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Benny Rose, the Cannibal King (Rewind or Die Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Hailey Piper (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Blackwood, Vermont has one legend to its name—Benny Rose, the Cannibal King. Every local kid knows him and tells his stories, especially on Halloween. When a new girl moves to town in the autumn of 1987, the legend inspires high school junior Desiree St. Fleur and her friends to pull a Benny Rose-themed prank. A few laughs and screams, and they’ll have a Happy Halloween. But a vicious storm crashes into Blackwood and interrupts the festivities. Soon the girls find themselves trapped and hunted in a strange neighborhood where no one will help them. There’s nothing made-up about Benny Rose this Halloween night. The truth is coming, and it's hungry.
“Hailey Piper is a major new voice in the horror genre, and Benny Rose, the Cannibal King is the perfect place to start with her work. A short and magnificent shock to the system, this one has got everything: great characters, fantastic vintage horror vibes, and a terrifying urban legend at the center of it all. Keep an eye on Hailey’s work; she is seriously going places.” —Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens
“A good urban legend has a way of seeping into your bones and refusing to crawl out; Hailey Piper’s Cannibal King is certainly one of those that will be creeping into my mind, late at night and unbidden, for a long time to come. Benny Rose is an unforgettable terror, rivaled only by the gutsy teens who dare to go up against him.” —Claire Holland, author of I Am Not Your Final Girl
“I see your slumber party massacre and raise you a taste of human tragedy, a funhouse ride of plot twists, and a heaping side of gore. Hailey Piper has the audacity to write teenage mean girls as thinking, feeling, bad-ass human beings.” —Joe Koch, author of The Couvade
“Sometimes when we tell ourselves stories, we unwittingly awaken and summon the very monster we thought only lived in our minds…. Witness a brilliant cast of characters take a chomping bite out of a local folk story that proves itself all too real. With haunted hearts and burning teeth, Piper’s sharp prose delivers a whirlwind tale; here, we peel back the layers of our strong, female leads and root for them to conquer the night.” —Sara Tantlinger, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Devil’s Dreamland
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"Hailey Piper is quickly becoming one to watch; insta-buy! The female protagonists in this nightmarish, urban-legend stand out as being decisive, brave, and exhibit leadership qualities in moments of violent chaos. Entertaining and Binge-Worthy!" - Sadie Hartmann, MotherHorror-"Benny Rose, The Cannibal King is that one VHS that you rented because of the title & cover & then rented every weekend after!" -Steve Stred, Kendall Reviews-"This is my first Hailey Piper read and let me tell you now, she is not gentle. From the very first page you'll be sucked into her world and she will not let go until you're begging for mercy." - Rebbie Reviews

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08242Y14D
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Unnerving (January 23, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 23, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1210 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1989206344
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 217 ratings

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Hailey Piper is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, No Gods for Drowning, The Worm and His Kings series, Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing, Cruel Angels Past Sundown, and other books of dark fiction. She is also the author of over 100 short stories appearing in Weird Tales, Pseudopod, Cast of Wonders, and other publications. Her non-fiction appears in Writer's Digest, Library Journal, CrimeReads, and elsewhere. She lives with her wife in Maryland, where their cosmic rituals are secret. Find Hailey at haileypiper . com.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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A new must buy horror author!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️A high speed, gruesome coming of age story that delivers on everything it promises! Great characters, a hideous monster, a creative spin on urban legends, and an ending that absolutely floored me!
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Summer
5.0 out of 5 stars Quick, bloody fun!
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023
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This was my second pick for the #TransRightsReadathon and I'm so happy for the excuse to bump it up my TBR.

It's definitely straight out of an 80s VHS horror. Mean girls, the new girl, and secrets of a small community collide in a bloody mess.

I think my favorite part was just how unstoppable Benny Rose is. He is truly terrifying in his relentless pursuit of the teens. I also love that Benny is far from the only, and arguably isn't even the worst of them.

I think my only downside is I wish there was more concrete information about Benny's backstory. It's Desiree's theory right? Also were her daydreams really daydreams, or were they actually visions?

Overall this had a very different feel to the other Hailey Piper stories that I've read, but it was so much fun, I hope she does more in this vein.
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Joey frick
4.0 out of 5 stars awesome!
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2023
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I wasn’t sure what to expect with this story but I sure did really enjoy it! The story is very cool and definitely action packed from the very beginning. I enjoyed the characters and really enjoyed the villain, he was terrifying a thing from nightmares and made you really think there was no way out for the other characters. Highly recommend reading this story!
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Laurel Hightower
5.0 out of 5 stars Wickedly fun, gruesome take on the urban legend trope
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2020
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I'm excited every time I see Hailey Piper has something new coming out. Having fallen in love with her tense, terrifying possession story, The Possession of Natalie Glasgow, as well as her twist on a classic gothic ghost story with Invitation to Darkness, I have confidence that whatever trope or sub genre she takes on will deliver something entirely unexpected and wonderful.

Benny Rose didn't disappoint. A wicked look at a particuarly gruesome urban legend, Piper gives us brushstroke backgrounds on our characters, providing the depth we need to care, and to understand their actions and imperfections. Piper is a gifted and deliberate writer - you better believe, every word that's made it into a final draft is chosen with care, and nothing is by accident. If this had just been a surface take on the urban legend, I'd still have enjoyed the ride, because Benny's origins and heinous acts are fleshed out (forgive the pun), but this story is more than that, because of the characters she's given us. Desiree, Sierra, Jesse and Gabrielle are all real, and empathetic, and protagonists worth rooting for. I don't want to give any spoilers, but the root cause of all the evil is an interesting and horrifying take. Highly recommend.
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Joshua Knutson
3.0 out of 5 stars interesting
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021
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First time reading this author and it wasn’t to bad. Pretty messed up horror book, I’ll read some more from author to give it another chance.
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Benjamin O. Rogus
4.0 out of 5 stars The Kids Are Alright
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2022
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Benny Rose is an entertaining reimagining of Nightmare on Elm Street, but The Cannibal King is not some cheap Freddy Kreuger rip-off. This is a fast-paced, easy-to-read story of survival, and revenge, driven by spunky female protagonists rebelling against the enforced blandness of their small town. Hailey Piper sets up and dispatches her characters with brutal efficiency, and combines some interesting tropes - think mean girls paired with an almost inverse version of the Stepford wives. I particularly enjoyed how she weaved the background story throughout the action, giving it to the reader in frequent but digestible doses, sometimes teasing with faux explanations but always providing enough of the truth for everything to make sense in the end. She clearly had a hell of a lot of fun writing this story, just as I did reading it.

#haileypiper #unnervingpress #horrorfiction #horrorlit #goodreads
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Kathryn G. Owen
5.0 out of 5 stars Oh My Goodness This Book Is So Good
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2021
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One of the best books I've read this year. Hailey Piper's Benny Rose, The Cannibal King is a magnificent read for the Halloween season or any other time of year. It's a story of friendship and bravery and nightmares come to life.

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"She raised the hammer again. Had he feared this moment...thinking he knew how tonight would go? No, they were only teenage girls. What could they do? He couldn't have foreseen what teenage girls could become.
Teenage girls could be demons."
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Mylene
4.0 out of 5 stars Who is Benny Rose?
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2021
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I wanted to love this story. It had all the things I love most in a horror tale: the 1980s, an urban legend, female main characters, and gore.

I’ve never heard of Haley Piper, but she is a decent writer. That was not the issue for me. I don’t know... maybe I was so jazzed about reading this, that I was left disappointed. Piper even gave the tale an underlying “moral”, but it just seemed lacking in my mind. There were holes in Benny Rose’s backstory, and the reason the town protected him stretched the limits of my credibility. (Shades of Roman Polanski in the old folks). The title of the book gave off cheesy slasher-type vibes when the story and the dialogue itself, veered to the serious.

On a positive note, the novel was a fast, fun read and I enjoyed her female teenage leads. Benny himself was an interesting monster.

This was my second read in the “Rewind or Die” series. It left me wanting to know.... who the heck was Benny Rose anyways?
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Kyle Lynch
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2022
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Wow. This was a great horror novel. So many twist and turns in this gorefest. The cannibal king has met his match. Teenage girls!
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Rodrigo Calejon
5.0 out of 5 stars Trama clássica reimaginada de modo excepcional
Reviewed in Brazil on December 31, 2022
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Hailey Piper sempre impressiona com sua narrativa crua e vívida, ao mesmo tempo em que trata de temas importantes e realiza críticas contundentes sobre o preconceito contra a população LGBTQIAP+.

Benny Rose não avança muito nesse debate, focando nos detalhes mais violentos de um conceito interessante de bicho-papão. Vale a leitura, como todas as obras da autora.
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Thomas Joyce
5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect blend of action and drama, it is ready for the big screen!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2021
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Such an amazing read, I devoured it in one sitting!
The story suited the Rewind Or Die theme perfectly, cinematic in its storytelling and it would make a perfect movie for halloween viewing.
The characters were superb. From the initial descriptions of Desi's rebellious teenage nature and her friends wanting to haze the new kid, with just a little teenage drama and pettiness included, I was instantly invested in this group. I loved the bond that formed between Gabrielle and the already established friends throughout their nightmare. And the concept of Benn Rose, his origin and unique characteristics, are very original.
Gruesome and disturbing in some parts, touching and affirming in others, it made for a perfect blend of action and heroic teenage drama. If someone made a good movie adaptation from this story, it would be as monumental as Halloween or NoES or Scream.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A fresh throwback
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2020
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Fun 80s set horror, with central characters I cared about, and a menacing villain who brought a real sense of danger each time they appeared.
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Trudy Mylum
5.0 out of 5 stars A horror movie in a book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2022
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I could not get enough of this book, it was totally refreshing. Hailey Piper has wrote a fantastic story here, with shades of an 80’s-90’s horror/slasher movie. Based around Halloween, in a small American town, with their very own folklore monster. The characters were not only believable but likeable, showing heart and determination in their fight for their lives. The idea behind the birth of the small town’s monster Benny Rose was originally ingenious, with the same said about the ending, which in so many words can be described as realistic to the storyline. Enjoyed 100%!
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Michael Sellars
5.0 out of 5 stars A great horror novel with one hell of an ending!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2020
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This could have been a fun exercise in retro gore: teenagers, halloween, a killer on the loose. And it is a fun exercise in retro gore. But it also has some of the most vividly realised characters I've come across in quite some time, exploring the dynamics of teenage friendship in no little depth, and applying empathy where other writers might have brought judgement. The prose is keen, the plotting relentless and the ending left me breathless. A great horror novel.
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