Book Info:
Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
Genre: Young Adult Horror
Publishing Date: September 17, 2024
Synopsis:
An evil video gameA lying Twitch streamerA demon hungry for her secrets
After spending the summer wracked with guilt about causing the accident that killed her little sister, ambitious gamer and chronic liar Viv returns to Twitch streaming. She never told her parents the truth about the accident, but she hopes that maybe making it big in streaming and giving the money to them is penance enough for her mistakes.
The weekend before school starts, Viv finds the perfect horror game to make her Twitch comeback, and during an offline practice run, an NPC asks Viv for a secret. She decides to tell them the truth about her sister’s death since a game could never share her secret―in doing so, she accidentally welcomes a demonic mimic into her life.
No one believes Viv when she tells them about her evil doppelganger. Viv has lied to get her best friend’s sympathy and has spread rumors for attention, so why should anyone trust her now? The only person who believes her is Ash, a cute social outcast whom Viv once bullied. In trying to clear her name and kill the mimic, Viv discovers that her lies have hurt people who never deserved it, herself included.
Content Warning: Death of a sibling, grief
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About the Author:
Tatiana is the proud parent of two cats, Momo and Yuri. She has an MFA from The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. When she’s not writing, she’s either gaming, lifting heavy weights, or teaching people how to lift heavy weights. Such Lovely Skin is her debut novel.
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Twitter: https://x.com/tatianaschlote
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebuffwriter/
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Holy cow Such Lovely Skin was so jaw dropping at times I had trouble putting it back. I have to admit at the start I was getting a bit bored and was thinking that it probably would not pick up and how wrong was I. I loved that the main character Viv was so unreliable and believe that it really gave the story that something extra and this made the book to be more memorable. I also can't believe how for a debut novel Tatiana had so much precision by knowing where to ramp things up and when to take things down making both the character and the reader feel a little relief but then ramping things up to epic proportion.
I can' tell you how many times I swore while reading this book, If there is someone from Netflix or another streaming service please please read this amazing book and then adapt it to a film you will not be disappointed.
For all the above reasons Such Lovely Skin receives 5 stars and Please could we have a sequel ?
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