Jade (do NOT call her Jennifer) Daniels is an expert on slasher movies. She's seen 'em all, and has been waiting her whole life for this knowledge to come in handy. So when a body turns up in Indian Lake near her small hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, she determines that her high school classmate Letha Mondragon must be the slasher's Final Girl (you know, the virginal teen girl that ends up taking out the villain), and begins offering her assistance. But Letha, whose parents are some of the wealthy titans of industry that are building an upscale community across the lake from Proofrock, thinks something else is going on with Jade.
This is a love letter to slasher movies, and includes PLENTY of references to gore-fests, both mainstream and obscure. Thankfully, the chapters with the action are interspersed with a series of essays Jade wrote about the history of slashers. They're both useful in propelling the story forward, as well as instrumental in making sure readers, even those who haven't seen slasher movies, get all the references. Once again, Jones has created a wonderful but gory horror novel. Definitely worth a read, but maybe not during meal times.
*This book is scheduled to be published Aug. 31, 2021.
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