Clown in the Cornfield – Book Review

In Adam Cesare’s terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress—that just may cost her life.

Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start. But what they don’t know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half.

On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can.

Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It’s a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now.

Don’t miss this Bram Stoker Award-winning novel from rising star Adam Cesare.

Clown in a Cornfield is a Slasher Horror book that is suitable for people who liked Friday 13th movie.

Quinn Maybrook and her father Glenn move into the small-town Kettle Springs Missouri after their mother died from an overdose. Quinn’s house faces a burned down factory with the logo of the freaky clown Frendo on the sign. Quinn missed Philadelphia where she was from originally and while in school, she meets some of her classmates–Cole, Tucker, Matt, Ronnie and Janet. On the day of the Founder’s Day, while partying with friends, someone dressed as Frendo the clown starts killing the teenagers. Quinn realizes that the whole town has got together dressed as clowns to kill all the teenagers and to bring back whatever the traditions that seemed to have lost in the town.

I actually enjoyed reading the book. I feel like watching a horror movie while reading this book and right now, this book is already made into a movie, which I haven’t watched yet. I just like the tense atmosphere in the book. Quinn is the new girl and also the final girl who survived the massacre.

Overall, this was an unputdownable book which I actually enjoyed reading. Worth four stars.