Isabella's Reading Corner: The Final Girl Support Group

 

The Final Girl Support Group

Author: Grady Hendrix

Publication Date: July 13, 2021

Publisher: Berkley

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix is a unique take on the horror genre and so incredibly exciting and fun! I loved the characters and the story. If you’re a fan of slasher films you’ll especially enjoy this title. I’m looking forward to read more books by Mr. Hendrix!

From the publisher:

In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives…but what happens after? 

Like his bestselling novel The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix’s latest is a fast-paced, frightening, and wickedly humorous thriller. From chain saws to summer camp slayers, The Final Girl Support Group pays tribute to and slyly subverts our most popular horror films—movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scream. 

Lynette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece. 

  

But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.

You can read my original Isabella's Reading Corner post on The Final Girl Support Group here.

Isabella's Reading Corner: Falling

 

Falling

Author: T. J. Newman

Publication Date: July 6, 2021

Publisher: Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster

Captain Bill Hoffman’s family has been kidnapped and he’s been given an agonizing choice. He must crash the plane he’s flying, killing all 149 souls on board or his wife and children will die. This an excruciating decision he refuses to make! What follows is nonstop action from start to finish. 

Complete with an ensemble cast of multi-dimensional characters, author T.J. Newman creates an authenticity based on her background in the airline industry. Falling is an immensely enjoyable read, which begs the question, what would YOU do in such a nightmarish scenario? 

From the publisher:

“Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35,000 feet.” —Don Winslow

“Falling is the best kind of thriller…Nonstop, totally authentic suspense.” —James Patterson

“Amazing...Intense suspense, shocks and scares...Chilling.” —Lee Child

“The perfect summer thriller. Relentlessly paced and unforgettable.” —Janet Evanovich

You just boarded a flight to New York.

There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard.

What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped.

For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die.

The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane.

Enjoy the flight.

You can read my original Isabella's Reading Corner post on Falling here.