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Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley
4.0
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
A love letter to the slasher genre, this is a must read for fans the Scream movie franchise and readers who love to watch the characters fall one by one while they try to guess the killer. Cinematic writing immerses the reader in the bloody carnage and the fast pace keeps the reader flipping pages to the gory conclusion. A good beach read for people who would rather be putting up their Halloween decorations. The setting at an isolated healing retreat near Joshua Sands incorporates great desert scenery as well as a Californian combination of greed.  Could the murderer be a man driven insane by gold rush greed, a silicon valley programmer with a god complex, or a new-age guru messing with forces he doesn't understand? The reader is left questioning until the final reveal and the final girl walks off into the sunrise. Readers who don't mind a bit of blood and gore will stay for the creative kills and stay for the campy horror puns.
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