Title: Slasher Girls and Monster Boys

Author: Various, edited by April Genevieve Tucholke

Publishing Information:  August 18th 2015 by Dial Books

Genre: Horror, short stories, paranormal, fantasy, myster

Series Information: Standaone anthology

Format: Hardcover, 385 pages

Source: Received from the publisher via Edelweiss

Recommended For: Fans of literally any of the authors in the anthology or those of you looking for some creepy reads that will leave you wanting more.

I am not usually one who enjoys short stories, but this seemed right up my alley so I decided to give it a go. I am so happy that I did because it opened my eyes to some new authors and I thoroughly enjoyed most of the anthology. I am going to share a quick glance review with some blurbs about each of the stories:

• The Birds of Azalea Street by Nova Ren Suma was creepy in a real sort of way…3.5
• In the Forest Dark and Deep by Carrie Ryan was excellent. A retelling of sorts of Alice in Wonderland, it gave me chills and somehow made me sad. 5 stars
• Cat Winters delivers another fantastic historical ghostly tale in Emmeline. 5 stars
• Bardugo’s story somehow makes celebrity rehab surprisingly creepy. 4 stars
• I liked the lore of the story by Megan Shepherd, the harbinger of Death is always a go in my book! 3.5 stars
• I still don’t love Danielle Paige’s writing…but she wrote about basically my favorite thing ever so I dig it. 4 stars
• April’s story was probably my least favorite. Very “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and very dull. 2 stars
• The Maberry story was dull, and was too prequel like for my tastes. Zombies. Meh. 2 stars
• OMG the Jay Kristoff story was awesome. 5 stars
• Stefan Bachman’s was interesting enough…3 stars
• The Girl Without a Face by Marie Lu actually creeped me out a bit which is a feat in itself! Vengeful ghost for the win! 5 stars
• A Girl Who Dreamed of Snow by McCormick Templeman was quite good, and almost fable-like. 4 stars
• Stitches by A.G. Howard is not for the squeamish, but it was fantastic. 5 stars
• I like the vengeance in Kendare’s story. 4 stars

Shelf Talker: As you can see, I really enjoyed most of these short stories, which was a fantastic surprise for me! If you enjoy even a few of these authors, pick up this anthology and give it a go, it was the perfect creepy read that got me excited for more from these authors.