The Mary Shelley Club

By Goldy Moldavsky

A club's horror pranks turn deadly, and Rachel must survive the escalating Fear Tests.

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480 pages· 91,571 words· Est. 8.5 hour read

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Rachel Chavez finds solace in horror movies, escaping her past and the elite world of Manhattan Prep. Drawn into the enigmatic Mary Shelley Club, she joins their Fear Tests—pranks inspired by horror tropes. Initially thrilling, the stakes rise dangerously, and Rachel realizes she's entangled in a deadly game. Can she outsmart the club before it's too late?

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New York Times-bestselling author Goldy Moldavsky delivers a deliciously twisty YA thriller that’s Scream meets Karen McManus about a mysterious club with an obsession for horror. When it comes to horror movies, the rules are clear: x Avoid abandoned buildings, warehouses, and cabins at all times.x Stay together: don’t split up, not even just to “check something out.”x If there’s a murderer on the loose, do not make out with anyone. If only surviving in real life were this easy… New girl Rachel Chavez turns to horror movies for comfort, preferring stabby serial killers and homicidal dolls to the bored rich kids of Manhattan Prep…and to certain memories she’d preferred to keep buried. Then Rachel is recruited by the Mary Shelley Club, a mysterious society of students who orchestrate Fear Tests, elaborate pranks inspired by urban legends and movie tropes. At first, Rachel embraces the power that comes with reckless pranking. But as the Fear Tests escalate, the competition turns deadly, and it’s clear Rachel is playing a game she can’t afford to lose.

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