A review by lit_with_britt
How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold

3.5

What a wild ride this debut was! Mallory Arnold’s How to Survive a Horror Story serves up a fun mashup of escape room chaos, Clue-style mystery, and a hungry monster house… with a splash of gruesome horror. The pacing was a little uneven. The early “escape room” segments are detailed and atmospheric, but as the story picks up, the later rooms get shorter and more rapid-fire. Honestly though, that kind of worked. It made everything feel like it was spiraling faster and faster toward the inevitable ending. If you love a campy, multi-POV horror story with a house that may or may not want to eat you, give this one a go. It’s gory and it’s creative. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for an early copy of this book, but as always, all thoughts are my own.