A Book Review - The Baby-Sitter III by R.L. Stine (Point Horror)

Luckily this is the last Baby-Sitter book to review - I don't have #4 - because I don't have much to say that I didn't write in the review for the first book. (See reviews for #1 here and #2 here.)

This entry in the miniseries focuses less on Jenny and more on her cousin Debra. Jenny goes to stay with Debra's family for the summer, to recover from the last year. But she's still having nightmares, and she's starting to see Mr Hagen everywhere, even when she's awake. Then Debra - also a babysitter - starts getting the same phone calls. Has one of Jenny's stalkers moved onto stalking Debra?

Debra's quite a different character from Jenny - more of a flirtatious, extroverted party girl - so having her as the protagonist makes a nice change. Despite this, the book is darker and scarier than the previous two, with potential threats appearing from all sides - the ghost of Mr Hagen, a sinister ex-nanny who still has a key to the house where Debra babysits, and Jenny's odd boyfriend Cal, as well as the final showdown.

Poor old Jen, she really doesn't deserve to go through this again.

Verdict: Not great, not awful. A decent continuation of Jenny's story.