How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

ΓÇ£A delightful celebration of rom-coms,slasher flicksand the women who love them.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöKirkus Reviews (starred review) A humorousswoonyand downright terrifying slasher rom-com in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of the romance and horror genres to make it as a real-life Final Girl. When Jamie Prescott and her best friend Laurie attend a speed-dating eventJamie expects to meet a roster of mediocre men and indulge in some street food afterwards. She doesnΓÇÖt expect one of her dates to have his throat slit at their table during a blackout. After the lights come back on and there are more bodies on the floorit becomes clear that dating can be a very dangerous pastime. Armed with makeshift weapons and JamieΓÇÖs extensive knowledge of what NOT to do in a slasherthe remaining speed daters try to find an exit while the killer adds to their body count. As the night progresses and Jamie comes face-to-mask with the murderershe begins to suspect they are committing the slayings to woo one of the daters and turn them into a real-life Final Girl. But Jamie has other plansand as she fights for her lifeshe canΓÇÖt help but find herself ensconced in a love triangle with two of the other survivors. Will she make it through the bloodshed to find her Happily Ever After? Or does this machete-wielding psychopath have another ending in mind? For fans of Love in the Time of Serial Killers and Butcher & BlackbirdHow to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates is one killer love story.