Indian Lake Trilogy, #3
by Stephen Graham Jones
narrated by Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals, Andrew J. Robinson & Stephen Graham Jones
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The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones is a wonderful horror-filled ending to the Indian Lake Trilogy.
This book came out in March of this year and I’ve been putting off reading it because I didn’t want the trilogy to end. I finally picked it up for spooky month and I inhaled it within 24 hours. And gosh, SGJ really knocked it out of the park.
Jade Daniels is such a layered character and I felt for her over the course of this series. In this installment, she is our main POV character and I really appreciated that! She’s back in Proofrock, Idaho four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper and in a wonderful full-circle moment, she’s teaching history at the local high school.
SGJ does such a great job with her character growth across the whole series, especially in this one where we’re exploring major themes of mental health and processing childhood trauma. I also really liked the interstitials that are spread out throughout the book. There is a bit of a mixed media element to those, and I loved that the audiobook had multiple narrators to help get that across.
This series is more than just a horror series. It’s about letting people in, it’s about reaching out. I love the friendship between Jade and Letha especially.
If you like horror, especially if you like slasher movies, please pick up this series.
CW: violence, gore, death
I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to NetGalley, Saga Press, and Simon Audio for the complimentary review copies. All opinions contained herein are my own.
The Indian Lake Trilogy includes:
- My Heart is a Chainsaw
- Don’t Fear the Reaper
- The Angel of Indian Lake
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