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How to Survive a Slasher
2025
First Published
3.71
Average Rating
301
Number of Pages

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads. There’s a reason CJ Smith’s hometown of Satterville is known as Slasherville: it was the site of not one, but two Friday the 13th-style massacres. CJ’s dad survived the first attack; only CJ survived the second. And thanks to the mysterious writer Moon Satter’s bestselling novels based on the events, the town—and CJ—will always be defined by this horrific past. Then a new, unpublished Moon Satter manuscript shows up addressed to CJ. But unlike the others, this story isn’t about the past. Instead, it predicts new murders. On the day the book says the first murder will occur, CJ sets out to stop it. But in saving one classmate, the final girl ends up dead. CJ and their friends have suddenly gone from extras to leads—and they’ll have to use everything they know about the rules of horror to make it out alive.

Avg Rating
3.71
Number of Ratings
370
5 STARS
20%
4 STARS
42%
3 STARS
28%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
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Author

Justine Pucella Winans
Justine Pucella Winans
Author · 6 books

Justine Pucella Winans is a queer and nonbinary writer who resides in Los Angeles with their husband and cats. Their debut YA novel, BIANCA TORRE IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING is out now from Clarion/HarperCollins. Their MG debut, THE OTHERWOODS, will release September 12th, 2023 from Bloomsbury. When not writing, they try their best at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, read an alarming amount of manga, and try to make pasta even a fourth as good as their nonna's. Website: www.justinepucellawinans.com Linktree: https://linktr.ee/justinepucellawinans

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