 Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to another book review. Today we are talking about one of my most anticipated books of the year WAFE by Samantha Colznick. This came early. I pre-ordered it as soon as I heard about it. I went out. I went and pre-ordered it and The something happened and they had to ship the pre-orders early. I don't think the book is out yet I believe it comes out in December December 12th something like that So this is kind of an advanced review, but I will leave links to if there's a pre-order I'll leave all that stuff down there in the doobly-doo So this book this book is something else. I had Those of you who are here for the TLDW too long didn't watch I absolutely loved this book It is a such a refreshing refreshing horror story in An age where everything seems like it's just regurgitated or riffing off other works or whatever This one is about a woman named Angie is told in the first person from Angie's perspective And she is married to a man named Matt who is physically abusive. He's just an all-around jerk all-around piece of shit One day while she's at the grocery store. She bumps into a Androgynous man named Ben I'd bring up androgynous for a reason this book is very much about self-discovery But she bumps into this guy looking for marshmallows And she falls pretty much falls instantly in love with the dude and start stalking him That's pretty much all I'm gonna tell you about the storyline other than Her and her husband have a very odd relationship. Both of them have issues. Like I said, he's abusive She's definitely not stable whatsoever But I believe I don't think this is too big of a spoiler he her husband Finds out about Ben and well she tells him about Ben and he wants to have met Matt Her husband wants to have plastic surgery to look just like Ben and then spiral out of control from that point on That I had no idea just like with her first book True crime. I had no idea where this was going It had it every single page was something unexpected Probably after the first third of the book. I was just like, okay, I'm just along for the ride The writing is absolutely Phenomenal same say Samantha Colesnick is just it. I'm in awe of her talent the the book is it's I don't the only criticism that I would have is I would have loved to have hung hung hung around These characters a little longer But that's that's more of a compliment than anything else because I didn't want the book to end It's only a hundred pages. It is a super super quick read with super short chapters But the character development I'm gonna go ahead and go through my three that I look for character pacing and dread so the characters Matt and Angie completely broken completely unstable people and Then there there's Ben. There's his wife Shelly that we don't get much of Shelly is pregnant Ben comes in to toward the end in a in a bigger I know a bigger part than I expected That that's seen where he he pops up is was I thought it was absolutely horrifying But anyways, I don't want to tell you too much about it because I want you to go in completely blind There is a there is a bit toward the end Where it reminded me very heavily of 8mm the Nicholas Cage film I am a massive fan of Things like that. I was like not really found footage, but of seedy underbelly Movie production and things like that It just checked off all the the the right marks for me Another thing is I said this on Twitter, and I'm gonna repeat it here I would say this is the type of book that David Cronenberg would write a very very David Cronenberg But I read his book consumed and this is by far a better experience Okay, so I'm sorry. I'm very happy with this book I'm trying to wrap my head around everything that I want to say because I go off the cuff with these reviews So the next thing we're gonna go talk about the pacing the book speeds along and it's not just because of the The way it's written like the short chapters or that the book is short I read it in two sittings. I went through the first half of the book in one sitting And then the next by the next day I was done The the pacing I never had a moment where I was like, you know get on with it or anything It was it just kept chugging along. I was impressed that the tension Was maintained throughout the entire story, which brings me to the dread You know something bad is happening You know something bad is going on behind the scenes with Matt and the plastic surgery and all that stuff You know something bad is coming and it's only going to get worse and worse And then you have you know, you you get to the climax and you're like, holy holy hell It's it. It's very very gnarly and very very upsetting this is probably too late for this but content warnings for for rape and body dysmorphia Those two things because this is definitely a body horror story I said on Twitter is a fill of unabashed debauchery and gnarly body horror But at the end of the day, this is a story about self-discovery And I loved following Angie on on her journey Trying to find herself trying to figure out what her who she was Instead of who other people wanted her to be or who she had built herself up as in her head Because of the expectations of other people I absolutely despised Matt and the doctor doctor mints Which I thought was a funny name for the guy given. He's a plastic surgeon So it that every everything about this I'm trying my best not not to just fanboy all over this But I really don't have anything negative to say about it other than I wanted it to be longer You didn't need to be longer. Hell. No, it's perfect just the way it is But I wanted to follow these characters some more and I definitely wanted more Rina and What was the other girl's name the the waves but anyways, that's kind of spoilery But yeah, the two women that she meets I keep wanting to call her journey That's that's not it, but it's it's I reena or reena and another woman. Those two characters were both disturbing and Fun to read about I think they were so fun because they were so disturbing to read about I found You know how I am the the positive reviews go on much much shorter than my negative reviews Because I don't know what else to say Other than this book is fantastic if you got your hands on it early Congratulations, if not as soon as it is available. I suggest you go out and get it I know grind house, which is the publisher. I know they are not doing Pre-orders any longer. So I will like I said if I can find the Amazon link to a pre-order Then you guys can pre-order over there I will probably end up doing a book birthday when the book finally drops Wide with a wide release Because I want you guys to read it I asked you guys to check it out and definitely get the paperback. It is a beautiful book grind house always does Immaculate covers. It's just absolutely gorgeous. But I mean look how thin it is You're gonna blow through it in a day if not just, you know one or two hours most of you I read slow, but anyways, have you read wave? Did you get your pre-order copy? Did you blow through it like I did or are you coming to this after? After it's finally out with its wide release if you have let me know whether or not you'd loved it Whether or not you hated it whether or not you felt meh about it But if you felt any of those things let me know in detail down there in the doobly-doo so that we can have a discussion But until next time I have any you've been you this has been another book review. I'll talk to you guys later Bye-bye