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Breathe In, Bleed Out
by Brian McAuley
"In the dark of Dead Man's Due,
Waylon Barlow waits for you.
He'll hack you up without a trace,
pick your bones and steal your face."
Hannah hasn't been the same since she returned from the mountains without her fiancé. When her friend Tess invites her to an off-grid spiritual retreat, she sees it as a way to finally let things go. But when it seems like her friends are getting picked off one by one, Hannah has to grapple with if it's all in her head, or if there's really a killer on the loose.
BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT by Brian McAuley is the mother of all things wellness retreat horror!
He sets us up with a strong opening that only strengthens as we're introduced to this rag tag group of friends and a Guru set on taking them on the spiritual journey of their lives.
The characters are raw and real - our main girl Hannah, especially, feels incredibly flawed and human - making it so you can't help but root for (most of) them (lol). And the killer caught me fully by surprise!
This is a slasher, so the kills were gorey and insane and won't have me booking myself into a wellness retreat anytime soon, but the ending earned the biggest fist pump from me.
If you pick this one up, be sure to read the author's note and acknowledgements because Brian's journey to this point makes this book and story feel all the more special!
Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the early copy for review - out September 2!
Waylon Barlow waits for you.
He'll hack you up without a trace,
pick your bones and steal your face."
Hannah hasn't been the same since she returned from the mountains without her fiancé. When her friend Tess invites her to an off-grid spiritual retreat, she sees it as a way to finally let things go. But when it seems like her friends are getting picked off one by one, Hannah has to grapple with if it's all in her head, or if there's really a killer on the loose.
BREATHE IN, BLEED OUT by Brian McAuley is the mother of all things wellness retreat horror!
He sets us up with a strong opening that only strengthens as we're introduced to this rag tag group of friends and a Guru set on taking them on the spiritual journey of their lives.
The characters are raw and real - our main girl Hannah, especially, feels incredibly flawed and human - making it so you can't help but root for (most of) them (lol). And the killer caught me fully by surprise!
This is a slasher, so the kills were gorey and insane and won't have me booking myself into a wellness retreat anytime soon, but the ending earned the biggest fist pump from me.
If you pick this one up, be sure to read the author's note and acknowledgements because Brian's journey to this point makes this book and story feel all the more special!
Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the early copy for review - out September 2!