The way to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans
Tropes: small city identified for killings, remaining woman, nameless manuscript predicting future murders, characters referencing horror tropes in popular culture (metafiction), and new serial killer mimicking previous one…
This can be a enjoyable slasher thriller about CJ, a teen who witnessed their father’s homicide by a serial killer. That alone must be traumatic with the entire exclamation marks, however their father had really already survived one bloodbath killing by the Wolf Man (who wears a wolf masks) solely to be murdered years later in a repeat bloodbath. Now CJ is the oldest of 4 children, with a widowed mother who makes them do drills on the park to outlive a serial killer assault. However is there sufficient coaching to assist CJ—together with a brand new good friend and a brand new crush—determine what is occurring when a manuscript predicting extra murders (that come true!) is anonymously mailed to them?