Welcome to the Ride or Die by Delilah S. Dawson Book Tour hosted by Toppling Stacks Tours. 

About the Book

A sleepover at an amusement park turns into a night of terror in this scary middle school read from the New York Times bestselling author of Mine and Camp Scare.

Tonight is Brie’s chance to finally be accepted by the Ems—the most popular girls at school. If she can just keep one potentially reputation-ending secret under wraps, she’ll have the best night of her life, screaming on scary rides and running the Wildwoods amusement parkwith her new friends.

But when the Ems take a game of truth or dare too far, Brie ends up alone in a creepy abandoned section of the park. There, she meets a group of cool older teens that invite her to join them. They seem friendly enough.

Little does Brie know she’s about to come face to face with a reawakened evil that wants to take her on the ride of her life…make that her death.

Review of Ride or Die

Ride or Die is a creepy-good middle grade horror with heart, brains, and a whole lot of 90s vibes. Think Goosebumps meets peer pressure. The story is fast-paced and tense, even if you start to piece together what’s going on early. That eerie atmosphere keeps things buzzing, and the characters—especially the main one—go through a solid, thoughtful journey.

It’s a horror-lite starter pack for younger readers, with themes like identity, family pressure, and fitting in. Sure, the “big secret” build up is a let down (it doesn’t even tie into the scary stuff!), but the rest makes up for it. Bonus points for the 90s nostalgia and just enough chills to keep kids turning the page—though, fair warning: that slushie scene might stick with you. All in all, a fun, spooky ride that’s perfect for middle school horror fans.

I received a copy of this book to share my opinion.

About the Author

Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times bestselling writer of Star Wars: Phasma, Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade, The Secrets of Long Snoot, The Perfect Weapon, and Scorched; Disney Mirrorverse: Pure of Heart, It Will Only Hurt for a Moment, Guillotine, Midnight at the Houdini, Bloom, The Violence, the Blud series, Servants of the Storm, the HIT series, Wake of Vultures and the Shadow series (as Lila Bowen), and a variety of short stories in anthologies such as Death & Honey, Robots vs. Fairies, Hellboy: an Assortment of Horrors, Violent Ends, Carniepunk, Three Slices, and Last Night a Superhero Saved My Life. With Kevin Hearne, she is the co-writer of the Tales of Pell series. Her middle grade works include Mine, Camp Scare, and the Minecraft Mob Squad series.

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