Don't Fear the Reaper

What a whirlwind.  
Much as it didn't occur to me at the end of My Heart is a Chainsaw that there would be a continuation to the story, it makes all the sense in the world that a book focused on catering to and challenging tropes of the slasher genre, final girls and horror movies would have sequels.  
However, what remains the stand out for me is not just the ability of the author to combine outlandish supernatural elements and improbable levels of destruction and survival among flesh and blood protagonists and antagonists, but that he still manages a more grounded examination of the characters once again caught up in a bloody showdown.
This second book revisits a number of people who barely survived the denouement of the first book, and it's powerfully affecting to read about their struggles, to live with trauma and grief and try to recover from grievous physical injury. No invulnerable super heroes here, just a group of people seemingly trapped on an endless wheel of testing whether what doesn't kill you TRULY makes you stronger. 
Also continues the theme of more straightforward murder done by easily condemnable mystery foes and more insidious evil done by community members who conceal their predatory nature. 
Enough twists and red herrings to boggle the mind, but the pacing meant that batting theories back and forth was entertaining rather than frustrating. 
Do not recommend eating while reading. 
⚠️extreme violence/gore, animal abuse, child abuse, statutory SA