The Prettiest Girl in the Grave

By: Kristopher Triana

Narrated by: Megan Meyer

From the author of international horror sensation Gone to See the River Man comes a new tale of terror that will drag you to the darkest corners of the soul.

Some girls are fearful, others are brave. One girl’s a princess, the next one a slave. But all girls are equal when they’re down in this cave, until just one is left standing—The Prettiest Girl in the Grave.

It was only supposed to be a game.

When Bella, Celeste, and Rose meet with new friends at a graveyard in the woods, they soon realize they’re unprepared for what’s planned. At 20, Aubrey is older than the high schoolers, and she knows of a secret game that’s been played by local girls for decades.

It starts with personal questions, but quickly moves on to a test of courage as Aubrey guides them into an underground crypt. But even Aubrey doesn’t know what they’re really getting into. Bella’s mother, Holly, may be the only one who does.

As a teen, Holly and her friends also played the game, and Holly barely survived. When she discovers her daughter has gone to the graveyard, she fears Bella will get lost in the mysterious catacombs just as she had—and face the same sinister forces.

As the girls search for a way out, Holly must return to the dreadful crypt she swore she’d never come back to, and finally face her own dark secrets.

©2023 Kristopher Triana (P)2023 Kristopher Triana

I love Triana but this was mehhh

Definitely not my favorite but now I think I’ve read his entire collection. It is exhilarating to read each new novel and whiteness greatness forming

As expected Triana

Campy without being goofy, it's a good listen. Always worth the buy getting Kristopher Triana books, and a solid performance read as well.

Listened in one sitting

I was in a funk and this took me out of it. Listened to all 7 hours in one sitting. The performance was great. It was funny how she mispronounced macabre though. lol.

It was ok, not an extreme horror

The narrator doesn’t know how to pronounce the word “macabre” which bothered me.

Decent story but not extreme horror.

The narrator was hard to listen to.

I feel like I maybe would have liked this story more if there was a different narrator. Her cadence made it sound like AI narrating and the mispronounced words (macabre as mahkabray, ethereal as ehthril, and sepulchre as sepel-chure for example) was especially frustrating.
The story itself was good, pretty gory and an interesting twist on small town urban legends.