The Angel of Indian Lake

I'm so sad to be done. I was not ready to leave. That hasn't happened in a long time for me with books, even though I love books and reading. Even though I've loved some of the books I've read in the last few years. But, man, being done nearly broke my heart. So did some of the stuff in this book.

Jade Daniels forever. Thank YOU, Mr. Jones, for giving us the gift of Jade. Or, maybe more accurately, for letting us meet her. She is legit one of my favorite characters ever in anything.

Everything I want in final girl horror and more. I love how Jones ended this trilogy knowing he had to keep upping the stakes, twisting the mystery, and kept pulling it off. I love how much the idea of a final girl, of inhabiting a slasher film type scenario was interrogated, how you see characters, Jade in particular, acknowledge the costs. I love, love, love that movie/story magic, of so much lost but survived, of something worth living for surviving, and perhaps gaining more than just the knowledge of one's own resilience from surviving. 😉
⚠️gore, suicide attempt, suicide by immolation