Language: (100+ swears, 38 ‘f’); Mature Content: R (under-age alcohol use and drug use); Violence: R (numerous extremely graphic bloody assaults and murders on and off-page)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS–NOT RECOMMENDED
AUDIENCE APPEAL: SOME
Noelle Layne is obsessed with the horror movie genre and dreams of becoming a famous filmmaker. She has been building her presence online and in a bid to gain more followers, she is hosting an exclusive horror themed Halloween party. However, as the night progresses, the horror begins to become less Hollywood movie and more reality show.
While most traditional teen slasher movies, which this book bases its plot around, do use tired tropes and the audience must suspend their belief, this story makes it impossible to engage in its absurd premise. The violence is off the charts with numerous scenes that are nausea inducing, there are too many plot holes to count, characters whose behavior makes absolutely no sense, a romance subplot where two characters keep taking make out breaks during an all-out slaughter, and a motive for the killers that is stunning in its stupidity.
Reviewer: AEB
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