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R.L. Stine is an author I have read a lot of, especially when I was younger. I read all the books from the Goosbumps and the Fear Street series. I have also read some of his stand alone books. He was the best selling author for young adult readers before being hit by J.K. Rowling. The Goosebumps series also became a TV series and movie. There has also been a trailer released for a sequel. So R.L. Stine is a man with a huge fan base, especially children, teenagers, and nostalgic adults.

I am a nostalgic adult. The Goosebumps series impressed me, not because it was scary, but it made me read a lot more. Have always enjoyed reading from the time I learned to read, but there was something about those books that made made my interest in books bigger. 'Cause that series was very entertaining and banal.

Eye Candy is about Lindy who is a bit tired of being single. She lives in New York with two other girls, and finding a normal guy to love, in this big city is anything but easy. Boys are scared of her cause she is very beautiful. One of her friends she lives with suggests that she should put an advertisement online and before she knows it, her friend has made and published an ad for her on a dating page, nicknamed her Eye Candy. She is not quite fan of the nickname, but she has nothing to lose since it's hard to find someone.

She meets different types of guys and starts dating for fun. Take it as it comes. She meets different characters, some weird ones, a few dull ones and one she likes a lot, but she us unsure whether it's her type of guy. Things get creepy in the dating process when she recieves calls and an anonymous letter of threat that she can only dare to say no to date him. The worst thing is that she does not know which of the guys she is dating has sent her these threats. An old friend of her who is a police officer promises to stand up for her in this case and advices her to be careful. He also wants her to continue dating as before, and together trying to find out who is behind the threats. In meanwhile she tries to date as usual and live a normal life. Will she be able to reveal who is behind the threats and should she take them seriously? Is it someone who is just playing games?

Stalking is an interesting and itimidating topic. Have read some thrilles about this topic, and unfortunately this is not one of the best books about the topic from the thriller genre, but rather the opposite. This was just deadly boring. Good charachter descriptions and you get to know them well, but they are genuinely stupid. R.L. Stine is one of my favorite writers, so it's a pity and a shame that I didn't like this book, and I know he's so much better than this. Therefore, it is hard to say that this book is a flop. Could not even like this main character Lindy. She seemed too selfish and I wasn't able to feel sympathy for her.