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This Is Not a Horror Movie

By: Sara Dobie Bauer
Narrated by: Blake Lockheart
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Emory Jones loves two things: horror movies and Connor Nichols.

For the past four years, Emory, Connor, and their families have vacationed side by side on Longboat Key, Florida. Eighteen-year-old Emory has pined for his neighbor from behind the covers of Stephen King books, but college boy Connor has never noticed him. Probably because Emory looks like Jack Skellington with good hair.

Emory anticipates another predictable summer of sunburn and disappointment. Instead, he ends up with a mystery on his hands when a beloved beach bum goes missing, and Connor volunteers to help with the search. Turns out it’s not just scary movie cops who are worthless, so the boys start an investigation of their own - leading them straight to an abandoned beach resort.

Despite the danger, Emory and Connor grow closer, but as Emory’s gay dreams start coming true, so do the horror movie tropes he so loves. Even though he knows that sex equals death in slasher flicks, Emory can’t keep his hands off the guy of his teenage dreams.

This Is Not a Horror Movie is a 78,000-word new adult gay rom-com...with a monster.

"In This Is Not a Horror Movie, you have two highly engaging characters and a mysterious and funny horror story that simply oozes summertime spirit." (Best-selling author Lily Morton)

©2021 Sara Dobie Bauer (P)2021 Sara Dobie Bauer Coming of Age Contemporary Contemporary Romance Genre Fiction Romance Scary Fiction Dream

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The story centres around Emary, a young guy, whose holidaying where they always do, in Florida.

He's been lusting after the neighbours family's son and has done for years. And oh does he lust. This takes up a good deal of the story. Anyway, they're both horror fans. There's many a nod to King,, and other horror writers, which I enjoyed.

They end up battling their own local demon and there's many a nod to popular horror films which is fun.

I just kind of wished there was less lusting, and more horror if I'm honest, but it was a free listen in return for an honest review. The narration was excellent and the characters likeable.

Sweetly sugar coated horror.

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I really enjoyed this story a lot when I read it with my eyes; Blake Lockheart’s audio performance made me love it even more. The voices he used were great and made it easy to distinguish the different characters. Sometimes when I listen to the audio of a book that I’ve read recently I don’t pay close attention to it because I already know the story. This was not the case with This is not a Horror Movie. Blake Lockheart sucked me into the story all over again and had me paying very close attention to the whole thing.

If you’re looking for hot and steamy this might not be the book for you. But, if you’re looking for a fun, witty, and a bit scary, escape about two young guys who fall in love I highly recommend this book. The story really grabbed me from the start and didn’t let go. It’s told in first person from Emory’s POV until the Epilogue which is from Connor’s POV.

I’ve only read three other books by Sara Dobie Bauer but I loved each of them. Her writing is diverse and compelling. This is Not a Horror Movie is about two guys about to start their college years. Their families each spend the same few weeks on Longboat Key each year so the families have gotten to know each other.

Connor and Emory share a love of horror movies (I do not share this love at all – LOL) and they bond while watching movies. They never expected to actually experience their own personal horror story. Emory’s twin sister, Liz, is a great secondary character who adds a lot to the story. Their sibling bickering reminded me a lot of my childhood. They might fight and say nasty things to each other but they are also fiercely loyal to one another.

Like many of the horror movies mentioned throughout the book, Connor and Emory have difficulty convincing the adults of the danger that they’ve discovered. A lot happens before the adults finally realize that the kids aren’t making up a story.

I look forward to reading more books by Sara Dobie Bauer.

A copy of this audiobook was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.

Great New Adult story! Great Audio Performance!

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Loved every minute of it, definitely a book I’ll go back to again and again.

Amazing!

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What do you get when you listen to a book with absolutely fantastic characters, a strong storyline, a good dose of humour and scary movies, Plus a dash of amazing (ok the whole bottle) narration? This book that’s what and you need to listen to it. The characters had me enthralled from the first chapter til the last

Wow

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I normally read/listen to nothing like YA but the blurb just drew me in. I’m so glad I did. This is such a fun, heartbreaking story. Emory who is much more than he thinks he is and Connor who doesn’t seem to have the confidence I think he should have had. These two on their first date is cute. Emory’s twin sister Liz adds so much to the story. The mystery/horror part added to the overall story. The narration by Blake Lockheart really brings book to life. I’m not sure I would have enjoyed the story near as much without his making the characters so real.

First crush/love

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