![]() However he manages to help them get back to their world before he ceases to exist. Heroic Sacrifice: Julian is willing to die in order to save Jenny from his fellow Shadow Men so they unmake him.Gilded Cage: Compared to what Julian could be doing the settings for the first two books qualify.They make characters and have to navigate through a model of a house. The Game Plays You: The entire premise of the first book's story is that a bunch of teenagers play an evil role-playing game.The Erl King and his men appear in the first book as Audrey's nightmare, when a group of handsome men intend to give the girls over to them.Jenny's friends had been under the assumption that her Grandfather had hurt her before disappearing, but after confronting her memory in the game they eventually find out it was the Shadow Men. After an accident at her Grandfather's house, Jenny was covered in scratches, her clothes were torn and she refused to talk to anyone. Does This Remind You of Anything?: Used In-Universe. ![]() Then Julian starts the game for real, nightmares and all. Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: When Julian makes it clear that Jenny will be his prize should they lose the game, Tom tries to tackle him.Jenny is shocked because they are supposed to be beautiful but Julian states that over time their true natures shine through and their beauty transforms to ugliness. The Shadow Men when they appear at the end.He claims it's a silly fear based on a story he read as a child but after the gang nearly turn into plants themselves, they claim that his fear is just as horrid as everyone else's. Body Horror: Michael's nightmare is all about turning into a plant.Betty and Veronica: Devoted boyfriend Tom is the Betty while the obsessive and dangerous Julian is the Veronica to Jenny's Archie.Axe-Crazy: Book two opens with the perspective of a boy obsessed with hunting.It includes headless bodies in the water that attack when Dee wades in, a paper eating lion that bites down on Audrey's hands and the reveal that the souls of those the Shadow Men have captured are imprisoned in the penny arcade games. Amusement Park of Doom: The nightmare backdrop of the third book, based on the fact it frequently appears in people's nightmares.Lisa has stated on her site that she is going to write a sequel called Forbidden Game: Rematch, after she is done writing Strange Fate and Brionwy's Lullaby. When her and her six friends start to play the game, the fun quickly turns to terror as they are sucked into the game. She finds herself drawn to the strange boy who sold her the game. The Forbidden Game tells the story of Jenny Thornton, a girl who buys a board game for her boyfriend's birthday party.
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