How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates: A Novel
368 Pages I Paperback
āA delightful celebration of rom-coms, slasher flicks, and the women who love them.āĀ āKirkus ReviewsĀ (starred review)
A humorous, swoony, and downright terrifying slasher rom-comĀ in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of theĀ romanceĀ and horror genres to make it as a real-life Final Girl.
When Jamie Prescott and her best friend Laurie attend a speed-dating event, Jamie expects to meet a roster of mediocre men and indulge in some street food afterwards. She doesnāt expect one of her dates to have his throat slit at their table during a blackout. After the lights come back on and there are more bodies on the floor, it becomes clear that dating can be a very dangerous pastime.
Armed with makeshift weapons and Jamieās extensive knowledge of what NOT to do in a slasher, the remaining speed daters try to find an exit while the killer adds to their body count. As the night progresses and Jamie comes face-to-mask with the murderer, she begins to suspect they are committing the slayings to woo one of the daters and turn them into a real-life Final Girl. But Jamie has other plans, and as she fights for her life, she canāt help but find herself ensconced in a love triangle with two of the other survivors. Will she make it through the bloodshed to find her Happily Ever After? Or does this machete-wielding psychopath have another ending in mind?
For fans ofĀ Love in the Time of Serial KillersĀ andĀ Butcher & Blackbird,Ā How to Kill a Guy in Ten DatesĀ is one killer love story.
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368 Pages I Paperback
āA delightful celebration of rom-coms, slasher flicks, and the women who love them.āĀ āKirkus ReviewsĀ (starred review)
A humorous, swoony, and downright terrifying slasher rom-comĀ in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of theĀ romanceĀ and horror genres to make it as a real-life Final Girl.
When Jamie Prescott and her best friend Laurie attend a speed-dating event, Jamie expects to meet a roster of mediocre men and indulge in some street food afterwards. She doesnāt expect one of her dates to have his throat slit at their table during a blackout. After the lights come back on and there are more bodies on the floor, it becomes clear that dating can be a very dangerous pastime.
Armed with makeshift weapons and Jamieās extensive knowledge of what NOT to do in a slasher, the remaining speed daters try to find an exit while the killer adds to their body count. As the night progresses and Jamie comes face-to-mask with the murderer, she begins to suspect they are committing the slayings to woo one of the daters and turn them into a real-life Final Girl. But Jamie has other plans, and as she fights for her life, she canāt help but find herself ensconced in a love triangle with two of the other survivors. Will she make it through the bloodshed to find her Happily Ever After? Or does this machete-wielding psychopath have another ending in mind?
For fans ofĀ Love in the Time of Serial KillersĀ andĀ Butcher & Blackbird,Ā How to Kill a Guy in Ten DatesĀ is one killer love story.
