This book is the 'updated' versions of both Chain Letter and Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil. The updates were out of place at times. Don't introduce cell phones just to have their battery die. The dialog was updated but I felt it was more readable than Pike usually is because of it. The first is a standard teen slasher. The second is a standard teen slasher with an interesting twist. If you read Pike for the batshit crazy that finds it's way into his books you have to wait until almost the end of the second book for it to appear.

This book grabbed me from the start and wouldn't let go! I loved all the twists and turns, and was immensely glad to have the "two books in one version" so I could read the second book the moment I finished the first.

I really enjoyed part one, but part two was a little scattered and all over the place. Part two left me with many questions and in some ways felt a little disconnected from part one. The only hint we had about a satanic cult from part one was Neil talking about his “brain tumor” speaking to him when it was really Sasha/Jane. Throughout Ancient Evil, I had many questions and felt a little jostled by the back and forth until it eventually clicked. The books as a whole are great reads even though it took me a little bit to get into it.

First read Chain Letter, #1 as a teenager, but never got to read the sequel, so was excited to find the two of them combined at the library book sale. Not a bad book, if you're still in your teens, as an adult the character's decisions were a bit questionable. Reminded me of both I Know What You Did Last Summer and Pretty Little Liars. The sequel got really weird at the end, went in a totally different direction than the first book and I thought it was totally unnecessary. I think Pike would have been better off leaving Chain Letter as a stand alone book, The Ancient Evil would definitely not have garnered him much in the way of fans.

This book was okay! It was a good read and it kept me entertained but it wasn’t written the best way. Maybe that’s why I didn’t enjoy it as much was because of how it was written and how everything was explained.

Another brilliant story from Christopher Pike. There are similarities with The Final Friends trilogy but quite frankly I do not mind because I loved them as well.

3.5 out of 5 stars

So this was two books in one. If I was ranking separately it would probably be Chain Letter 4 stars Ancient Evil 2.5 stars so I rounded it out to a 3.5 stars. The first book made sense. There was logic to it all and there was some sense of ok this all came around to make a point in the end. The second one had to much mystical elements and was honestly unnecessary and had too many added characters in it.

A quick read. It was interesting. I'm not a huge fan of mysteries but this one was pretty good. I did like the twists and I thought the story was pretty well thought out. And the characters weren't that bad either!

Reminds me of “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” in a good way. A really fun and easy read, the plot is pretty standard, but it has a nice twist that I enjoyed. I love books like this because it reminds me of my high school reading days.