S. & S./Saga

This hilarious and heartfelt read that tackles big ideas will be popular with book clubs. Recommend Gregory’s (Revelator) latest to fans of How To Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley and The Big Door Prize by M.O. Walsh.

Ide’s (Between the Dragons and Their Wrath, writing as Devin Madson) Regency-era fantasy is a perfect choice for readers who enjoy gothic settings, locked-room mysteries, and queer historical romance.

Even those well versed in slashers and their tropes will be surprised by the directions Jones takes. Readable both as representative of slasher films and book and as an exploration of the rules of the genre, this novel will have wide appeal to readers who are new to Jones’s work as well as established fans. Recommended as a contrast for fans of recent “final girl” books like the ones by Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager and readers who enjoyed The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay.

Much like the Blackheart Man of legend, readers will be swallowed whole by this novel and reemerge completely changed.