Who Will Save Your Soul

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Straight up – to truly enjoy Who Will Save Your Soul by Jody Smith, you need to have a few things: a sense of humor, a strong stomach, and an appreciation for those old horror movies in which tongues were always firmly in cheek. Think Freddy Krueger and his one-liners and you’ll get the idea.

This is a fun and wildly entertaining horror schlock-fest.

The book never takes itself too seriously, is crazy unpredictable, and still manages to give us characters we care about.

Now, I’ll admit there were a couple of times the humor was a tiny bit to extra for me (spoiler free, but toilet plunger and wound I’m talking about you!), but I still had fun with this, even as I was shaking my head in disbelief.

If you’re looking for ‘Literary’ horror, move on. If you’re up for a bit of fun, this one’s for you!

*ARC via Net Galley

“The goal remained to find a gun, but something both stabby and swingy would do in a pinch.”*

A group of popular kids go to a cabin in the woods to summon an ancient, evil entity using the body of a classmate as a vessel.

This Evil Dead-esque novella is demonically delightful. Notes of the Exorcist and Carrie, along with an eighties pop music soundtrack add to the bloody fun. The party really gets started once the demoness comes out to play. The violence is on point and an utter gross out in the best possible way.

The cast includes a former pariah who grew out of her awkwardness, her uncool bestie, and the popular crowd with its head mean girl and her cronies. Smith packs the plot with a number of horror tropes which patched together make an awesome Frankenstein monster of a story. One particular horror trope that was invoked is one that I never thought I’d like, but Smith pulled it off perfectly. I laughed out loud several times while reading and found the ending super satisfying.

I am a huge fan of Unnerving’s Rewind or Die series, which invokes the spirit of horror movies watched on videotape. The books make a great escape from the craziness of modern times.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and Unnerving for providing an Advance Reader Copy.

*Please note that my review is based on uncorrected text.