My Best Friend's Exorcism

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Published May 17, 2016 by Blackstone Pub.

ISBN:: 978-1-5047-2926-0

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Charleston, South Carolina. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act--different. She's moody. She's irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she's nearby. Abby's investigation leads her to some startling discoveries--and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?

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4 stars

Quite a bit of fun, and better than [b:Horrorstör|13129925|Horrorstör|Grady Hendrix|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1414314217s/13129925.jpg|18306052], while a little rough in patches. A decent humor/horror/hell-fiend mix, with bonus points for the cover and frontispiece (done up like a high school yearbook). Yes, I finished it in two days. Grady Hendrix, you got the beat.

The main character and her friend since fifth grade have to get through life at their private school in the late 80s. After trying acid for the first time, things start to go wrong. This slow burn lasts for quite a while until the exorcism makes an appearance.

The 80s setting is perfect, with chapter titles that were song titles. Zits, big hair, Phil Collins and misheard lyrics - it's all there, with a can of classic coke. The humor and horror quotient are just about right, with a bit too much gore. In most horror films, the bad guys get what …

Quite a bit of fun, and better than [b:Horrorstör|13129925|Horrorstör|Grady Hendrix|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1414314217s/13129925.jpg|18306052], while a little rough in patches. A decent humor/horror/hell-fiend mix, with bonus points for the cover and frontispiece (done up like a high school yearbook). Yes, I finished it in two days. Grady Hendrix, you got the beat.

The main character and her friend since fifth grade have to get through life at their private school in the late 80s. After trying acid for the first time, things start to go wrong. This slow burn lasts for quite a while until the exorcism makes an appearance.

The 80s setting is perfect, with chapter titles that were song titles. Zits, big hair, Phil Collins and misheard lyrics - it's all there, with a can of classic coke. The humor and horror quotient are just about right, with a bit too much gore. In most horror films, the bad guys get what they deserve, but I definitely think the dog should have been spared.

Looking forward to more from this author, and I plan to check out the non-fiction [b:Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction|33670466|Paperbacks from Hell The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction|Grady Hendrix|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1504436657s/33670466.jpg|54542087] also.