Genre: Horror/LGBTQ
Description:
“Trust no one. Because it could be anyone.
When eight teenagers in a small Michigan town start receiving texts
urging them to play Never Have I Ever, they find themselves caught up in a
deadly game of secrets, repentance and retribution that may be connected to a
girl who disappeared the year before.
As they start getting killed by someone in a scarecrow costume — or is
it a costume? — the school bully sets out to discover who’s playing the prank
in hopes of redeeming his past behavior.
And staying alive.
But will he figure it out before that past catches up to him?”
Author:
After growing up on a dirt road in a small Michigan town, Harker Jones
moved to Los Angeles where he is an author, both of books and for magazines as
well as a screenwriter and editor. For more, check out his website.
Appraisal:
This is an interesting book. If you were a teen in the late 90s or a
parent of a teen in that same era then some of the references might give you
flashbacks of that time. (The genre is horror and for some taking you back to
then might make it even scarier.) Even if you can’t relate to that era you’ll
probably still be able to relate to what the teen years are like for most of
us. If you’ve had experience living in a small town and how life there can be
different then you’ll relate to what the kids in this book go through even
more. Along with the horror aspect you’ve got a mystery or two at work which
kept this reader engaged as I tried to figure out all the pieces, guessing
wrong way more than I want to admit as I tried to figure out what was going on
and anticipate how it was going to end. The result was an engaging and
entertaining read, even if some of those flashbacks to the late 90s weren’t so
great.
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FYI:
A small amount of adult language.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 85-90,000 words
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