zaineylaney 's review for:

Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley

4.0

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First Line: Dragging a body through six inches of snow is even harder than I expected.

Reasons to Read: 

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  Haunted Survivor
   After losing her fiancé in the wilderness, Hannah’s grief clings like a shadow—one that follows her straight into the Joshua Tree desert.
  
  
  
• Wellness Horror
   Sound baths, yoga, and self-discovery take a dark turn when a blood-soaked killer crashes this retreat.
  
  
  
• Untrustworthy Peace
   Even as Hannah begins to feel healed, the serene setting unravels—and her friends start to disappear
  
  
  
• Gripping Descent
   As the bodies pile up and reality fractures, Hannah must confront her trauma before her past—and a very real killer—destroys her completely.
  
  

Good For People Who: like a fun horror story, unreliable characters, Final Destination deaths

Rating: 4 yoga mats

Thoughts: This book got me with that twist ending. And I have to say that if you like ridiculous death scenes, this book is right up your alley. It’s hard to really get into our main character Hannah’s head because she is genuinely all over the place. And there are quite a few mysteries like what happened to her fiance, who she can trust from her friend group, etc. But this book really had fun, and I like that!