Slaughterhouse

by Kaos Emslie

In posh Huntington Park lies a Victorian mansion. Within its shadowed corridors lives a young nonbinary adult named Nightmare Carroll, and their two ghostly best friends, Psychosis and Snuff. From a young age, Nightmare finds themselves entangled with the malevolent entity within the house known only as the Creature. After a horrific attack, Nightmare agrees to allow this monster to dwell within them, thus agreeing to feed Them. And what does The Creature feed on? Human Souls.

When Nightmare learns of the death of their girlfriend, they find themselves thrown into a mystery involving the occult, masked men, and ritual sacrifice. All the while, The Creature is patiently waiting for Nightmare to give in.

As the body count rises and darkness closes in, Nightmare must confront the true face of evil lurking within their midst. For in the heart of the Masked Man’s warehouse, where horrors reign supreme, the line between hunter and hunted fades into oblivion. Will Nightmare uncover the truth about the Masked Man and the violent death of their girlfriend, or will they be consumed by the darkness that lives within them?

Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2024

Reviews

[Stefanie Silvestri · Rating 5 out of 5]

The second book in Kaos Emslie's Perfect Nightmare Series is just as engrossing as the first, with a story that kept me hooked from beginning to end. Once I began reading, I couldn't set this book aside. There is blood and gore throughout this book. The story is definitely unsettling and unnerving.
The story follows a young nonbinary adult named Nightmare Carroll and their two ghostly best friends Psychosis and Snuff. Nightmare finds themselves intertwined with a malevolent entity in their house, only known as Creature. After an attack Nightmare, agrees to let Creature live inside them and feed them human souls. After Nightmare finds their girlfriend unalived they get thrown into a mystery of masked men, the occult, and ritual sacrifice.
Make sure to check your trigger warnings.

[Brimstone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Horror is my favorite next to dark romance. Anything dark, let me devour it. The twists and Suspense through the book had me hooked. I loved watching the lines connect and spider web out. I was a bug caught by the spider that is Kaos' mind. Thank you so much for letting me ARC read. I cannot wait to read more from you.

[Andrew King · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another Amazing story by Kaos, an intense well paced story with fully developed characters with a good mix of supernatural/ psychological horror sprinked with the gore I've come to expect from their writing. Fortunately this time the ebook wasn't edgy enough to give me a paper cut.

[_the.bookish.moon_ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved this book, its un-nerving, unsettling and everything i hoped it would and more!

The book had great pacing and entertaining characters, and i found myself consumed by this world of monsters, masked men and the occult 🖤

[Katie Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely an interesting read!

[Shelby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rate 4.5
ARC review:
This was INTENSE! It wasn't bad though! It has dark stuff in it so check triggers first! Check it out!!