Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Dead Girls Club are four young friends (Heather, Becca, Rachel and Gia) who meet to tell macabre stories about serial killers and ghosts, including the Red Lady who Becca insists real. The book follows Heather as an adult and also slowly unravels the story of what happened when they were kids. We start out knowing Becca is dead and Heather killed her, although Becca's abusive mother went to jail for the crime. Becca's body was never found. Almost thirty years later, Heather's life starts to fall apart as she begins to believe someone else was there the night Becca was killed.

The Dead Girl's Club literally kept me up at night and I finished it after midnight last night, when I should have been asleep hours ago. Then I stayed awake even longer analyzing the ending. It was intriguing and incredibly sad, especially because Becca believed that the only way out of her situation was to die. It's a toss up between who was the most disturbing character in the book, the Red Lady or Becca's mom Lauren. The end keeps you guessing as to what's real and what isn't. It's one of those books that I feel will stay with me for awhile and I'll be looking up Damien Angelica Walter's other books.

If I was a character in this book I would have been a card carrying member of the Dead Girls Club. My childhood was full of watching scary movies and reading scary books. The Dead Girls club is one of the best thrillers I have read this year. Centering on friendships between 4 young girls and their love for the spooky and supernatural. Thirty years later one of the girls, Heather, is confronted with what happened that summer. “You never knew who was secretly a monster.” This thriller will be one that you can’t put down!

I was interested in this book the entire way through, which prompted me to give it 4 stars. It’s a fun and easy “beach read” that will keep your interest. I’m still left with questions and I do think the ending was a bit rushed, but it’s not a thriller that gave up the ending early on, so there’s no “I knew s/he did it the whole time” ruined plot points. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sorry, I couldn't read this one. The file was all wonky. I love Damien's work, so I'm sure the book is great. I'll have to wait until it gets released to get a proper copy.

I have to give a star rating to leave this, so I'm basing my stars off DAW's past works.

A glorious tale of practicality and paranormal. Walters eloquently delivers a decisive narrative told from varying points in time. The psyche of the narrator is questionable as are her actions, which adds to the obscurity of the story. The plot and characters are well-developed, the story holds a perfect amount of tension, and the ending delivers the punch a book of this genre should. A fantastic thriller by all aspects.

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I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you NetGalley.
The Dead Girls Club... wow. The cover is GORGEOUS. The blurb really drew me in.
It was a little slow to start, but once it drew me in, holy cow. You won't regret reading this book.

This was a good book. It was well written and with an interesting idea. However, I felt a little let down by the ending. I didn’t think the potential of the story was carried all the way through. I really was rooting for the main character, and I think her trajectory in the story was fantastic. However, there were a couple of places that built towards what would have been an awesome plot twist, but it didn’t happen. And then there were places that plot twists happened and were just headscratching. They came out of the blue and disappeared again in a puff of smoke with no real impact on the story. I enjoyed the story, but it is not my favorite book.

tw: abuse, drug abuse, child neglect, alcoholism, death

Warning: don't read this book before bed. 1) It's too creepy. 2) I couldn't put this book down. It is quick and one heck of a thrill-ride. My favorite element of this book is how creepy it is. The book's release should be closer to Halloween rather than December! This is the absolute PERFECT, creepy Halloween read! 5 stars!

Thanks to the Crooked Lane Books and Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchange for my honest opinions and review. 4 stars for me! I loved the creep factor in this book and being able to be inside Heather's head as she narrated throughout the story. Heather felt like such an unreliable narrator, which I loved because it made me question whether or not what she remembered was true, whether she really did commit the crime she thought she did, and made me question just about every step she took throughout the book. Even though I had an inside look into her head, I felt like one of the characters in the story, wanting to know what the hell was going on with her and what was happening. Was she imagining what was happening or was someone, or something, really after her? It's definitely a question that you'll ask yourself as she read this book and when you finally get the answer, you won't believe the truth.

The story itself was intriguing, but the writing fell a little flat for me. I loved the past plot with the Red Lady, but present day Heather was a mess. The chewing of cuticles got a little tired after a few chapters. I’d still recommend this title. It has the potential to find the perfect audience.

WOOF! This was good.

The start plods along, but somewhere mid book the author hits the gas and the reader is left with a very uneasy feeling that our narrator is wrong very wrong about what happened to her childhood best friend.

This was equal parts creepy coming of age tale, and hair pin turn thriller.

I did not expect the twists that were revealed at all, the sneaking suspicion that all is not what it seems was definitely confirmed but not the way I had pieced together.

A fantastic read for folks who like their female characters flawed and somewhat unlikable (I stan a complex lady!) , and seamless jumping back and forward in time.

Thoroughly enjoyed The Dead Girls Club!

Oh my gosh!! I read this book in a day and a half. It sucked me in, I couldn’t stop turning the pages.

I had to know how Becca died, and who all actually knew about it. Who was taunting Heater and making her feel crazy, and if Gia and Rachel had anything to do with it.

This is definitely a must read!!!

I enjoyed this book, and the very end was a good twist. I stayed up way past my bedtime to finish it. Will definitely read more from this author.

I love books in which you can’t tell whether the narrator is reliable or not, and this was exactly that! Don’t read this book alone at night, you’ll be checking behind your shower curtain and opening closet doors — it’s incredibly creepy! And the story was unique and fascinating until the final page.

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This was an incredibly fast read that ended with me wanting to know more and hopefully will come out with a second book or a spin off based on this one. Read this book if you like creepy mystery-filled stories with multiple twists and turns.

I loved The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters. It perfectly captured the intense friendships between pre teen girls in the early 90’s. I remember well what those were like. There was a sense of dread as little by little what happened to Becca and Heather was revealed. I was actually scared at night when I turned out the lights to go to bed! I look forward to more books by this author! Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a great read! I finished it in 2 days, I was hooked from the first chapter. This book goes between the past and the present with a lot of twists and turns! Awesome book for my fellow thriller lovers!

"You can't do what I did and come out on the other side unchanged."

The overview does a great job of providing what is exactly going to unfold in the book. There is a group of four friends who are in the "Dead Girls Club" where they love discussing serial killers and horror stories. However, things take a dark turn when Becca starts telling a story about the "Red Lady."

The book is split between two time frames, "Then" and "Now." Heather is our main character and I felt myself becoming increasingly frustrated with her as I could not really tell what was real or what was imagined. At times, I just wanted to shake her and say "get a hold of yourself." What triggers this behavior is when a half heart BFF necklace shows up. This was the necklace she and Becca shared as young girls. From here more notes arrive, things in her house are slightly moved, and Heather really starts to become unhinged.

I enjoyed the "Then" portions because you could really see how it gets to the point it gets to. The Red Lady story starts destroying each of the girls lives and it has you thinking, "is she real? or is this just mass hysteria?" I could understand being a young girl and probably feeling this same exact way.

What throws me is the ending. Without giving anything up, there were just a lot of moving parts that provided closure but I felt something was missing. I cannot put my finger on it exactly but it felt a little rushed but the book was fully resolved but I could not help but second guessing Heather.

I did like this book so I hope that others do read this as it is a good book and keeps you on your toes but I just do not think I would personally, reread it.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinions.

4.5/5 This book started out strong, became a bit repetitive and lagging in the middle but ended strong and with a satisfying closure. The anticipation for “who” and “how” to be answered were intense and the storyline could have gone so many ways and I absolutely loved the way it went. The flipping back and forth from now to then kept me intrigued and the psychological bits made me question what I thought I knew about the characters. The friendship felt real, the sadness was real, the topic of child abuse and alcoholism also felt very real. I was thinking about the red lady when I wasn’t reading and that to me is a sign of a great book. Will recommend!

The Dead Girls Club is a great, fast paced thriller that has some supernatural-type elements. This is very atmospheric and I felt like I was inside the book at times. Throughout the book, I could feel my heart pounding and I felt dread at turning the pages for fear of what might happen next!

Heather and Becca are best friends. They belong to a group known as 'The Dead Girls Club', along with their two other friends. Together, they tell stories of creepy happenings, serial killers and other horror filled stories. One day, things in the group change drastically when Becca begins her story of The Red Lady. Becca's obsession with The Red Lady soon overtook the group. Her belief was so strong, she ends up getting killed. Years later, Heather recieves a package. Inside the package is a necklace, one that Heather hasn't seen since that fateful night, the night she killed Becca.

Someone knows what she did and they are out to make sure she is punished.

Great twists and scary thriller! I didn't see the ending coming either. This book will keep you up!

(On a side note: The Dead Girls Club is so something I would've been in as a teenager!)

Thank you Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC.