Bury Your Gays

I just finished Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle and here are my thoughts.

Misha should be on cloud nine. He has an oscar nomination under his belt and his long time running show has excellent ratings. The studio wants him to do one teeny tiny thing... Kill off the gay characters in the season finale.

As a gay man half in the closet, he can't bring himself to do it. When he tells the studio no, that should be the end of it right? Except now, his written creations for the screen, are coming to life and if they follow their personas in the real world... He has 5 days before he dies. No matter where he goes, they are right there, stalking him.

Haunted by a past he wanted to forget, he must figure out how this is happening and how to save his career and his life.

When I read the synopsis of the book I was like huh.... Wasn't giving away much of what the book was about but it was in the horror genre and I love horror so I thought, why the heck not.... I am so glad I did.

It is heavy on the LGBTQ rep so if that isn't something you like, you may wanna give it a miss. I found it actually elevated the story because you can see how Misha ended up writing the things he wrote and why he became as closed off as he did. I know some people get weird about books that lean heavily in but I think this book really did an excellent job of balancing it out.

I loved that we got a glimpse of Misha's past and it explains how his experiences helped him write the characters that are now alive and stalking him. I thought it added some real depth to the story.

Narrator was great. I felt really invested in the book and I loved the creepy undertones that are weaved within the story.

It's not a long book so I finished the audio in a morning but it was so well done and I was blown away with the clever dialogue and epic storytelling.

I am a fan! I'm not gonna lie, I need more books like this.

4.5 stars

Thank you to @netgalley and @macmillanaudio for my gifted alc

Out now and well worth it (I mean come on! The cover alone did it for me)

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