Written and illustrated by Instagram artist and fashion designer Bill Crisafi, The Glam Reaper’s Guide to Slaying is a funny, cheeky, and insightful handbook to self-love and self-acceptance for any ghouls gone wild.

Synopsis:

When we’re plagued with self-doubt, we need someone to remind us that we put the “bitch” in “obituary.” Enter the Glam Reaper, our guide to killing negativity and becoming a certified diva.

As the Glam Reaper moves through the world beyond, she finds her friends are dealing with problems we’ve all faced:

* Miss Phillip, a demon with her own inner demon, grapples with negative self-talk.

* Orange Frog doesn’t feel confident after her friends mocked her outfit.

* Miss Rotten tears down the other pumpkins in the patch because she’s afraid of rejection.

* Sexy Ghost is being haunted by the embarrassing mistakes in her past.

* Babushka Toad struggles to tend to her garden and give each flower the care it needs.

The Glam Reaper, with her trademark wit and sass, helps each of them overcome their troubles with practical tips (“Tell those voices in your head to drop dead”) and uplifting mantras (Look in the mirror and say, “I’m a hot bitch,” three times).

This is a hard to define and interestingly different self-help book. It feels like the author's approach to self-help is to share the heart of a bitchy drag queen spreading positive affirmation in the most bizarre way imaginable. (Which is not intended to be a slur, many of my favorite people are drag queens.)

I found the quips and artwork to be campy, weird and strangely engaging. This book was not remotely what I was expecting, yet it's just what I needed. What that says about me, I'm not sure...

If you need some really off-the-wall hard truths about purging those negative thoughts in your head and you don't mind some mild obscenities to get there, then bitch, this is the book for you. ~~ Dee Astell