Hi Bookworms!

I don’t preorder many books, but after reading Cicada and loving it, I just had to have This B Just Won’t Die! by Tanya Pell.

Lately I’ve been getting into slasher reads, but I haven’t read many to date, so I was really excited to give this one a shot.

On to the book review!

Blurb

This humorous, heart-pounding, feminist slasher takes on misogynist social pressures with one former scream queen as she is pursued by a serial killer impersonating the antagonist of her films.

Former scream queen Barbra Jacobs desperately wants to break out of the box Hollywood has neatly packaged her in. Cast as the star of the Mirror horror franchise films twenty years ago, the breakout role that shaped her career has also destroyed her dreams of being taken seriously as an actress. Now forty, and still seeking the approval of everyone around her, she makes ends meet by signing old photos of herself and doing meet and greets at horror conventions.

So when a producer calls asking her host The Monsters We Made, a hot new horror docuseries, she sees it as a step in the right direction. But when fans begin dying around her—and in ways that mimic the kills in her films—Barb is thrust back into a role she can’t seem to walk away The Final Girl. Will she ever break out of the display-box-life she’s been imprisoned in, or will Mirror Man end it all in Barbie’s Scream House?

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The Review

This was such a great slasher!

Barb has known great success over the years from starring in a horror franchise with a villain called Mirror Man. In the present she struggles to accept the impossible standards placed on her and longs to break free. But the past isn’t done with her, and as a mysterious serial killer starts murdering people in the style of Mirror Man and leaving her threatening messages, Barb will have to play the real role of a final girl and hope that she can survive.

Man, where do I start? Everything was so good!

I think what really shined in this novel were the characters. Barb was a complex main character with inner demons and aspirations that were completely understandable. I really enjoyed getting to know her and see her fight through the storm raging within her.

All of the other characters were extremely fleshed out and felt real: Vi, Bill, Leesa, Todd, Levi, they each had something to give to the story and made it more interesting.

There was mystery packed in every chapter, and plenty of action scenes and gore along the way. This was an unforgettable slasher by an immensely skilled author, and I can’t wait to read more. Don’t pass this one up!

That’s A Wrap!

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