Go Hunt Me by Kelly deVos

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Reviewed by: Go Hunt Me by Kelly deVos Natalie Berglind Devos, Kelly Go Hunt Me. Razorbill, 2022 [320p] Trade ed. ISBN 9780593204856 $18.99 E-book ed. ISBN 9780593204863 $10.99 Reviewed from digital galleys R Gr. 8-12 A group of film students catches their big break when an actress invites them to shoot their feminist interpretation of Dracula at the castle where Vlad Dracul once lived. The opportunity is especially important for Alex, whose application to her dream school USC is waitlisted while several of her male friends are accepted. Instantly, though, the castle trip feels wrong: the actress that promised to chaperone them leaves; there is no wi-fi or cell service; and the GoFundMe that funded their trip is hacked. What was merely a creepy vibe becomes a direct threat when a figure in a Dracula mask begins to pick the friend group off one by one. The framing device of Alex retelling her story to the Romanian police as the last survivor is compelling from the get-go; readers already know what happens but not how. In a nod to the structure of the source material, excerpts of police evidence, including the film students' script, social media posts, and the interrogation itself, are interspersed with Alex's narration and allow readers to piece together more than what Alex is sharing. The building paranoia about the identity of the killer is executed well, and readers who enjoy bloody, locked-room horror stories and masterfully built suspense should pick this book up. Copyright © 2022 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois