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A review by jsreadingcorner
The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Thank you to King's English Bookshop for this ARC.
I loved The Blonde Dies First. I'm normally not a horror girl, I tend to read sci-fi and fantasy but this book was amazing! Everyone needs to go pick this book up right now. And if you've never heard of Joelle Wellington go get Their Vicious Games as well. You know the books where you read them and you leave the world and it feels like you just paused a movie? That is this book. The storytelling was amazing! This is described as Scream meets The Breakfast Club and I think that is incredibly accurate. I have only watched two of the Scream movies and this rivals them in every way shape and form. This is the perfect book to read in spooky season and I will definitely be re-reading it then.
I don't know if I've ever read a thriller set in the real world in the sense that when you're watching a horror movie, you don't get that much insight into what a character is thinking. Why does the girl go down into the basement? Why would you run towards the strange noise? Why don't you get in the running car? The way this book was written I loved because it made me invested in the characters and there was reasoning behind why a character would make these choices. Additionally, I loved the characters. There was not one character where I was like oh, I kinda hope they get eaten by a demon. I was rooting for all of them to survive as Devon calls it the "Best Summer Ever".
There were a few times when I was pretty sure I knew what was going on because there's typically a format for horror movies/books but that was not the case here. Every time I turned the page I was stunned because there was something new and exciting happening. I need more time with the writing and the characters and I hope everyone goes and gets this book when it comes out July 30th.
I loved The Blonde Dies First. I'm normally not a horror girl, I tend to read sci-fi and fantasy but this book was amazing! Everyone needs to go pick this book up right now. And if you've never heard of Joelle Wellington go get Their Vicious Games as well. You know the books where you read them and you leave the world and it feels like you just paused a movie? That is this book. The storytelling was amazing! This is described as Scream meets The Breakfast Club and I think that is incredibly accurate. I have only watched two of the Scream movies and this rivals them in every way shape and form. This is the perfect book to read in spooky season and I will definitely be re-reading it then.
I don't know if I've ever read a thriller set in the real world in the sense that when you're watching a horror movie, you don't get that much insight into what a character is thinking. Why does the girl go down into the basement? Why would you run towards the strange noise? Why don't you get in the running car? The way this book was written I loved because it made me invested in the characters and there was reasoning behind why a character would make these choices. Additionally, I loved the characters. There was not one character where I was like oh, I kinda hope they get eaten by a demon. I was rooting for all of them to survive as Devon calls it the "Best Summer Ever".
There were a few times when I was pretty sure I knew what was going on because there's typically a format for horror movies/books but that was not the case here. Every time I turned the page I was stunned because there was something new and exciting happening. I need more time with the writing and the characters and I hope everyone goes and gets this book when it comes out July 30th.