Tolly Oliver was just a regular awkward kid in west Texas until his dad died and he somehow became even more of a social outcast. When he gets way too drunk and commits one too many party fouls at a high school party (he wasn't even invited! how dare he!), a few members of the marching band decide to bully him to the brink of death. And something that happens that night starts changing Tolly from awkward kid into a slasher straight from a horror movie. As his best friend Amber starts to suspect the transition, the friends do everything they can to stop the inevitable. But hey, slashers gonna slash, right?
Stephen Graham Jones is a master of slasher horror, and this might be my favorite of his books. It's not as horrifying as many horror novels, though it's certainly plenty gory (careful if you're eating while reading). It's a fantastic primer for slasher tropes, and it's unexpectedly hilarious as Tolly discovers his supernatural slasher abilities. Fans of the subgenre, as well as new horror readers, will love this one.
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