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 Don't be fooled by the five star rating... 
 This book is worth ten times as many stars. This novel is amazing, I fell in love with the characters and the plot; MASQUE OF RED DEATH has squeezed its way into my heart and into that pile of few novels I call "Favorites." The author has created one of the best young adult novels I have read. You know me, I don't say that lightly. 
 Araby is a girl we can all relate to in at least one point in our lives. Her voice makes you ache for her. Consumed by grief in an almost hopeless world surrounded by disease and death, she teeters on the edge of life. She seeks solstice in the few nights she visits the Debauchery Club, where she can pretend to be happy and mindless. 
 She is one of the few people that are protected against the airborne disease, this is because her father invented the mask that protects them. This whole story is so realistic it's easy to imagine our own air being contaminated. 
 Araby meets two men in one of the best, most original love triangles I've read about, and both are carrying their own ulterior motives. You won't know who to root for. 
 This book is so full of mysteries and secrets it will always keep you wondering which side each character is on and what they are hiding. There is always something going on and my eyes were glued to the pages. 
 This was based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story by the same name and if you go read it you can see just how original material and imagination went into this. 
 Keep writing, Ms. Griffin! We need more books written at the same caliber of this one! 
 Quick Bit: 
 If you are against scary stories don't be afraid to pick this one up because it is only frightening in the way this could easy be our own world someday. If you like Poe's stories, you will be impressed by this YA version that is just as good. 
 Will I be reading the sequel? The minute I can get my hands on it! 
 I have no recommendation because this novel is in a world of it's own and is so original in the YA world. My only suggestion is to go read Poe's short story of the same name this was based on.