Hey guys! This week's ~Halloween Spooktacular~ review actually comes to you in podcast form, since Ollie and I talked about it over at Papercuts for two goddamn hours! So check it out for your in-depth info. 
 For the tl;dl - 
 ~mild spoilers~ 
 The Neg 
 -There blurb is a lie 
 -There's a secret goddamn prominent romance subplot that it completely avoids mentioning 
 -The love interest is a douche 
 -The heroine heaps a lot of troublesome rape-culture-inspired guilt on herself, and it's not actively challenged 
 -The way the romance is framed made it seem like not wanting a romance is a character flaw that needs to be overcome 
 -Basically the romance sucks and it's ALL OVER THIS BOOK 
 -All of the things that make the blurb sound interesting are basically red herrings 
 -No really, both the words and dolls are completely irrelevant 
 -The murderer is lazy af and totally uncommitted to their own gimmick 
 -You'd be ashamed to be serial murdered by them 
 -I cannot emphasize enough how little all of the gimmicky trappings pay off 
 -It's really disappointing 
 -This is not a tightly-written thriller 
 -It's really very loose and casual with its own premise 
 -The part of the plot that had to have been "elaborately" set-up could not possibly have been set-up by the murderer 
 -They had no power over like anything that helped the plot move along in their favor 
 -The side characters felt underdeveloped, and had hinted-at subplots that went nowhere 
 -It felt like there were a lot of deleted scenes, tbh 
 -The murderer was a gross ~lol crazy~ caricature 
 -It wasn't scary 
 The Like 
 -Uhhhh, the love interest asked the heroine's permission to kiss her? That was nice. 
 -The heroine had some real baggage, and I didn't like that it was romance-centered, but I appreciated that it was there 
 So yeah, two stars. Had such promise, didn't live up.