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A review by laurenkara
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by Kendare Blake, Danielle Paige, Jonathan Maberry, Marie Lu, April Genevieve Tucholke, Nova Ren Suma, McCormick Templeman, Jay Kristoff, Carrie Ryan, Megan Shepherd, Cat Winters, Leigh Bardugo, Stefan Bachmann, A.G. Howard
4.0
Trigger warning: This is a horror book so there are a lot of dark themes discussed including sexual assault
I had SO MUCH FUN reading this book!! I read about 4 stories every night in the dark and it was so good!! I definitely want to keep reading horrors at night because it really helps add to the atmosphere. My favourite story in this was definitely Carrie Ryan's. I love everything involving Alice in Wonderland and I especially love darker takes on that story. I really enjoyed Jay Kristoff's story too as well as Marie Lu's and April Genevieve Tucholke's. I was not a fan of Danielle Paige's or Jonathan Mayberry's. They were the only really low point of the collection though and if you're a fan of horrors I definitely recommend this! Each story is inspired by previous horror books and films too which was really fun. I loved trying to guess what it was before looking at the footnotes!
Here are my ratings for each individual story:
• The Birds of Azalea Street by Nova Ren Suma - ★★★★
• In the Forest Dark and Deep by Carrie Ryan - ★★★★★
• Emmeline by Cat Winters - ★★★★
• Verse Chorus Verse by Leigh Bardugo - ★★★
• Hide-And-Seek by Megan Shepherd - ★★★
• The Dark, Scary Parts and All by Danielle Page - ★ (extremely poor mental health rep)
• The Flicker, The Fingers, The Beat, The Sigh by April Genevieve Tucholke - ★★★★
• Fat Girl With a Knife by Jonathan Maberry - ★★
• Sleepless by Jay Kristoff - ★★★★★
• M by Stefan Bachmann - ★★★
• The Girl Without a Face by Marie Lu - ★★★★
• Stiches by A.G. Howard - ★★★
• A Girl who Dreamed of Snow by McCormick Templeman - ★★
• On the I-5 by Kendare Blake - ★★★★
I had SO MUCH FUN reading this book!! I read about 4 stories every night in the dark and it was so good!! I definitely want to keep reading horrors at night because it really helps add to the atmosphere. My favourite story in this was definitely Carrie Ryan's. I love everything involving Alice in Wonderland and I especially love darker takes on that story. I really enjoyed Jay Kristoff's story too as well as Marie Lu's and April Genevieve Tucholke's. I was not a fan of Danielle Paige's or Jonathan Mayberry's. They were the only really low point of the collection though and if you're a fan of horrors I definitely recommend this! Each story is inspired by previous horror books and films too which was really fun. I loved trying to guess what it was before looking at the footnotes!
Here are my ratings for each individual story:
• The Birds of Azalea Street by Nova Ren Suma - ★★★★
• In the Forest Dark and Deep by Carrie Ryan - ★★★★★
• Emmeline by Cat Winters - ★★★★
• Verse Chorus Verse by Leigh Bardugo - ★★★
• Hide-And-Seek by Megan Shepherd - ★★★
• The Dark, Scary Parts and All by Danielle Page - ★ (extremely poor mental health rep)
• The Flicker, The Fingers, The Beat, The Sigh by April Genevieve Tucholke - ★★★★
• Fat Girl With a Knife by Jonathan Maberry - ★★
• Sleepless by Jay Kristoff - ★★★★★
• M by Stefan Bachmann - ★★★
• The Girl Without a Face by Marie Lu - ★★★★
• Stiches by A.G. Howard - ★★★
• A Girl who Dreamed of Snow by McCormick Templeman - ★★
• On the I-5 by Kendare Blake - ★★★★