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Review: 'Not Your Final Girl' by Mikayla Randolph

A reunion of high school friends at a remote cabin is the perfect place for old feuds and buried memories to resurface, especially if they are all united by a dark deed. In Not Your Final Girl , we get to know a group of mostly deeply dislikeable characters and get to watch them be hunted down. The novel definitely has higher ambitions that being straightforward slasher-fun, but to what extent these ambitions actually work is probably up to the reader. Thanks to CLASH Books and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Pub. Date : 05/05/2026 Publisher : CLASH Books A feminist slasher novel fueled by female rage and haunted by gruesome murders, in this contemporary reimagining of Tess of the D’Urbervilles there can only be one Final Girl. Darcy and her high school friends haven’t gathered together in seven years. After a tragic murder on prom night, the group graduated and never looked back. But when the lakeside cabin they spent their summer...

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