Normally, I wouldn't have read a compilation novel, but `Most Likely to Die' came to me highly recommended. Although the action picked up almost immediately, I found myself having a little trouble getting into the story. By chapter 3 or 4, though, I was hooked.

The plot reads something like a cross between "I know What You Did Last Summer" and "Prom Night." In 1986 during a high school Valentine's dance, a popular student (Jake Marcott) is brutally murdered. He is found by one of his several love-interests impaled by an arrow in the middle of a hedge maze. And despite the public nature of the crime, the murder goes unsolved.

Fast forward to the planning of St. Elizabeth's 20 year reunion, in which the clique of girls who were closest to Jake reunite. From the first meeting, strange and unsettling things start happening to each of them. Things that would send sane people running first to the police and then their local gun dealer. Personal items being stolen from inside their homes (with no signs of forced entry), old pictures with red slashes across the faces turning up in their reunion invitations, strange phone calls. You know, traditional stalker stuff. It doesn't take long for the more astute among them to link the stalking to Jake's unsolved murder.

About the time the paranoia really sets in, the planning committee crew starts dying off one by one. The deaths are violent but seemingly unrelated. By the time it dawns on the survivors that the deaths may not be random but in fact part of a deviously complicated plot against all of `Jakes girls,' the killer has become increasingly bold, blatantly targeting each and every one them. By the time the number of committee members is cut in half, our killer has been so bold as to travel across country, attempt a kidnapping, and actually strangle someone to death in broad daylight. By now, our main players have determined that the new killer and Jakes killer are not only one and the same, but also part of the planning committee.

Despite the carnage - and suspicion that someone on the guest list is a serial killer- , the reunion occurs as planned (you know, the show must go on.) By this point in the story is has become obvious who the killer is, and over the course of the reunion that person is revealed.

Overall, the book wasn't bad. It was written well enough to keep your attention despite the tired story line. Especially for a collaborative effort between three authors. They kept the story flowing by having each author write a third of the book, with each of them writing from the point of view of one of the three main characters, Kristen, Lindsay, and Rachel. Their styles of writing meshed almost seamlessly (Although I was partial to Part Three written by Beverly Barton. IMO, the wording and pacing were superior to the other two parts.)

I had a harder time than usual determining a rating for this book. The story has been done a million times, and read (as I mentioned before) something like a bad horror flick. On the other hand, the writing was, for the most part, strong. All in all, I have decided to give it a 3 star rating.

I'm not familier with all the author's stuff but what I dont like from the story is that the whole long story about 2 of the main character took almost 80% of the entire book. Too much daily romance type of story of Kristen and Lindsay while at the last chapter which is the climax of the whole story, it will make you reliase that there's so many things that seems to be unimportant from the first 2 section of the books.

One example is Kristen's daughter which always in conflict with her and her husband, and starting from second part of the book till finished she's completely gone from the scene. There's also a story about her daughter's and her daughter's bad boyfriend, and this also forgotten completely after the first chapter, I mean... there's no more story about them after that... hm

but overall I enjoyed what I've read, I actually able to guess who's the murderer just by reading the first 90 pages, however after reading more and more I started to thnk about other possibilities... at the end my first guess was right.

I loved this book!!! I am a big fan of Lisa Jackson and had never heard of the other authors before this... Really liked how the authors had turns for each character. I would def suggest reading this!

Yes, these three authors got together and wrote an overly long story. Each wrote about one of the main characters, and it all blended pretty well. The wrap-up ending was from a soapy soap opera. The current, very predictable love match-ups were as much a part of the story as the mystery.

One of the teen boys was killed at the 1986 Valentines Day dance at St. Elizabeth's Catholic HS. Twenty years later, the alumni are planning a reunion and the women on the committee are dieing. It was assumed Jake's killer had resurfaced and was killing again after twenty years. The murderer's secret hideout was too far-fetched; the disguises too obvious; cleverness way too much. Overall, don't waste full price money on this one.

It's about time the women from St. Elizabeth's all girl's school in Portland, Oregon had a class reunion. One person has been waiting for this day for twenty years. Now it's time to take her revenge for a murder committed long ago. Will she succeed in her mission of retribution? Can someone stop her before it's too late? It's a thriller mixed with a little romance. A good read.