This was my first Sephen Graham Jones and I’m glad I started with this book. This felt like a coming of age story for our 17 year old protagonist Tolly.  This is told in an autobiography style by Tolly himself. He writes about his entire experience in detail. I think we all can see a piece of Tolly in all of us. He is a scrawny kid growing up in the 80’s grieving the recent loss of his father. He is feeling somewhat lost and confused on how he should act which makes him a target by some school bullies. He goes to a party one evening and his life and many others change forever.

I enjoyed following Tolly and his best friend Amber throughout this story. I thought their friendship was strong and SGJ wrote their friendship well. You rooted for Tolly throughout the book even though he was doing some terrible things. There were some pretty gruesome scenes in here and I made the mistake of reading before bed, hello nightmares, but that’s the whole point of reading horror right? Overall, I would recommend this book to the horror buffs and SGJ fans out there. You won’t be disappointed in Tolly and his Slasher persona. 

Thank you to Netgalley, Stephen Graham Jones and Saga Press for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.