Book description
A group of friends fight to choose their own fates when faced with a demonic force that acts according to horror movie rules in this trope-savvy, “script-flipping hair-raiser” (Publishers Weekly) from the acclaimed author of Their Vicious Games.
Devon is always being left behind by her genius twin sister, Drew.…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Blonde Dies First as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This one was delightfully campy and tropey, feeding the ravenous part of me that’s obsessed with low-budget 80s-00s horror.
Devon just wants to repair her relationship with her twin sister, but unfortunately her friend group winds up with an Ouija board, summoning a demon straight out of a horror movie. Literally. This book is definitely a love letter to horror fans, with plenty of references to the genre and a villain that operates by the slasher rulebook.
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