Are you ready for a winter immersive reading experience? Have I got a book for you. Alexa Donne's The Bitter End is a purrrfect read for a blizzard night with the wind howling like a banshee, snow ❄️ piling up, and maybe a power outage.
"Ms. Silva squirms under our hot gazes. It's seven against one.
'I went out this morning to inspect the storm damage. We're completely snowed in. The drifts are five, six feet? Roads completely blocked.' She wrings her hands. 'Not that it matters. We can't call out, so there's no one to reach even if they could get here by car.'"
The where is an isolated big old house on top of a mountain. The road up the mountain is sketchy even under the best of conditions. Under five or six feet of snow ❄️ it would be extremely hazardous even if they had a car or truck. Which they don't.
"So what is this? A digital-detox wellness weekend with noted hard-ass guidance counselor Ms. Silva. She's literally reported seniors to colleges for lying on their applications, and she got one kid's acceptance rescinded a few years ago, rumor has it. Somewhere there's a dartboard with her face on it, riddled with holes."
The eight students (before they get distracted by weightier matters like staying alive) would gladly put some more holes in it. They all had signed up for more glamorous, exciting Senior Excursion options, only to be bumped to this nightmare at the last minute. They are not happy campers...
...nor are they a group you'd want together under the best of circumstances...
...never mind in a scene straight out of a survivalist nightmare. Whole lotta bad blood between these kids ever since an eventful party three years earlier.
At their first supper one of the students, Eden, drugs the chaperone so they can party. Do they ever! The next morning one of the boys is dead...
...And there's no way to call for help...
...And another blizzard is intensifying.
If you're a real chiller affecianado you won't want to miss out on The Bitter End or on Donne's two previous cliffhangers: The Ivies and Pretty Dead Queens.
On a purrrsonal note, here in Central Maine the temperatures are dropping. We're in for 2 days of really dangerous windchill, possibly accompanied by more snow. But aside from that I am living my best life. I had an amazing day yesterday. The morning was First Friday Bagels. I had my favorite: sweet cinnamon. In the afternoon I was paparazzi for a SWell event on planners where I got some seriously good stuff including 4 adorable squishies for little little land. Catherine complimented me on my running. More people asked for poster board for Operation Valentine. And so many people are so excited about it. It's like real world viral.
And the few with whom I've shared my next project idea are excited for it.
A great big shout out goes out to all the groups who are participating in Operation Valentine.
Jules Hathaway
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