hex_its_jaff 's review for:

Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley

3.5

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Thanks to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for a copy of this arc,

I think that if you like slashers this might work better for you then it did for me. Unfortunately slashers just aren’t exactly my favorite brand of horror.

I really enjoyed the first half of this book. Hanna is at her most compelling there and although she retains het interest I did not particularly like her friends very much.

This is a fun horror that’s clearly written by someone who likes horror and that is always a plus for me. 

There is just one to many ideas for me and  I think if we had got to focus more on either the cult angle, the slasher angel or the last minute betrayal or the supernatural angle 

A solid entry especially for genre fans. If you can suspend disbelief you’ll have a good time.

Great for fans of the decent, the ruins book, scream or movie and I was a teenage slasher.