A perfect autumnal read, packed to the gills with slasher-movie references. Thanks to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this before publication.
Charley has been offered a fresh start. She doesn’t like being the new girl in the remote school for girls that she has been sent to. While her roommate, Olive, shares her fondness for horror movies there’s not much else about the school that she likes. However, it’s an opportunity for her to be remembered for something other than the events that led to her being asked to attend the school.
It doesn’t take long before we start to learn something is very wrong. A student is found dead, and it’s labelled a suicide, but when Charley starts seeing her body it’s evident that something is not quite right. Then more students turn up dead and Charley is haunted by their spirits. It’s down to Charley and Olive to use their shared love of horror movies to help them work out what’s going on.
Our big question is, will they survive?
Hard to put down. With plenty of wry humour this is a book I’d recommend, though the ending felt a little less plausible than it might have.

Thank you for the ARC

unfortunately this book was a DNF for me
firstly I think this book reads very young compared to most YA books, which is odd given that its horror movie based, I feel the age this is for wouldn't understand the references at all.
I also didn't like the lack of clear chapters, as a girl who reads until a chapter ends it was difficult, I also think it made it harder to follow as one moment they are doing one thing and the next its somewhere different and yet there was no chapter

Brilliant! What a great book I couldn’t put it down! Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book.

i knew i’d enjoy this book but i was shocked by how much!!! truly a phenomenal story and so tense too!! i love it when the characters know how to survive and still somehow make weird choices haha!!

I absolutely loved this book and its references to horror movies, the story was very well written and had clearly been well thought out. I thought I had an idea of who the killer was but the ending did surprise me. I loved this book from start to finish and highly recommend it.

A fun slasher to read during spooky season. It does get predictable but that’s ok because I enjoyed the horror movie references

I am not a huge fan of Horror but this tongue cheek look at the genre was fun and I really did enjoy reading it.

The protagonist is Charley, a teenager with a dark past who has come to attend a boarding school in the middle of nowhere, perfect setting for a horror. Cue the spooky music :)

It had twist and turns that kept me engaged right to the end and I was rooting for Charley to be that girl that make it to the end.

Does she…. Read and find out ;)

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐀
𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫!
𝐌𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟑.𝟓 ⭐️

What a fun read!! This will be perfect for the slasher fan for Halloween.
A murder mystery with a lot of horror movie references (Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween)

There are #33 rules to surviving a horror movie, I enjoyed how each ‘chapter’ was a rule to surviving but it flowed in nicely with the storyline.

For a YA horror it had the predictable cheesy dialogue and I did roll my eyes a few times at how many times Stephen King’s name popped up, but I did enjoy some really creepy moments that I could visualise perfectly and the death scenes were pretty gruesome for a YA book.

100% recommend if you like
-Popcorn Slashers
-Slasher Movies
-Fast Paced
-Paranormal
-Dark Academia Setting
-An Easy, Quick Read

Thanks to @netgalley & @littletigerbooks for this eArc!

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Thank you for the e-ARC

Ultimately, I think I was too old for this book.
The ironic and self-aware tone was reminiscent of the TV Scream Queens, and for younger horror fans I'm sure will be a lot of fun.

The main problem for me was the leaning into the "not like other girls" but to such an extent that the MC often came across as being just as cruel as some of the 'bullies'. Although the book is written in the MCs favour I found her callousness put me off rooting for her.

The horror references throughout were fun, though again, often quite clunky. For a younger reader they could have been a fun addition.

Ultimately, between disliking the MC early on and predicting the ending, I found this book a struggle to finish. The humour didn't connect with me and it felt like a story I've seen done before. But in all earnestness believe my younger sibling would love this book.

I really enjoyed this book, it was just a bit slow overall but I'm in a bit of a reading slump so that may have contributed to how slow it felt. I did not see the plot twist coming and really liked what the author did with it. Hoping for a next instalment at some point, the ending seemed kinda cliffhanger-esque. Overall, fun and chill read

‘Island wildlife was vicious and unpredictable. Much like the Sixth-Year girls’

In an attempt to escape her troubled past, Charley is sent to an all-girls' boarding school on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. This is a chance to leave her mistakes behind and focus on keeping a low profile and passing her final year. Easy enough, she thinks, until her classmates start dying one by one. As the token Horror Movie Nerd and the only one that can communicate with her classmates’ ghosts, Charley takes matters into her own hands to solve the murders.

As a lover of horror, especially meta slashers such as Scream, I was incredibly excited about this one. Described as a ‘tongue-in-cheek twist on the classic teen horror’, I was immediately sold. Unfortunately, this was quite the disappointment.

Each chapter is a horror survival rule but instead of subverting them, it follows them to a T. Of course, a certain level of adhering to the tropes is necessary, but How to Survive a Horror Movie does absolutely nothing original. Instead of trusting its audience to know the works that are referenced, it spells them out every single time. There is nothing subtle here, and unfortunately, simply mentioning the work that you are copying is not the same as paying homage to it.

With all that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed parts of this. Charley calling the cult classic Heathers an “underrated movie” genuinely made me laugh, and the climax was fast-paced and well written. Extra points for the fact that the main character is a lesbian, too, which was wonderful. Horror has always been queer, and I have loved seeing all of the explicitly gay stories that have been coming out recently.

How to Survive a Horror Movie is not a play on the genre, it is an introduction to it. If you are over the age of 15 and well versed in the horror genre, skip this one yourself, but maybe buy it for a younger relative as a gateway to the lovely messed up little world that is horror literature and film.

Thank you NetGalley and Little tiger group for my review copy!

How to Survive a Horror Movie is a great You g Adult novel that I know students will love in the school I work in. An eye catching cover with a gripping mystery story covering themes that they relate to.

3.5 stars
This is a fast paced slasher fic that isn’t very long, well paced with a good introduction and gets into the main part quick enough. The story is set on a small island in a boarding school where we are introduced to Charley who is a new transfer, her and Olive, her roommate, set to finding a killer when a fellow classmate gets killed. Complete with typical horror movie plot points; masked killer, gruesome deaths, chase scenes, non believing side characters etc., I think it helps make it an easy read as the book feels like a familiar movie. The ending and killer reveal might be too predictable in hindsight, I personally didn’t predict until near the end.
While you’re not going to be scared reading this, it’s enjoyable for anyone who loves a rewatch of horror movies.
Thanks to NetGalley and Little Tiger Group for the opportunity to read this arc.

A typical slasher type of horror novel with a bit of meta commentary on the genre - loved this about the book. It is YA so keep that in mind when reading but even as an adult I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Great story for when the nights are drawing in.

Rating : 4 ★

My horror/slasher fan self had the very best time with this book !

How to Survive a Horror Movie will be perfect for you if you love :
🔪 slasher movies
👻 ghosts & hauntings
🎞️ early 2000's horror movies vibes
🕯️ dark academia settings
🪓 a good final girl moment
💀 some gruesome deaths
🍿 a popcorn read

How to Survive a Horror Movie follows our horror movie nerd Charley at her new boarding school on a remote island. But when the bodies of her classmates start to pile up, Charley realizes that there's a killer on the loose and that she might be the main character of her own horror movie.
Stuck on the island and with the help of her bestie and freshly-killed-ghost-classmates, Charley sets up to solve the murders and uncover the killer before it's too late ...

I honestly didn't know what to expect going into this book and what a surprise !
It was fast paced, action packed, funny, witty and filled with horror references. The author navigates the do's and don'ts of the genre with each chapter throughout the book giving us just the right amount of excitement about what might happen next. The characters were carved enough to give them some depth without disturbing the flow of the mystery and even though some moments and dialogues felt cringy (after all it is YA and they're all teenagers) and almost too cliché, they bounced back thanks to the plot twists. The author also didn't shy away from gory scenes which I appreciated and created some very atmospheric settings.

This book is to be read as an ode to the slasher genre (think scream, i know what you did last summer, etc.) and as such has many plot holes that i more than gladly ignored for the overall enjoyment of the story. I would have loved for more stalking build up from the killer and for a more elaborate ending as well but was happily surprised by the announcement of a sequel !

Lastly, I know that arcs have typos and structural errors but as i've read published books filled with them lately (ugh), I want to quickly mention that I hope they'll be corrected for the final copies so that i can buy an edition to reread and annotate !

Thank you to Netgalley and Little Tiger Group for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

I'm rating it 3 stars but I didn't finish it. It's not the book, it's me. It sounded fun but it was very YA (which is not bad, just not the type of book I pick up and I rather not give it a bad review just because I'm the wrong audience) :(

as someone who is a huge fan of horror movies and very excited for halloween already, this was very much up my street. it follows the familiar and beloved slasher tropes and it knows it does, with the protagonist regularly pointing it out as a horror fanatic herself. i loved the fact that she could see ghosts, it made the story much more entertaining and had genuine laugh-out-loud moments. the sequel may not be out until 2025, but i’m looking forward to it already. i’d recommend this heavily, to people who are newly interested in the horror genre but also longterm fans.

I thoroughly enjoyed "How to Survive a Horror Movie". I found Charley endearing. One of the twists I saw coming from early on but this only helped the second twist floor me!

For YA I was surprised as the death count was higher than some horror movies I've seen!


Even though some of the rules seemed a little made up for the following scene, I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SEQUAL! I am gutted I didn't realise this wasn't standalone.

When girls at her boarding school start having fatal ‘accidents’, Charley finds herself haunted by their spirits, who demand she solves their murders. These grisly but mostly good-humoured apparitions are reminiscent of the gruesome ghosts in An American Werewolf in London, one of the few popular horror films not name checked in this book.
This slapstick slasher is ideal for readers and movie fans who enjoy a horror spoof with plenty of blood, guts and gore.
With thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an early copy in exchange for an independent review.

This gave all the slasher movie vibes that I needed and I think this would be perfect for anyone who enjoys those type of horror movies especially Fear Street and Scream, or the TV Series School Spirits. I couldn't put this book down.

How to Survive a Horror Movies follows Charley who is sent to an all-girls boarding school on remote island. In attempt to escape her trouble past, she focuses on keep a low profile for her final year. But when her classmates start dying one by one, as the token horror movie nerd, Charley is quick to realise that a serial killer is on the loose and the classmates aren't committing suicide like they are all made to believe. Being the only one able to communicate with her dead classmates, Charley decides to take matters into her own hands. And with no way to get off the remote island, what could possibly go wrong?

This is a fast paced book that easily draws your attention, not shying away from gore at all. And all the horror references! I love how Scarlett Dunmore navigates the reader through the dos and don'ts of surviving scenarios with all of those tips. If you haven't read or watched much within the horror genre then this is quite helpful. The aspect of having the ghosts brought such an interesting element and I loved Meghan. For a ghost, she really did have the best character development. While I did think it was cliche in places (the killer I'm looking at you), it was still quite an enjoyable read. However, I do think the suspense could've been built up more if we had more stalking from the killer.

If you're looking for a book to read for Halloween then definitely pick this up. I can't wait for the sequel next year.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.