Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz, 2 1/2

Book description: Some secrets shouldn't be kept...
Up until three months ago, everything in sixteen-year-old Camelia's life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at the art studio downtown. But when Ben, the mysterious new guy, starts junior year at her high school, Camelia's life becomes anything but ordinary.

Rumored to be somehow responsible for his ex-girlfriend's accidental death, Ben is immediately ostracized by everyone on campus. Except for Camelia. She's reluctant to believe the rumors, even when her friends try to convince her otherwise. She's inexplicably drawn to Ben...and to his touch. But soon, Camelia is receiving eerie phone calls and strange packages with threatening notes. Ben insists she is in danger, and that he can help--but can he be trusted? She knows he's hiding something... but he's not the only one with a secret.

Review: My main problem with this book is that it borrows way too much from Twilight. Actually, if you take away the vampire stuff, this book is almost identical to Twilight. The book starts out with the mysterious hot guy saving the girl from getting hit by a car. They also end up being lab partners. Ben acts like he hates Camelia at first but then he lets her in on his secret power. No, he can’t read minds but it’s pretty close to that. Also, all the boys in school are into Camelia and Ben has to save her from a stalker. Twilight much? This isn’t an entirely terrible book and the writing style is very different from Stephenie Meyer’s. I probably would have like it had the plot been more original.

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