My Pretties

What a wild ride. This is a messed up book. Like a train wreck that you can't turn away from. Crazy crazy! Anxiety ridden, edge of your seat book!

A family that slays together…There’s a serial killer taking women from the streets. When Charlene meets a new waitress named Gertie, she learns that her cousin is just one of many. Gertie, desperate to know if her cousin is still alive or dead, has a plan to lure the serial killer to her. Worried for her safety, Charlene decides to go with her. From there, the girls lives descend into a twisted game of murder and despair.Wow. Just wow. I don’t even know where to begin. This book had everything I could hope for in a creepy little read: a sadistic psychopath, a snarky kick-ass heroine, and a lot of dark humor. I absolutely loved Charlene. She was punk and fearless. One the best characters I’ve read in a long time. Her relationship with Gertie was both hilarious and believable. Gertie herself was a FOIL character to Charlene. She was quiet and calm though her plan to trap a serial killer wasn’t the best.The serial killer, Ken, was his own kind of personality. The women he stole, he locked in cages, watching them slowly starve to death. Though the reason for this method of murder wasn’t explored in much depth, I thought it made him a unique killer from similar books in the genre. Not to mention his sense of dark humor.I loved absolutely everything there was. My only qualm is that I wished this was longer. I picked up this book on Kindle Unlimited first but then bought the audiobook. Both formats are splendid, but the audiobook gives it that extra bit of awesomeness because the narrator absolutely nailed the characters.If you love creepy books, dark books, or slasher fictions, I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend this story.

Intense. The book wasn't really what I expected - it was better. A few twists I didn't see coming. It is a fast read but is well written and thought out.

Jeff has not disappointed me. Edge of seat..Got to take a breather every now and then. Will plunge into the next as soon as the nightmares stop.

💥Proceed with caution in regards to this read as it is an extreme horror novel and NOT for the faint of heart💥Kenneth Dove has a hobby. Offering only water, he watches his pretties hang from above until nature take its course and they starve inside their cage.Women are coming up missing and Gertie's cousin Kimberly is one of them. Hoping to lure the killer as bait she walks the street at night disguised as "his type". Charlene, Gertie's new friend from work, who thinks this is a terrible idea, has offered to enlist her help and together they find out what happens when the killer comes out to play.While I had hoped for a more sadistic ending (horrible of me I know 😂😂) I really enjoyed this read. I give it a solid 4 🌟.

This novel was so much fun!We have a weird, disfunctional, memorable family of villains and two female main characters you could root for, and who complemented each other. Charlene, in particular, is compelling as the selfless heroine. You can’t help but love her. Further to that, it was nice to read a story in which the main character is a wise-cracking lesbian.Besides being a dark horror, My Pretties is filled with Strand’s sarcastic and dry sense of humour. It gives the majority of his stories that 80s cheesy horror movie feel.Again.... I loved the story.The only other comment I have is the cover of the book. The picture itself is fine but I was completely distracted by the typeface. Is it me or is there a very odd space between the R in Pretties and the first E? I kept staring at the cover as the word “Pretties” looked so strange, and I kept asking myself if Pretties was spelled wrong.If that was the intention, then bravo. Otherwise, you may want to consider the font and spacing, and its effect on marketing the book.Buy this book now if you want to read one of Strand’s best novels.

MY PRETTIES, by Jeff Strand, is one of his darker novels, but still with his trademarked sense of sarcasm and humor. We have one man who hunts women with dark brown hair==let's just say his method of execution is . . . Unique. Add to this two female would-be heroes, a dysfunctional family, and you have a fast paced horror novel that will have you chuckling at the most inappropriate of times.

One of Jeff Strand's best stories to date. I probably say that way too often, but he has such an amazing arc of talent - this particular story has all the gore and horror, great characters, and suspense you can ask for. Lacking (slightly) in his trademark humor, this is a straight-on thrill ride, and I enjoyed every mile. The concept is a sadistic method of murder - wait, is it murder if they die naturally? Either way, it's horrific. I used to think that my family is dysfunctional. Jeff has caged that myth for good!

First let me stress that I am a huge Jeff Strand fan. Having read many of his books and short stories I love his mix of wacky humour and horror. I also read the other reviews left about, ‘My Pretties’ and it left me thinking, ‘Did I miss something??’.On the whole the story was good with the idea being dark and unsettling. I enjoyed it and read it quite quickly. My only issue was I felt the 2 things that I enjoy most about his writing (the humour and horror) were watered down so it wasn’t particularly funny or particularly graphic or gory. Now that might be because I enjoy more ‘Edward Lee’ type depictions of horror or that I’m just sick,sick,sick!!!!Overall I just felt a bit disappointed- don’t hate me!

I am a big Jeff Strand fan so my expectation was high for this. Unfortunately, this one just didn't live up to it. It was pretty standard fare that I would fully expect from any other horror writer. I'm sure if I hadn't read any of this authors other books that I probably would have given it 5 stars.

I was definitely in the mood for a new Jeff Strand novel. This was definitely darker than his previous. Still a smattering of humour throughout though.Always good fun. And sometimes that's all I need. Nothing too taxing on the brain.Five stars. And deserved.

Jeff Strand is a bad, bad man.The head honcho of horror comedy.I have read all of his books, ans this one, though darker than many of his other works is my favourite thus far.

Enjoyable read, a real page Turner.