Audiobook Tour and Review: This is Not a Horror Movie by Sara Dobie Bauer, Performed by Blake Lockheart

12 July of 2021 by ButtonsMom2003

This is Not a Horror Movie By Sara Dobie Bauer, Performed by Blake Lockheart

Genre: Paranormal Romance, GLBTQ, MM, New Adult, Romantic Comedy

Tropes: Friends-to-lovers

Released: June 8, 2021-audio; May 13, 2021 ebook

Publisher: Self-Published

Length: 8 hrs, 57 mins / 78,000 words

Cover Design: Natasha Snow Designs

Synopsis

Emory Jones loves two things: horror movies and Connor Nichols.

For the past four years, Emory, Connor, and their families have vacationed side by side on Longboat Key, Florida. Eighteen-year-old Emory has pined for his neighbor from behind the covers of Stephen King books, but college boy Connor has never noticed him. Probably because Emory looks like Jack Skellington with good hair.

Emory anticipates another predictable summer of sunburn and disappointment. Instead, he ends up with a mystery on his hands when a beloved beach bum goes missing, and Connor volunteers to help with the search. Turns out it’s not just scary movie cops who are worthless, so the boys start an investigation of their own—leading them straight to an abandoned beach resort.

Despite the danger, Emory and Connor grow closer, but as Emory’s gay dreams start coming true, so do the horror movie tropes he so loves. Even though he knows that sex equals death in slasher flicks, Emory can’t keep his hands off the guy of his teenage dreams.

This is Not a Horror Movie is a 78,000-word new adult gay rom-com… with a monster.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Great New Adult story! Great audio performance!

I really enjoyed this story a lot when I read it with my eyes; Blake Lockheart’s audio performance made me love it even more. The voices he used were great and made it easy to distinguish the different characters. Sometimes when I listen to the audio of a book that I’ve read recently I don’t pay close attention to it because I already know the story. This was not the case with This is not a Horror Movie. Blake Lockheart sucked me into the story all over again and had me paying very close attention to the whole thing.

If you’re looking for hot and steamy this might not be the book for you. But, if you’re looking for a fun, witty, and a bit scary, escape about two young guys who fall in love I highly recommend this book. The story really grabbed me from the start and didn’t let go. It’s told in first person from Emory’s POV until the Epilogue which is from Connor’s POV.

I’ve only read three other books by Sara Dobie Bauer but I loved each of them. Her writing is diverse and compelling. This is Not a Horror Movie is about two guys about to start their college years. Their families each spend the same few weeks on Longboat Key each year so the families have gotten to know each other.

Connor and Emory share a love of horror movies (I do not share this love at all – LOL) and they bond while watching movies. They never expected to actually experience their own personal horror story. Emory’s twin sister, Liz, is a great secondary character who adds a lot to the story. Their sibling bickering reminded me a lot of my childhood. They might fight and say nasty things to each other but they are also fiercely loyal to one another.

Like many of the horror movies mentioned throughout the book, Connor and Emory have difficulty convincing the adults of the danger that they’ve discovered. A lot happens before the adults finally realize that the kids aren’t making up a story.

I look forward to reading more books by Sara Dobie Bauer.