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Kill River
by Cameron Roubique
First off I want to give a HUGE thanks to author Cameron Roubique for sending me and my fellow Night Worms in exchange for an honest review.
To be fair, my initial interest in this book came from the cover art. There’s just something about skulls with eyeballs that get me. And then pair that with some vintage looking teens rafting down the river? SOLD! What’s even cooler to me is that the author not only wrote this book but also designed and created this stunning cover art. Multi-faceted authors/artists always get bonus points from me because I can’t even imagine being half as creative and talented sometimes!
After seeing the cover and reading what the book was about, I was immediately hooked when I saw the last lines of the synopsis: “Kill River is a wild, water park ride, filled with blood, gore, and ‘80s nostalgia. Slasher fans rejoice, old-school horror is back!” Those of you who know me know that I have always been a massive fan for slasher movies and ‘80s slashers are my favorite. I love everything about them from low budgets, questionable acting (at times), themes, methods of killing, music, and more. Some of my favorites include: Slumber Party Massacre series, Sorority House Massacre series, Sleepaway Camp Series, Killer Party, House on Sorority Row, Black Christmas, Hide and go Shriek, Madman, The Burning, Friday the 13th series, Halloween, and I could literally go on for at least 50 more slasher films I LOVE and watch all the time.
Kill River is like reading an ‘80s slasher movie. And that is pure heaven to my eyes! I have only read few books that flow the way this one did and like that of an actual ‘80s killer movie. I want more like this. I NEED MORE like this to be completely honest. From the opening scenes of the book we have kids who are getting to a summer camp. As the setting builds and we get some character development, the story escalates with our four main characters on an adventure outside of the camp. After a crazy, hectic night on a raft in the river, they end up at an abandoned water park and enjoy all the rides to themselves. One of them soon disappears and the chaos ensues.
Again, there are so many elements of this story that parallel with ‘80s slasher movies. We get an atmospheric introduction to a setting, we meet some characters and immediately love some and hate others, a lot of slaphappy fun happens, and then the terror, horror, blood, and gore BEGIN! An added bonus of this book is that the author even mentions several ‘80s songs that the kids are listening to as the story progresses. We can hear that music and we can leave our modern technological world full of smart phones and selfies and return to simpler times that give the best nostalgia vibes.
This book was so good and so inspiring of ‘80s slashers to me that it took me longer to read than I intended. This is because every chapter or two I would put the book down and pop one of my favorite movies into my DVD player. But this made the reading even that much more enjoyable for me because I truly got to savor the book. A lot of times I love a book so much I will finish it in one or two sittings. So I am glad I got to soak this one in as much as I did. I also enjoyed reading this with soundtrack scores from Halloween, IT, and Suspiria in the background as that added some creepy vibes all around!
I absolutely give this book ALL the stars and recommend every horror slasher lover to GET. THIS. BOOK! I have already ordered the sequel, Kill River 2, and Disco Deathtrap. Both have stunning cover art and promising plots. Thanks again to Cameron Roubique for sending this copy to me and allowing me into your horror-loving mind and reminding me just how passionate and better my life is with ‘80s slashers in it!
To be fair, my initial interest in this book came from the cover art. There’s just something about skulls with eyeballs that get me. And then pair that with some vintage looking teens rafting down the river? SOLD! What’s even cooler to me is that the author not only wrote this book but also designed and created this stunning cover art. Multi-faceted authors/artists always get bonus points from me because I can’t even imagine being half as creative and talented sometimes!
After seeing the cover and reading what the book was about, I was immediately hooked when I saw the last lines of the synopsis: “Kill River is a wild, water park ride, filled with blood, gore, and ‘80s nostalgia. Slasher fans rejoice, old-school horror is back!” Those of you who know me know that I have always been a massive fan for slasher movies and ‘80s slashers are my favorite. I love everything about them from low budgets, questionable acting (at times), themes, methods of killing, music, and more. Some of my favorites include: Slumber Party Massacre series, Sorority House Massacre series, Sleepaway Camp Series, Killer Party, House on Sorority Row, Black Christmas, Hide and go Shriek, Madman, The Burning, Friday the 13th series, Halloween, and I could literally go on for at least 50 more slasher films I LOVE and watch all the time.
Kill River is like reading an ‘80s slasher movie. And that is pure heaven to my eyes! I have only read few books that flow the way this one did and like that of an actual ‘80s killer movie. I want more like this. I NEED MORE like this to be completely honest. From the opening scenes of the book we have kids who are getting to a summer camp. As the setting builds and we get some character development, the story escalates with our four main characters on an adventure outside of the camp. After a crazy, hectic night on a raft in the river, they end up at an abandoned water park and enjoy all the rides to themselves. One of them soon disappears and the chaos ensues.
Again, there are so many elements of this story that parallel with ‘80s slasher movies. We get an atmospheric introduction to a setting, we meet some characters and immediately love some and hate others, a lot of slaphappy fun happens, and then the terror, horror, blood, and gore BEGIN! An added bonus of this book is that the author even mentions several ‘80s songs that the kids are listening to as the story progresses. We can hear that music and we can leave our modern technological world full of smart phones and selfies and return to simpler times that give the best nostalgia vibes.
This book was so good and so inspiring of ‘80s slashers to me that it took me longer to read than I intended. This is because every chapter or two I would put the book down and pop one of my favorite movies into my DVD player. But this made the reading even that much more enjoyable for me because I truly got to savor the book. A lot of times I love a book so much I will finish it in one or two sittings. So I am glad I got to soak this one in as much as I did. I also enjoyed reading this with soundtrack scores from Halloween, IT, and Suspiria in the background as that added some creepy vibes all around!
I absolutely give this book ALL the stars and recommend every horror slasher lover to GET. THIS. BOOK! I have already ordered the sequel, Kill River 2, and Disco Deathtrap. Both have stunning cover art and promising plots. Thanks again to Cameron Roubique for sending this copy to me and allowing me into your horror-loving mind and reminding me just how passionate and better my life is with ‘80s slashers in it!