Book Review

Dia de Los Slashers

Item: Día de Los Slashers
Rating: 3
Author: Jamie

By Jamie July 14, 2026No Comments

Title: Día de Los Slashers
Author: V. Castro
First Published: October 6, 2023
Publisher: Self-Published
Pages: 78
Genre: Dark Romance, Horror
Format: Ebook
Source: Purchased
Rating:

Synopsis:

It’s a few weeks until Halloween and Día de Los Muertos. Tula’s friend Carmen has convinced her to go to a new event called Night of the Calavera. It’s meant to celebrate the two holidays in the nearby town of Driftwood, Texas, not far from Tula in Slaughter Creek.
Tula adores Halloween, but Dia de Los Muertos is the night she loves. Every year, she leaves Slaughter Creek and celebrates on her own in a different location.
Despite the forecast set for rain after a week of storms, Tula agrees to go to Night of the Calavera, held at an abandoned petting zoo on a farm. Plus, she wants to get her mind off someone she has admired from afar but is unavailable.
When they arrive, the event looks like a total flop with not many people there and even fewer vendors. Little does Tula know that the Calavera is real. And it’s out for blood.

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Review

Día de Los Slashers is a quick little summer slasher filled with blood and a little spice. The main character Tula heads to a Halloween event for a little fun and distraction from a crush she can’t have. What she finds at the event is far more than she bargained for when she realizes why the event grounds are so empty.

The story has plenty of surprises and some unexpected twists that I enjoyed. It’s a fun little slasher that unfortunately is over just as it’s getting started and rushes to a hasty conclusion. The ending reveal feels rushed and dare I say over explained itself. I really wish the book could’ve been a bit longer to develop the characters.

This wasn’t my favorite V. Castro book but it was overall an enjoyable, campy read. I could envision this story as a campy B movie slasher with some tweaks.