Rest in Peaches by Alex Brow has the vibes of a classic slasher scary movie, but it's also slightly ridiculous and queer. When I got the opportunity to read and review Rest in Peaches, I honestly had no idea what to expect. I just knew I wanted to branch out towards horror a bit more.
And with this story, I did.

Quinn is one of our heroines. She's Peaches the Parrot, Olivia Newton-John High's beloved mascot. But her promising career as the third best Peaches in history comes to a crashing halt when her performance is sabotaged and she's unmasked in front of everyone. And to top it all off, Little Peaches, her pet parrot, gets birdnapped. After all this, she launches an investigation to figure it all out, but the secrets are deeper than you think. The mistery is mistier than usual, and soon, the murders start.

This is a slasher movie made into a book. It's bloody, it's a tad ridiculous, it doesn't really make sense, and the twists just keep coming. Killer Peaches, the serial killer dressed up as the mascot creeps me out. Killer Peaches is obsessed with Tessa, ONJHS's star pupil and Quinn's long-time crush.
We also get Tessa's POV while she reconnects with Quinn to help her find Little Peasches and later try to figure out who's out for them.

The storytelling is propelled by segments of a fellow student's true crime podcast following the happenings of the past and the present, and also notes from the killer.
The uncovered clues point in several directions, and among all the characters who become suspects, it's not easy to figure out who the culprit is. And, of course, the twist and turns make it even more unpredictable.

I could criticise the storytelling and the unpredictability of the story by telling you about all the inconsistencies in the timeline, but that would be pointless. Becasue I truly believe it doesn't matter. The book reached its goal by being a predictable yet unpredictable slasher with little to no sense to the story. It is very enjoyable if you like this stuff and that's all there is to it.

I appreciated the queer cast and the sapphic romance, too.
However, I did not like the main characters that much. They were both deeply flawed, but especially Tessa made me want to shake her a little. I think it was intentional on the author's part to make them imperfect and do things that hurt others, but it was still a bit annoying. Refreshing, but annoying.

Overall, the I enjoyed this book, it took me a little bit to warm up to it but by the end I couldn't put it down.