Name: You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight
Rating: 3.758064516129032 (31 reviews)
ISBN: 9781547611546

Kalynn Bayron

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

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Bezi presses her lips together. “Please tell me it’s not one of them Tyler Perry wigs. I can’t let you walk around like that.”

“I mean, Madea’s lace is always melted to the gods.”

“And everybody else’s wigs look like hot garbage.”

the humour in this book is perhaps the best thing ever

“As soon as people start having sex, it’s like a bat signal to the killer. He hears cheeks clappin’, then here he comes with a knife to slice everybody up.”

Bezi leans close to my ear. “Are the straights okay?”

I have to cover my mouth to keep from laughing. “Absolutely not.”

“Oh, honey. You’re going to die out here, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.”

“The final act is never really the end,”

This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson's White Smoke, Friday the 13th, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Get Out. Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the “final girl” at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But in the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they'll need to figure out what this killer is after. Is there more to the story of Mirror Lake and its dangerous past than Charity ever suspected?

payton makein-ashuk

Unoriginal slasher, ridiculous and cliche villains - predictable ending.

Jana Fossi

it felt like a freaking slasher movie, that honestly kept me on my toes and pretty scared through it all. I spoiled myself a bit so the supernatural aspect was interesting to see how it went about.

I just had to lower a bit because of the end.

this is quite a solid 4 🌟 

it felt like a freaking slasher movie, that honestly kept me on my toes and pretty scared through it all. I spoiled myself a bit so the supernatural aspect was interesting to see how it went about.

I just had to lower a bit because of the end.

It was an easy and quick read. It wasn't too much, and I loved that the interactions of the black characters weren't cringe. It felt very natural, and I enjoyed the black culture references like 

It was an easy and quick read. It wasn't too much, and I loved that the interactions of the black characters weren't cringe. It felt very natural, and I enjoyed the black culture references like Tyler Perry and Madea.

tori 👻

5⭐️! I finished it in 3 days. Fastest I have ever finished a book.  First book in my summerween books that I plan on reading this summer. Summer slasher/ American Horror Story vibes. So many plot twists! 

Leah Diaz 

Léa

I could not expect a better book for this summer !!
It is a quick read fast paced book that you will not want to out down. The main character is a poc and is gay which is already a top for me (the author is known for her other work with queer poc but i did not read any yet). I clearly did not expect the twist and i did not (entirely) expect the end either.

If you are looking for a book to read this summer or to put you in the spooktober mood I would say this book is perfect for it !

wtf was that ending ??? lazy and boring smh 

esme villanueva

Greer Andersson

4.5 ⭐️
God, say what you want about this book but you cannot say it was predictable. At no point in the book did I know where it was going AT ALL. I was hooked from the very start and flew through it.

You go into the book thinking it’s going to be a ‘normal’ slasher but it isn’t whatsoever. I think my jaw was permanently hanging open for the entirety of the second half.

Krys C.

I know the Owl was supposed to be creepy but I can't stop imagining it as the duolingo bird 😭 it's a different type of scary ig

fatru tamzil

Fast-paced, gory horror novel about cults and serial killers, in a way it is a very fast read, but the twist at the end is what makes the story all the more sinister.

Aroa Puerta

yaya

Smooth writing, strong characters, good injection of humor, and an homage to slasher and cult stories alike. 

chelsea

It was a fun read, I kind of like messed up stories. It got me a little bit spooked sometimes. 

Joan 

It had a really slow build but damn did it get crazy at the end!! Really fun read.

Sabrina D. 

I absolutely loved this book definitely a great read of you like slashers and thrillers 

Skye 

The premise of this book sounded like it was written just for me. A camp that re-enacts scenes from an old slasher movie only to then be tormented by a real slasher? Sign me up! The first half of this book had me in its grip. I was living for the Fear Street 1978 vibes. I liked Charity and her group of friends. The way they all handled what was going on felt authentic to how teens would act, and I liked how there was so much talk about horror movie rules. The moment they decided to split up, I knew stuff was about to go down. But that's where it lost me. The second half of this book was so out there. I could see what Bayron was trying to do, but it didn't work for me. It felt a little out of left field, and I wish this would've stayed as a classic slasher. It was a quick read with some suspenseful bits, but I didn't enjoy the ending.

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

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