My Best Friend’s Exorcism – Grady Hendrix

When a girl spends a night alone in the woods after dropping acid for the first time, she comes out different.  Nobody seems to want to admit to it except her best friend, who keeps trying to find out what is happening.  When a group of Christian bodybuilders come to the school for an assembly, they open some minds to the truth: the girl has a demon living inside of her.  Can they get the demon out without killing the girl?

I saw the movie adaptation of My Best Friend’s Exorcism a few weeks back and, learning it was based on a novel by old friend Grady Hendrix, I added it to my hold list at the library.  A mixture of horror, young adult shenanigans, and 80s nostalgia, this was a decent enough tale, but one I may have enjoyed more given more time between reading it and seeing the movie.  What a way to kick of 2023.