My Best Friend's Exorcism
by Grady Hendrix
4 Stars
Abby and Gretchen have been friends since Gretchen was the only person to come to her 4th Grade Birthday Part. Choosing her over the mean girl in class and starting a life long friendship. The pair have a small group of friends they spend time with, and one night they all take LSD. Gretchen decides to go skinny dipping and dissapears. The trio left behind search for her all night and finally find her the next morning. But she isn't the same after that, she slowly begins to change. She stops taking care of herself, not washing, pimples breaking out. And then all of a sudden, shes better. But her and Abby are no longer friends. Strange events continue to occur until Abby has only one conclusion to her freinds strange behavior: shes possessed. Can their freindship be strong enough to save Gretchen from the clutches of evil?
Another hit from Grady Hendrix who I have been trying to read through now that spooky season is approaching. This story shows that frienship can overcome almost anything when someone is willing to put in the effort. It took the all the 80s nostalgia you could want and peppered in a story about two girls growing up and potentially growing apart. I will be honest the 80s references were all lost on me, I have never seen the main characters favorite movie ET for example. But I still loved the way the girls were written and the way the story didn't feel as stagnent as some horror can sometimes feel.