Heartbreaker (Horror High, #3) by Nicholas Adams

Heartbreaker (Horror High, #3) Reviews

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  J.D.

  Kazi is a good looking guy who takes the opportunity at a new school to start dating multiple girls at once.
  
  But as the girls begin to catch on to his two timing behaviour, they also start turning up dead. Someone is framing Kazi and if he doesn't find out who it is, he just might end up taking the blame for the murders.
  
  This one wasn't too bad. I didn't like the MC much but he got what he deserved. Plus It was fun to guess who the killer could be. I was wrong about who it ended up being.
  
  Heartbreaker was a more realistic nostalgic high school read.
  
• 
  Paula Brandon

  So enjoyable in a trashy sort of way! Kaz dates several girls at once, only for them to start showing up dead. This one had some good pre-Scream slasher elements to it that made sure the tale was never boring.
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  Courtney Gruenholz

  Diving into another young adult-teen horror series that I missed the first time around with the third book in the Horror High series by Nicholas Adams, Heartbreaker.
  
  Wayne "Kaz" Kasden is new to Creswell High and he thinks he is God's Gift to teenage girls. Sweet sportscar, nice clothes, prideful of his appearance and he knows just the right things to say to get on anyone's good side.
  
  His first day he manages to flirt with smart girl Marcia, exotic looking Sally, punk rocker-chick Carol and begin obsessing about blonde, wild child kleptomaniac Melaine.
  
  If that isn't enough, once Kaz finds out Melaine has a twin sister named Tiffany who is the exact opposite in personality...he begins lusting after her too.
  
  Stringing five girls along, Kaz thinks he's on top of the world. When the girls start finding out about each other it doesn't seem to phase him...until one by one the girls start turning up dead...
  
  I enjoyed this book despite not liking Kaz at first but as it goes on you really do start to feel bad for him once the girls start getting killed because he's clearly being framed. He becomes more sympathetic and human.
  
  Adams tries to make it look like one particular girl might be behind the murders of the other girls but any reader can tell where things are probably headed once twins are thrown into the mix (it's kind of a norm in this genre). There was kind of a fake-out ending that would have been wild if it did end there but the true ending was satisfactory enough.
  
  Until I can get my hands on some more Horror High (if I can) this one is so far my favorite and I would recommend it to anyone if you haven't read it.
  
  
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  Pastel Paperback

  After reading Fear Street's Double Date, I found myself mixing these two up. Both books have terrible male characters who enjoy deceiving girls.
  
  In Heartbreaker, the lead Kaz is the new kid in school and starts preying on his female classmates immediately. He lines up dates with girls of all varieties (the shy good girl, the rocker, the rebel, and a set of twins,) only to find out that one of the girls doesn't take too kindly to being played around.
  
  Girls start dying and Kaz is the number one suspect...or is he?
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  Hannah

  Rather than simply review Horror High: Heartbreaker, I thought I'd see how it stacked up against the lame early 90s teen horror novel checklist:
  
  TICK! New kid in town
  TICK! Ridiculously good looking male lead...
  TICK! ... Who is instantly loved by all the girls
  TICK! Cliched teachers names like Mr Fern
  TICK! A school office confrontation with the resident bad guy...
  TICK! ... Subsequent show down with said bad guy, of course won by the heart throb
  TICK! Overly-independent teenagers
  TICK! Unecessary references to 50s movies
  TICK! Stupid nicknames like Kaz
  TICK! Characters talking to themselves to break up lengthy paragraphs
  TICK! One sided telephone conversations despite an omnipotent third person narrator
  TICK! Over-abundance of outfit descriptions
  TICK! Stupid location names like Cresswell Falls, Fancy Creek and Storm Lake
  TICK! Strangers sharing entirely too much personal information for the purpose of audience knowledge
  TICK! The one rich parent who brags about their wealth to the children's friends who obviously care way too much
  TICK! Ridiculously high ratio of divorced/widowed parents
  TICK! A diary entry serving only as a plot device
  TICK! Blood described at least once as a crimson puddle
  TICK! Teenagers doing everything themselves and not relying on adults in the slightest, even when their lives are at stake
  TICK! The left-field murderer you shouldn't have guessed back in chapter 6 but you did anyway
  TICK! The murderer explaining their motive and all the details of their crimes for no real reason other than to stall so help has time to come or simply so there's no mystery for the audience
  TICK! The twist in the second last chapter!!
  TICK! But it's ok, it's all fine by the last chapter, which is usually set a week to a month after all the action
  
  Yup, Horror High Heartbreaker sure delivered well on the checklist. I will mention though, the surprise reference to parental sexual abuse was sure a shock, and highly uncalled for thank you Nicholas.
• 
  Barbara

  Great
  
  Good writer. Great story. Not too gory or sexy. I like stuff left to the imagination. My second horror high by N. Adams.
  Must Read
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  Aven Ulrey

  This book was a great read I'd recommend it for people who need a short book
• 
  Sebastien

  Classic Book
• 
  Luna

  Instead of reviewing this book, I'm going to refer you on to
  this review, as I really have nothing else to add.
  
  Oh, wait, yes, I do.
  
  Surprise!incest? Well, I guess I should thank Adams for at least trying to give Tiffany (oh shit spoiler warning) going batshit. Go you, Adams? No, you don't go, Adams. None for you, Adams.