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A review by bpchristy
St. Lucifer's School for Girls by A.M. Caplan
5.0
St. Lucifer's School for Girls by indie-author AM Caplan, is a must read for anyone who feels like an outsider even in their own family... or if your vibe is Halloween witches, devil worship, and/or you're looking for LGBTQ positive horror mysteries.
Comparable movies/shows: Riverdale meets Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets Seven.
It's Mettie's senior year of high school and being the last female descendant of the town's founder - who escaped the Salem Witch Trials and for whom Satan literally created the land the Halloween-themed town rests on - popularity and privilege are a given because of her heritage. Only she (and everyone else in town) just found out she was secretly adopted as a baby. It seems everything changed overnight, and now it feels like her life has been a lie and she no longer fits in, especially with her beloved grandmother who is obsessed with the bloodline.
Enter Shelby, who just transferred to St. Lucifer's due to death threats and being disowned by her family for being transgender. The two girls hit it off, especially after bullies from Shelby's old school track her down and the two girls are assaulted, but Mettie manages to scare them off by pretending to cast a curse.
Thus starts a series of ritualistic murders to bring forth an ancient prophesy... starting with the bullies who were killed that same night in the same park. And as the killings continue, everything leads back to Mettie and Shelby and a school project that is far too close to the truth than they realize.
I really enjoyed this book for it clever dialogue, creepy atmosphere, and plot that kept twisting and evolving. And I'm pleased to say that I was dead wrong about who the killer was and deeply appreciated the ironic twist at the end.
Comparable movies/shows: Riverdale meets Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets Seven.
It's Mettie's senior year of high school and being the last female descendant of the town's founder - who escaped the Salem Witch Trials and for whom Satan literally created the land the Halloween-themed town rests on - popularity and privilege are a given because of her heritage. Only she (and everyone else in town) just found out she was secretly adopted as a baby. It seems everything changed overnight, and now it feels like her life has been a lie and she no longer fits in, especially with her beloved grandmother who is obsessed with the bloodline.
Enter Shelby, who just transferred to St. Lucifer's due to death threats and being disowned by her family for being transgender. The two girls hit it off, especially after bullies from Shelby's old school track her down and the two girls are assaulted, but Mettie manages to scare them off by pretending to cast a curse.
Thus starts a series of ritualistic murders to bring forth an ancient prophesy... starting with the bullies who were killed that same night in the same park. And as the killings continue, everything leads back to Mettie and Shelby and a school project that is far too close to the truth than they realize.
I really enjoyed this book for it clever dialogue, creepy atmosphere, and plot that kept twisting and evolving. And I'm pleased to say that I was dead wrong about who the killer was and deeply appreciated the ironic twist at the end.