I am supposed to be reading on the theme of water in 2025, but indeed sometimes, when amazing things come up, I have to take advantage of it!!!
And indeed when I was browsing on NetGalley I saw that Saga Press has a new edition of some of Steven Graham Jones earlier works - a Double Feature of The Babysitter Lives and Killer on the Road. I could not resist. Below is an image of what's coming out in July, and it really is quite a nice cover! It is about time that books other than romantasy got some really nice editions and covers... I read some romantasy, but lately the covers and edges almost seem to be there as an apology for the bad writing inside.
Not so for this Double feature, SGJ delivers.
I loved both!
To be 100% honest, I had a lot of trouble with The Baby Sitter Lives It was so relatable and scary to me that I couldn't really read it at home at night - and it became my gym book. If you were ever a babysitter, you'll really relate to the creepy parents, the noises in an unfamiliar house and the low-key horror of the possibility of something awful happening to the children that you're getting paid a very low wage to watch. It brought back a lot of memories! So, In some ways it was a delicious scary - relatable mess, and in others, it was maybe, just a smidge too terrifying for me.
A Killer on the Road, chronicles a run-a-way teens escape from family life, only to find herself part of an intricate plan that is not at all pleasant. Just imagine, you're trying to escape, but somehow without your knowledge, you're also part of a killer's 3 year plan in the making and you step right into it! Definite disadvantage there.
This gorgeous double feature is coming in July, and would make a perfect gift for the horror lover in your life, even if that horror lover is YOU, because after all, don't we all deserve a treat in our current times?
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