Very good book, the romance wasn't heavy and didn't overpower the story line of the killer stalking the heroine. The killer was very well done. I couldn't figure out who the killer was until the author actually came out and said it. If you like suspense books with really nasty psycho killers this is definitely for you. Even if your not really a romance fan(like me)you'll still like this book.  I am definitely going to be reading the rest of the series

 

 

This is exactly what the title says. This is a parody of the first book in the Gossip Girl series, but the weird thing is that the parody is written by Cecily von Ziegesar herself. I find this both courageous and extremely weird. It must feel uncomfortable to butcher your little baby book. Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer is heavier on the killer part than the Gossip Girl part. All the original characters are in it: Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate, Jenny and Dan. The book loosely follows the original storyline, but adds massive slaughters and gross murders. I have to say, this book is pretty gruesome. If you're not interested in horror, or if you are squeamish for blood or severed heads, don't read this. This book isn't really for hard-core Gossip Girl fans, it's more for the fans of cheap horror flicks. I personally actually quite like horror. But even for me this was a little bit too much at times. It took me a very long time to get into the book, and to get into the dark humour. In the end, it was entertaining, and the adaptation from the original novel was very well done. I would recommend Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer but with a fair warning.

After reading the GG series in high school this Psycho Killer edition caught my interest. Slightly disappointed it was mostly secondary and other random characters who died. I read that this Psycho Killer was suppose to be the end of the series and am a little confused at the cliffhanger. Also the killing was so random, out there and not really planned. A little disappointed that everyone seemed okay with it and nobody really had to cover their tracks.

When I saw this book on NetGalley, I knew I had to request it. I’ve read all of the Gossip Girl series books (except one), so I wanted to see how this book fit in. And as I found out, it fit quite well into the universe Cecily Von Ziegesar created.Now, I’m not saying that it’s a perfect book, but the characters and the universe were on point with the original series. Gossip Girl: Psycho Killer is an adaptation of the first book of the series. It starts off much like the original book, and goes on its own from there. Think of the original series, but practically everyone wants to kill at least one person. Now, there’s only two actual psycho killers, I would say. That took me by surprise that it wasn’t just one person who wanted to kill people.Something that made the GG:PK better than the rest would be that the technologies von Ziegesar writes about are updated and correct. In previous books, she’d confuse the iMac with the iBook and she would write things like, “She wrote her college essay with her iMac on her lap.” Thankfully with the updated technology, these kids have iPhones and Macbooks.The actual events in the story were crazy, as one would expect. Serena and Blair go head-to-head over Nate, of course. There are exploding eyeballs, an incident with an eyelash curler, and Serena just slashing people in cold blood.If you enjoyed the original series, you’ll like this. It’s a bit gruesome at times and quite ridiculous.It’s not a book that I would want to reread or see a sequel to, but it’s a quick read for the Halloween season. I really hope there’s a slasher episode near Halloween!