary Clement-Moore

Hell Week (Maggie Quinn: Girl Vs. Evil, #2) Reviews

• 
  Amy

  Rosemary Clement-Moore s has somehow gone back in time and infiltrated my mind during my high school years. Maggie Quinn (Clement Moore's main character) is the kind of girl I would have wanted to be had she written these books about 10 to 15 years ago. She's sassy, she smart, and she has all the great one-liners you wish you would have thought to say.
  
  If you like Buffy or just really smart-alecky gals who battle demons and evil cheerleaders, you need to read "Prom Dates From Hell" and then "Hell Week." Nerds like myself will enjoy references to everything from D&D to Tolkien and Star Trek to Star Wars.
  
  This book left me with a squishy warm feeling inside and made me want to go out and send demons back to hell.
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  Justin

  After reading the first book, I didn't know if the series would get better, but I was so wrong. The 2nd book got even better. I couldn't wait till the next page to see how things would turn out for Maggie.
  
  Maggie Quinn returns as the sarcastic and witty, takes-no-crap Nancy Drew for another mystery, but this time it takes her to the unexpected... Sorority Hell Week. Posing as the Phantom Rushee for a news story, she delves into the SAXi house, not just for a fellow rushee friend, but because the sorority house is not what they seem. Everything feels too similar to Maggie in the supernatural aspect.
  
  With funny quips and hilarious comments from Maggie, this book was exciting to see her try her hands at sorority life while trying to solve the mystery when the SAXi power is taking control. I really like some of the new characters and the development of Maggies romantic relationship. I would recommend this book in the series.
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  Griffin Winter

  The only reason I read this book was that of the incredible similarity for two made for TV movies called The Initiation of Sarah. The over all premise was right up my alley. I thought I would love this book, but with endless references to copyrighted material, the most annoying being the Star Wars references. I began to become irritated. I noticed that half of the book had actual metaphors and half of it was just like she couldn't come up with anything, so she wrote in crappy fillers that she planned on coming back to before the release day, but something happened and she never got around to it. On the real, I want to know how much they paid for the use of Star Wars because it was used every time to describe Maggie mentally blocking herself from psychic foes.
  
  Character growth was minimal at best, but forgivable as it is a book in a series. It also greatly annoyed me that the names of places and locations were either normal or like an eighth grader came up with possible names for their D&D campaign. Speaking of D&D, it was vaguely referenced a bunch, but lead nowhere. In fact, the author references a bunch of stuff like advanced math and then immediately after fashion magazines which resulted in an over all issue with the tone of the book. It reads, like stuff the author just vaguely knows exists and then goes into depth over random things, like a scene in Star Wars or Advanced Math and Chemistry.
  
  Overall, I recommend everyone give it a pass and just watch the movies. They are almost as bad, but they don't last as long, have better metaphors, and don't endlessly reference a better story.
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  Kathy Martin

  Maggie Quinn took on a demon at her senior prom and is hoping that her college experience will be less fraught with danger. She would like to study to become a photojournalist, but the college newspaper doesn't take freshmen. She decides to convince them to change their minds by going undercover to write about fraternity Rush Week despite having no actual desire to enter a sorority.
  
  As she attends parties, she comes to believe that something odd is going on at Sigma Alpha Xi. When she is invited to join, she slowly discovers what is happening. Those girls are just too lucky. And the advisors seem to have a hidden agenda.
  
  Maggie is also experiencing some memory problems. All of a sudden, she can't remember her dreams and seems to keep losing track of her desire to investigate the sorority. With her friend Lisa away at college and her potential boyfriend Justin seemingly distancing himself, she feels like she is all alone in trying to find out what is happening at the sorority.
  
  But when she needs them, Lisa and Justin both step up to figure out what is happening at the sorority and finding a way to stop it.
  
  This was an entertaining young adult title. I liked Maggie's relationship with her family. Her grandmother is a constant support for her as she tries to accept her psychic gifts. I liked Maggie's determination to succeed in college and with her potential future career. The paranormal parts of the plot were well done.
  
  Fans of YA and the paranormal will enjoy this story.
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  Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book*

  Clement-Moore, Rosemary Hell Week, 327 p. Delacorte (Random), 2008.
  
  Maggie Quinn is deep in the throes of Rush Week at the same college that her father teaches at. She's writing an anonymous, scathing column about the quirks of college sororities for the college paper, getting rave reviews. So she can't stop now. As she gets deeper into the sorority crush, Hell Week, she realizes that something extra spooky is going on. Maggie has already stopped one demonic event during high school, what's another during her first semester of college?
  
  I haven't read the first title in the series, Prom Dates from Hell, but I had no problem following the storyline. Maggie is a whip-sharp protagonist with intelligence and the friends she needs to back her up. I was enchanted. It does use the word "hell" a lot, but it is referring to the place, not swearing. And of course, there are demons and spells.
  
  MS, HS - ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library-Teacher.
  
  http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2008/...
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  Lucy

  This book was fine. It was basically a Buffy episode with a dash of that one Sandman issue about Calliope. The sorority angle was interesting but the story didn't go as far into interrogating fear of female power, etc. as I would have liked.
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  Estherbox

  The first half dragged but the second had me anticipated!
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  Candace Malinke

  Such a fast read. Loved this book more than the first, and is excited for the 3rd.
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  P.M.

  This is just another one of my stash-clearing-choices. It was mildly entertaining but I really have little interest in sororities. It was quite shallow and formulaic.
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  Laura Martinelli

  While the main conflict of this installment does lift…well, everything from clichéd B movie plot (Sorority girls from Hell!), Clement-Moore still manages to make the second book in the Maggie Quinn series entertaining and funny.
  
  To begin with, tangent: Quite obviously, the majority of YA books deal with the fact that high school is pretty much every single teenager/young adult’s life. What grinds my nerves, however, are the ones that treat high school as the end-all, be-all. Does high school suck? Good God, yes. But there’s this fantastic thing after high school (should the kids choose this route): college. Unfortunately, there’s a good chunk of YA that doesn’t really acknowledge this magical place. So, I tend to like books that go for a bit more young adult and deal with the early college years (because, let’s face it, a lot of the high school drama still happens in post-secondary education, but there’s a whole new game to play there).
  
  So, getting into this made me smile, because I could relate with Maggie about starting over in college. Sure, she doesn’t exactly get all of the dorm drama, but everything else—the new social schedule, the class load, getting knocked down by professors because you don’t have the credits yet—it brings a new level to the atypical YA book. I also liked watching Maggie going through Rush; again, it’s something that feels actually realistic (sorority girls from Hell aside), and the stress of Rush plus classwork plus demon-slaying manages to play a role in the plot.
  
  Unfortunately, much like the last book, there really isn’t all that much to the villains. Victoria and Juliana are pretty much the Real Housewives of the Ninth Circle, who ensnare naïve pledges to further their own wealth and power. (It’s actually described as a demonic pyramid scheme, but seeing as how they’re at the top, yeah, it’s their show.) There’s no real depth or explanation for their actions, aside from being blonde and perfect and being bitchy.
  
  Generally, I liked the current members and pledges of SAXi. Devon’s probably my favorite, as she’s the most willing to mentor Maggie. Also, the death of her boyfriend made me really feel for her; out of all of the girls, she’s the most sympathetic. I liked Holly, although I didn’t grab onto her story and history with her mother. She’s snarky and plays off of Maggie well, but there should have been more to her character. My big frustration with the SAXi girls is that, by book’s end, almost every single one of these new friends leaves Bedivere U. If there’s anything good about a college experience is meeting new people and making connections with them. The fact that all of these girls, who just had their souls saved by Maggie, got unceremoniously dropped at the end of the book irked me; is it a problem for her to have another friend aside from Lisa and Justin?
  
  Aside from that, I liked how Maggie approached the idea of doing Rush and how it effects her Seer powers. It’s interesting that when she mentions that she had visions of Greek letters, Maggie tries to get something positive out of her visions. Her first thought isn’t completely “Crap, have to go defend the world from evil,” but rather, very reporter-like, “Well, we’ll check it out, and maybe I can get a column out of this.”
  
  While Lisa doesn’t show up until the end of the book, she suddenly gets another depth to her characterization. I’m still not a fan of how her sexual assault was handled, and while it’s nice to see her try to redeem herself after summoning a demon, it does bother me that the issue at hand is pushed aside. I would have at least liked a hint of Lisa’s progress with dealing from that aftermath, not just “I summoned a demon, I’ve got a reserve seat in the handbasket to Hell.” I wanted to know a lot more about this in general.
  
  In the last review, I mentioned that Maggie’s relationship with her family also felt natural. It really feels like she’s closer to her dad, and how he’s willing to help out with her more intriguing questions. It also helps that he does get worried whenever she entangles herself in one of these Evil-busting schemes. Maggie’s mom got a little more development in this book; again, she cares and worries about her daughter, even if she’s not completely in the loop. I do have a nitpick about her mother being all upset that Maggie doesn’t have a boyfriend and isn’t interested in girly things and that means she’s not normal. I think we’re a little beyond that. And I generally like Gran, but there’s really not much more to her than being the mentor figure. She’s a fun adult figure, but with not much substance.
  
  Despite my issues, I still really enjoy this volume. It’s a fun read, while putting Maggie in a new element that actually does affect her powers (demonic or not). Aside from the fact that there’s no real cast expansion (which would have been a fantastic edition), I loved reading this book and really wanted to know what happened next.
  
• 
  Shel

  Clement-Moore, R. (2008). Hell Week. New York: Delacorte Press.
  
  327 pages.
  
  
  Appetizer: Maggie Quinn is back. After surviving prom and the rest of her senior year of high school, she is now a freshman at the local college and trying to find a way to get her articles in the local and college papers.
  
  Maggie is also uncertain of what's going on between her and Justin. He went off on an internship to Ireland for the summer and apparently he's been back in the country for a week, but hasn't called her. (WTF, Justin?! If I didn't already think you were way too old for Maggie I might be upset.)
  
  Maggie has her eye on doing an expose on the college's sororities. As she goes undercover, she has to face the reality that she may be in over her head, especially when one of the sororities seems to have some supernatural tendencies. Looks like Maggie may have to take on evil once again.
  
  As with the first book--Prom Dates from Hell--I'm left feeling pretty lukewarm toward this series. Maggie has a lot of great sarcastic lines that I love, but a lot of the story itself feels as though it is a mushed together hybrid of Veronica Mars and Buffy. (Specifically a mash-up between the Buffy episode Reptile Boy and the Veronica Mars episode My Big Fat Greek Rush Week.)
  
  Plus, there were a lot of names in this books. And almost all of them belonged to sorority girls. I could not keep the characters straight. And the narration didn't always give me little clues to remind me of who was who. Kaylee, Tara, Alexa, Devon, Victoria, Kirby, Juliana, Holly, Jenna, Brittany, Ashley! AAAAAH! So many cute sorority-girl names. (And while I'll admit, I'm horrible with names in real life, usually I can hold my own in literature.)
  
  Also, this time around, the tension and danger took a very long time to emerge...and there wasn't really a wonderful monster to describe, like in the first book. So, again, I felt lukewarm.
  
  On the plus side, I now feel like I have a better understanding of the Greek system.
  
  I will plan to read the third book, Highway to Hell at some point. For the time being I have to look at some other books that may have a place in my dissertation.
  
  
  Dinner Conversation:
  
  "Bright teeth flashed; I fought the instinct to recoil. Perfectly white, perfectly even, possibly once human. Coral pink lips pulled back all the way to the gums, giving the smile an unfortunate equine quality. "Soooo...?" The owner of the teeth and lips drew out the word and flipped it up at the end in a question. "What's your major?"
  "English." An untruth. I don't tell them, as a rule, but I'd been asked this question five times in the last hour, and the lie rolled off my tongue now with ease" (p. 1).
  
  "'You're not really going through with this, are you?'
  I glared..."I don't know what you're talking about."
  "Oh, come on."
  ..."I'm working on something."
  "In a sorority." Not a question. Just incredulous.
  "Don't think I can pull it off?" I asked, slinging my satchel over my shoulder.
  "I know you can. That's what worries me." He tapped the page. "It says right here: 'Resistance is futile.' These things--historically, sociologically--they suck people in."
  "It's a sorority, not a cult, Justin. I'll be fine."
  I swung out the door, already regretting the words. When would I learn not to tempt fate?" (p. 87-88).
  
  ""Have you considered that there may be some greater power at work here? You joke about Faustian bargains, but maybe that's not a coincidental analogy."
  "Sorority girls from Hell? Isn't that like saying French people from France?"
  "I'm serious, Maggie." (p. 171)
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  Sara

  Every so often, I find that I need a book that is just a quick simple read with a bad-ass female lead with the supernatural thrown in. This was that sort of book for me. It was a feel good story where there was a happy ending.
  
  Maggie Quinn is a great character for me, not willing to completely submerge herself in the supernatural world because she’s taking what time she can to get used to the idea that it is a thing. After being thrust into the supernatural world by her grandmother her senior year in high school, why would her adventures stop when she goes to college? So, in typical Maggie Quinn style, she decides to counter the status quo and gets herself the chance to write for the school paper. How? By joining a sorority. Something so high up on her list of things to not do, it’s hilarious. Now, add in a demon possibly taking shape in one of the sororities and you have a true Maggie Quinn story.
  
  This was a quick read that progressed at a good pace that kept me interested and keep me hooked. I even found myself reading it at work at one point (don’t tell my boss!) because it was adorable and I didn’t want to put it down. We learn quite a bit about our characters and the dynamics of what makes each one tick. I would highly recommend this series for a feel good type of monster book.
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  Heather

  I actually really liked this book. It was full of cliches though. I love witty banter and sarcasm, which makes for great elemental writing in my opinion. I would also like to read a sequel...maybe my wish will come true. Hoping. Possibly. (well, crap. I just found out this book is actually the sequel to a first book. I'm usually very careful in not doing that, especially after I've made fun of some friends for making that mistake. HA! Now, I also discovered there is a third book. I'm totally exited!)
  
  Anyhow, I thought the writing was good and the story was interesting. The characters, besides Justin and Maggie, were okay. Not quite developed for my taste. That's why I prefer a series over a single story, because series help to stretch and strengthen the characters and the plot. (Since my recent discovery this is a series, everything makes more sense, but I didn't want to delete my review).
  
  Oh...actually I do have one criticism. There were times, when the writing was a little confusing. The chapters were split into sections sometimes, which I've seen before, but the splits didn't always flow well. For me it was like I was reading half way through a thought. Like I talk sometimes, I start half way and expect people to know what I'm talking about. Well, that's how it felt sometimes, like I was coming in the middle. I thought is was me, but it happened again, so I knew it was the writing, not my late night reading. Boy, did I just digress or what...HA!
  
  Over all, I liked the book and would read more from this author.
  
  More after thoughts...It sucks that I read the second book first. I'm over it, really. Anyhow, thinking about this book and the knowledge that this is a series, I'm actually loving this author's writing even more. This is why, since I read the second book first, I noticed that there were references to a back story, moving on now. Anyway, this all proves what a great writer Rosemary Clement-Moore is. I had to order all three books online. Like I said, I love series; however, some series writers tend to repeat themselves a lot. I know it is done to keep the reader up-to-date on the whole story and remind the reader of previous stories, but it tends to get to redundant and annoying.
  
  Rosemary, didn't do this. She repeated little snippets, but didn't give too much away. I believe I can read the first book without knowing everything or without feeling like I already know the story. I'm excited to read the first and third book. I hope the third book is like the second, where there are small references, but not over done.
  
  There, I think I've said all there is to say.
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  Nasty Lady MJ

  To read series reread recap click
  here.
  
  Talk about sophomore slump, this book is the definition of it. To be fair though, it’s not terrible. I have read way worst, but it could’ve been a lot better than it was.
  
  I think the thing that bothered me the most about this particular installment was how isolated the book felt.
  
  And I think part of that was intentional, after all, a large part of the book dealt with Maggie becoming isolated from pretty much everyone in her life and it sucked big time since part of the reason that I at least returned to the series was the characters.
  
  Here, Maggie’s relationship with all the returning cast seems stunted. . Sure, we’re introduced to new characters. But honestly, the new characters in this particular installment (and the next, for that matter) I really don’t care about and I think that’s what makes both of these sequels weak.
  
  Again, I think the introduction of these characters is intentional. The books are supposed to have a Nancy Drew-ish vibe to them, and for anyone who has read Nancy Drew you probably know that in each book there’s essentially a new cast. I think, what falls flat for me, is I wanted to see all the great characters from the book before grow a little.
  
  But they don’t.
  
  The book takes on a theme that very early pre NA books took on-sororities.
  
  I don’t know why mid 2000’s book thought that every college centered book had to include a sorority but they did. As far as sorority themed books go, it wasn’t bad but…I’m just not a sorority person.
  
  Or really a fan of this book really. I didn’t even like Maggie in it. At least till the end until she got a clue. But again, everything comes together a little fast here. Characters easily forgive Maggie for her actions. Everything is summed up very quick and fast, with no explanation about how the curse was put into the place in the first place.
  
  Overall, it just wasn’t my favorite book.
  
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  Kavanand (Reading for Two)

  Hell Week is an excellent sequel to Prom Dates from Hell. Heroine Maggie Quinn has graduated high school and moved on to college. She's trying to navigate the social maze of college and explore her psychic abilities while keeping the world safe from evil.
  
  Hoping to score a spot on the college newspaper, Maggie goes undercover for sorority rush. It's just for a series of articles at first, and she has no intention of actually pledging a sorority, but when she starts to believe there's something very strange going on at one of the houses, she decides to continue her charade as a pledge.
  
  Hell Week is a bit darker than its predecessor, but it has all the humor that made the first book so enjoyable. The stakes are a bit higher this time. Maggie is learning once again just how dangerous the world of demons and evil can be. She's got some personal issues as well. She's living at home so she can be near her parents, who are unexpectedly expecting another child. And Justin, her love interest from the last book, has been gone for the summer and now that he's back, he seems uninterested in picking up where they left off.
  
  Maggie is a smart, funny, likable heroine, and Hell Week is an engaging, fast-paced read. I highly recommend it. You may want to read Prom Dates from Hell first, but it's not strictly necessary.
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  MsLadyCritic

  When I got this from the library I didn’t realize that it was a part of an ongoing series, but that didn’t take away from the book itself. In fact, I think that since it was the second book, it was quite easy to catch on to what had happened in the first one. Plus, the subject matter was incredibly entertaining, so that added to it.
  
  Speaking with knowledge of the inner-workings of sorority life, I really enjoyed this book and how well it captured how it is in a sorority house – minus the demons. Of course, some of the girls in my sorority were really big monstrosities of a human being, so really it was almost bang-on.
  
  But really, the entire Rush was well written and accurate (of course, my sorority little sister would smack you and say that it’s called Formal Recruitment, but whatever). No, right down from the Rho Gamma’s to initiation, I could completely relate to the book. And it was a really amazing take on Greek life in general. In fact, I know of fraternities who have actual Hell Week with Beast Night (which wasn’t really in the book) and what they do is so slightly mean yet completely hilarious.
  
  So, if you’re going into your first year of university and looking to pledge, or you’re just looking for a fun book to read, this one may be for you. I’m giving it 7/10.
  
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  Steph | bookedinsaigon

  With her trademark wit and humor, Rosemary Clement-Moore delivers another crowd-pleaser in her Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil series, though I’m beginning to think the story may be falling into a rather predictable rut. The characters, especially Maggie and those closest to her, are lively, and don’t fall into stereotypical categories of “MC’s steadfast best friend, “MC’s perfect unrequited love,” “The Villain,” and so on. Maggie’s parents keep dry wit constantly on hand, and Justin, Maggie’s love interest, is realistically adorable as chivalrous to the point of chauvinistic.
  
  What bothered me most about HELL WEEK, however, was its absolute similarity to the first book in the series, PROM DATES FROM HELL. If by the second book I am already sick of Maggie’s routine of Cluelessness, Sudden Realization, and Valiant Vanquishing of the Demon, how am I going to keep on reading her future books? I found it too easy for me to put this book down, which was probably why it took me several weeks to finish.
  
  If you’re looking for a light, funny, and feel-good paranormal read, then HELL WEEK is for you. Otherwise we should all hope that Rosemary will start branching out from Maggie’s world: it gets old quite fast.
  
  
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  Cid Tyer

  The Setting — is still Avalon, but now Maggie Quinn is in college. The setting is a a normal enough college conglomerate of locations and Maggie’s home.
  
  The Characters — are composed of some returning faces, like Maggie, Lisa, Gran, and Justin, and the Sorority Girls. I’ll be honest, I got confused with a lot of the new characters. It was probably at the very end when I was finally getting oriented to who was who and which one was connected to that one and how. This isn’t surprising, because I often get very confused with lots of characters. I will say that for a big portion of the book I wanted to strangle Justin.
  
  The Plot — was really fun. Maggie by nature is a sort of paranormal Nancy Drew/Buffy. The book starts off with Maggie going behind the scenes for a quick, one time report on Greek Row and Rush week. The real story is what happens when she finds something worth investigating. There’s a whole twisting story of generations of characters that made a choice and how it connects to now. Maggie’s quick wit makes you laugh and you feel for her when things get tough. If you read the last one, you know about her romantic interest – who is a returning character. Their story isn’t without it’s own twists and turns, but it’s lots of fun.
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  Chelsey

  I am sure I'm not the first person to describe this book as "Veronica Mars meets Buffy", nor will I be the last. For a girl who has spent the summer obsessed with the Slayer, and who is more likely to pop in a V*Mars DVD than to ever tune into Jersey Shore, that combination won me over completely. Clement-Moore lands the snarky voice, awesome family dynamic and mystery of Veronica, with the cool underworld mystery of the Buff.
  
  This book also hit seriously close to home. I'm a sorority girl, a Sigma even (the sorority in the novel is Sigma Alpha Xi, I'm Sigma Sigma Sigma Sigma) and the opening scene set in a recruitment party made me believe Clement-Moore had gone to my school.... I guess Rush is the same in most small schools, but still. The little details, from sundresses to name tags, were eerily familiar. And that's the strength of this book. It's so, so well grounded in the real world, with a well-fleshed out setting and wonderful characters. The reader goes right along with the supernatural elements, because the real-world elements are just that--real. It could be an episode in one of the above TV shows, but in book form.
  
  I haven't read the other Maggie Quinn books yet, but I've requested them all from the library!
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  Jackie "the Librarian"

  The sequel to Prom Dates From Hell. Previously, Maggie and her friends fought off a demon at her high school prom. I didn't read that book, and I'm not planning to go back and read it now. You, dear reader, should not bother to read this book, either.
  Maggie is a freshman in college, and she's psychic. And she is writing an expose of what it's like to go through Sorority Rush. But her spidey senses tell her there's something worse than too much hairspray and lipgloss happening at one of the sororities.
  Maggie wasn't planning on actually joining a sorority, but if she wants to get her story in the paper, she needs more information. INSIDE information. Which means, actually pledging a sorority and going through initiation. Besides, what if it's another demon? Someone's got to do something!!! Right?!?
  A fuzzy, not very suspenseful or scary thriller, where our heroine spends most of the plot in a spellbound daze. She's muddled, and so is the storyline. Besides, you know what's going to happen already - ritual, demon, battle, heroine with her special powers saves the day. All done before, and better, by Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  Reviewed for WashYARG.
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  Jennifer Wardrip

  Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com
  
  Maggie wants to be a reporter for the college newspaper. When the professor turns her down because she's just a lowly freshman, she goes undercover for a behind-the-scenes look at sororities and Rush.
  
  Soon, she's making friends and enemies among the other pledges and asking questions that could seem suspicious. When Maggie finally decides on one house, she comes to realize that there's more to the sisterhood than meets the eye.
  
  When the leaders of the sorority make it clear that they like her power, Maggie realizes that there's something supernatural going on behind closed doors. Maggie's curiosity leads her into trouble time and time again, especially now that there are secrets spilling.
  
  Can Maggie figure out what's going on and stop it before people get hurt, or will her undercover act be blown wide open?
  
  HELL WEEK picks up shortly after PROM DATES FROM HELL. Maggie gets her Nancy Drew on and the suspense adds great tension to the novel. Add in a dash of romance and it's the perfect teen book.
  
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  Karin

  Maggie made it out of high school alive so what does she decide to take on next? Sororities! Maggie decides to go through Rush, undercover, in order to get her foot in the door at the college newspaper.
  
  With the hectic schedule of a new college freshman, participating in Rush, and trying to figure out what is going on with her sort-of boyfriend Justin, Maggie is burning the candle at both ends. But it isn’t until she realizes that she is losing time that she starts to worry that something of an evil nature is at work.
  
  Maggie was lucky enough to survive high school and the prom, but can she survive a sorority?
  
  HELL WEEK is an interesting story, but it lacks some of the humor that was so enjoyable in PROM DATES FROM HELL. If you watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer and liked the episode, Reptile Boy, where Buffy goes to a frat party with Cordelia and gets chained in the basement to be sacraficed to the lizard demon, then you’ll like HELL WEEK.
  
  
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  Nicole

  Book #2 in the "Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil" series. Another gem. At the start of this volume, Maggie and Lisa are both in their first semesters of college...with a friendship that is strained thanks to both the long distance now separating them AND the fact that Lisa dabbles with magic freaks Maggie out (since the last "dabble" brought forth a demon). Justin is also still in the picture, having just returned from an internship in Ireland. So, Maggie is getting her life back in order...while opting to go undercover during sorority pledge week for a good story to prove her worth to the university paper. Of course, the sorority that Maggie pledges quickly leaves hints that there's some pretty dark stuff going on behind the scenes, and Maggie (with the help of Lisa, Justin, and some others) struggles to find a way to set things right. Loved this book just as much as the other ones in this series...
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  Julie H.

  Hell Week is the second title in Rosemary Clement-Moore's "Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil" series. In this outing, college freshman Maggie Quinn has gone undercover at Bedivere University and is publishing an anonymous expose for the University's newspaper on the ins and outs of rushing a sorority. Things are complicated somewhat by the fact that Mags has the Sight and the particular sorority reaching its tentacles toward her seems to be just a bit "off." Off--as in potentially capital-e Evil. Naturally, Maggie is trying to get the inside scoop without surrendering her own moral compass. It's a fun story, the characters are varied enough that you'll enjoy getting to know them as the series progresses, and it'd make a great TV series--sort of a Joan of Arcadia meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm looking forward to reading book #3 in the series immediately and, somewhere along the line, I'll be sure to locate book #1 and see how the whole thing got started.
  
  
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  Ruth

  Rosemary Clement-Moore has brought back the spunky Maggie Quinn, supernatural girl detective. Maggie, a fabulous mish-mash of Buffy, Nancy Drew and Veronica Mars is the ultimate in sass and detective work. Hell Week takes readers through Maggie’s decision to investigate a suspicious sorority with a little help from her old pal Lisa and maybe-maybe-not love interest Justin. Clement-Moore keeps the pace moving with Maggie as she scrambles to unravel the society’s mystery before she’s forced to pledge her life to the sisters. Maggie is a sharp narrator whose combination of realism and supernatural is skillfully blended. Hell Week is a rarity of a YA novel with a heroine who ages, heading to college and all the surprises and scares upper education can be fraught with. Readers will appreciate the mystery, the fun and ability to spend more time with such a cool character. Fans of the Hex Hall books and Meg Cabot will enjoy for sure.
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  Kara

  Honestly? Too many girls’ names and Greek letters thrown at the reader. I couldn’t keep track of all the frats, sors and students. The part of the book where Maggie is under the “muffle” spell (two thirds of the book) leaves the reader feeling just as confused. Also, my mind kept wandering to how my brother described frats, “Rent a friend.” Hehehe.
  
  Loved the final confrontation – nice build up with the fractal patterns. Could have used more history.
  
  I’m looking forward to her next book: “Highway to Hell.” Lisa and Maggie hit the road! Which will be awesome on many levels, not the least of which is I’d like to see Maggie give her hyper-sensitivity to Lisa’s Evil potential a rest. Lisa is a lot less likely to become Darth Vader if Maggie stays her friend instead of her ethical babysitter.
  
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  Courtney

  Maggie wants to be a serious journalist, which gives her the ingenious idea to go undercover as a pledge to expose BU's Greek system for what it is: shallow, elitist, and cliche. While the sororities promote sisterhood and commitment, Maggie discovers that for the SAXis that means owning her soul.
  
  Clement-Moore creates a plot that is full of twists and turns. If the reader expects a carbon copy of book one, they will be disappointed. Although Lisa and Justin return to help Maggie vanquish a demon, the group dynamics have changed. Maggie is more independent, and sure of herself as she finds the answers to just what is driving her sorority sisters to kill.
  
  Again, I have this book on my shelf, but wouldn't be allowed to teach it in the classroom because of its supernatural qualities.
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  Cheryl

  Honestly? I always knew that sorority girls had a compact with Satan. [Grin:] The second of the Maggie Quinn books delivers an excellent follow-up to Prom Dates, although, for the more intuitively sensitive reader, it has difficult moments to read comfortably. The evil spell that Maggie labours under reminds one of depression and the book is so well crafted that readers do get a clear sense of Maggie's suffering.
  
  This is definitely a book for more mature teens and young adults with a healthy sense of their own worth, if the goal is simply entertainment. As with the first book in the series, there is a refreshing lack of moral ambiguity. Evil needs its ass kicked. Period. Even if it carries a Kate Spade bag and wears Jimmy Choo slingbacks.
  Rosemary Clement-Moore