Titan Books Ltd Don't Fear the Reaper

I should have probably read these books a little closer together because so much happens I forget and need a reminder, luckily this book does slip in events from the past book so I wasn't totally confused. The plot on this one also ranges all over the place so I'd better read the last one soon while the events are fresh because there is So Much and it's all excellent. I love this series, it is so intense.

Trigger warnings: well, murder for one thing. Gore, graphic descriptions of it. I had a feeling I would love this book, and I was right because of course I was. I don't know if I'd say this is better than the first one because it is a bit different. This book had twists and turns everywhere and I fr wasn't sure who did it the whole time??? Other than like the obvious. I also thought it was really cool that this book, while remaining in third person, has multiple povs, even Dark Mill South had pov sections, which was cool. All the chapters were named after horror films, which was also really fun and different. I love that Jade starts going by her legal name of Jennifer at first because she thinks she's moved on and a different person than she was, but she ends up going back to it and realizes that it's okay to be the person she was before. She's moved on from her slasher obsession, but she still knows all the slasher tropes and plots. She still holds on to that knowledge and knows it will be part of what gets her through the slasher. I also thought it was cool that Letha and Jade still have that strong bond, even though Letha has a family now, which can sometimes make friendships sort of dissipate. The theme of the care adults owe their youth, which is also a theme in a lot of horror movies, returns, and this time around, the care is given. Following that, the themes of relationships and survival. Then there's the whole final girl plot line returning, with a new focus, a new face at the helm. It's not just Letha & Jade being focused on in the final girl light. I'm so excited for book 3 to be announced, y'all have no idea.

Excellent book. The entire lake trilogy is fantastic. I think it probably has an extra appeal to me as a horror and to a lesser extent slasher fan, as it gets quite meta with the tropes of the genre, but at it’s heart it is an excellent take on the genre and a fantastic and heartfelt story written with skill and an evident love of the genre. I would recommend the whole trilogy highly.

Another great book by this author. Very unique voice and not for the faint of heart!

I'm a big fan of SGJ personally and professionally. I dig that we have a great horror voice in the native community and a great voice in horror in general. You can tell he's a fanboy. This one didn't do everything I wanted. Loved my heart is a chainsaw. We all bought the t-shirt. But things tend to get a little jumbled in his writing. You'll be able to tell what I'm talking about. It's usually when things get chaotic in the story. It happens at the end of Chainsaw as well. We all do love that we get to have more time with Jade Daniels.