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The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker
4.0
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
Special thanks to @torteen for my gifted copy‼️

After reading a couple mixed reviews on this one it was a must I read it for myself. The White Guy Dies First is a collection of 13 short horror stories surrounding fear and power. While I didn’t love every story I think as a whole the book is pretty decent. A few of the stories were meh but there were a few that actually made me want more and would make great Halloween movies.

𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝔽𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕕:

  • 5⭐️ All Eyes On Me by Faridah Abike-Iyimide- “It wasn’t just a circus it was a place where people go to shed their demons, real and imagined.”
  • 5⭐️ Hedge by Kalynn Bayron- “A place to be at one with nature.”
  • 3.5⭐️ the Golden Dragon by Kendare Blake 
  • 5⭐️ Best Served Cold by H.E. Edgmon- “Human beings become monsters when they taste their own people’s flesh.
  • 3.75⭐️ the Protégé by Lamar Giles
  • 4⭐️ Docile Girls by Chloe G - “Docile girls, who didn’t have enough humanity to do terrible things, who only lived to please, caught in the middle of such a terrible incident.”
  • 4⭐️ Gray Grove by Alexis Henderson
  • 4⭐️ Everything’s Coming Up Roses by Tiffany D. Jackson
  • 3⭐️ Heaven by Adiba Jaigi
  • 3⭐️ Break Through Our Skin by Naseem Jamnia
  • 3⭐️ Wasps by Mark Oshiro
  • 4⭐️ Hell is Other Demons by Karen Strong - “Humans  are the real demons.”
  • 3.5⭐️ the Road to Hell by Terry J Benton-Walker 

Each story had a uniquely different feel when it came to the eerie, creepy and supernatural elements. We get a dark circus, house of mirrors, a haunted garden, missing father, a Japanese revenge ghost, cannibalism, a evil magician, high school murder, spirit box and a seance, a haunted slave plantation, the last city on earth, a sleepwalker, a demon possession, and a house from hell. It’s nowhere near scary so if that’s what you’re looking for this ain’t it but I highly recommend you add it to your TBR for spooky szn‼️