4/5⭐️
This book is unhinged. This follows a 17 year old Tolly Driver who is a bit of an outcast and having difficulty with the passing of his father. He attends a party where he gets very drunk, pisses off a few of the kids and they in exchange tie him down and give him peanuts.

He’s allergic to peanuts. After this, something changes in him and he goes off on a slashing adventure.

I did enjoy that it was told from the slasher’s point of view some years later. However, I feel it falls flat on making me feel anything for him. I wanted to be more invested in his agenda whether negative or positive. I was more like meh. Ok then. Kinda mood. That make sense.

It’s filled with a good amount of gore and the description of his “transformation” into the slasher plus the added sound effects were my fave parts.

This book has so much slasher movie references that in some instances it was a bit much. But, still it was enjoyable.

Thank you netgalley, saga press and sgj for the opportunity to read this novel.