Seven Year Itch

I started reading this book, Deadly Little Secret, hoping for a really excellent story, but ended up with a cheap knock off. Instantly the book strongly resembled both Twilight and The Vampire Diaries. A couple of chapters in and I was ready to put it down and call it quits but instead it became a game. As I continued to read I stopped to write down every similarity in the book.
Chapter one was almost identical to Chapter 3 of Twilight... come on now, almost hit by a car in the school parking lot and saved by a mysterious guy who came out of no where.
The next chapter was a diary entry written by a guy about the girl he is pining for and how he wishes he could just get closer to her (Vamp Diaries).
In chapter four they introduce the main girl, Camelia's,  best friend who has a short black pixie hair cut (much like Alice). Camelia than sees the new mysterious guy, Ben,  in the cafeteria where he deliberately ignores her. (Twilight) And, in chapter four they also introduce, Matt, Camelia's longtime friend turned boyfriend turned ex-boyfriend... who is now jealous of the new guy (Vamp. Diaries).
A few more chapters in, Camelia is in Chem Lab and Ben comes in and guess who his lab partner ends up being. At this point there is a lot of awkwardness between the two at their table and at one point he bolts out of the room when the bell rings, just to get away from her. Their second day in lab Camelia mentions how, all of a sudden, Ben's skin looks darker than it did the day before (Edward's eyes after he has "eaten").
Ben is not actually a vampire in this series, but he is able to see the past, the future and feel people's emotions and such by touching them (not much different from both Edward's and Alice's gifts in Twilight).
A bit later in the book it finally starts to become it's own story and has the potential to be a pretty interesting book. I could have actually enjoyed it if the author hadn't ruined it so badly from the very beginning.
As the book finally became something worth finishing... the author decided to make the last chapter a little too much like New Moon. Ben leaves Camelia because it would be best for her in the long run.
I almost forgot the most pathetic thing... she throws in a very intense scene where Camelia is trying to teach Ben how to use a pottery wheel... Seriously? Did the author really think she could pull off a scene like in Ghost? She was sadly mistaken.
Now the big question of the day is.... Do I continue with the rest of the series? Should I attempt to see if the author ever figures out her own writing or at the very least, read the rest of the series to see how much more she can mess it up? Or should I just throw in the towel on this series and just leave it as a failed attempt that is not worth continuing with?

This book was not only number 7 out of 52 but also fulfilled a book in the "What's in a Name" challenge. I used this as my book with a size in the title. Unfortunately, this Deadly Little Secret would have been better left untold.

Ages ago, I read Laurie Faria Stolarz's book Blue is for Nightmares. I loved that book and couldn't wait to read the rest of the series. I went out and bought the other books as soon as possible. I attempted to read the second in the series White is for Magic, and was very disappointed. It was almost exactly like the first book just with very slight differences. Makes me wonder if she is able to write anything original... maybe Blue is for Nightmares  was her one hit wonder.