Playroom Horror Book Review

Victoria Louise had secrets.  She had a secret playroom and a secret plan.

Set in the winter of 1988-89, Victoria Louise, then nearly 25 and her favorite companion, a doll she called Rosalie return to her hometown.  Hounded and harassed because of her morbid obesity, Victoria Louise was coming home to show she had arrived.  Nearly 100 pounds slimmer, Victoria Louise equips the basement in the palatial home she grew up in as an entertainment center.  She makes a dazzling impression on the people she knew in her home town as everybody is eager to attend the party she has planned to host in her “playroom.”

The playroom turns out to be more of a dungeon and a trap.  Victoria Louise’s mask comes off and her real identity is even more unsettling to her guests than the party she hosts.  The party had revenge on the menu and each and every one of Victoria Louise’s guests paid dearly for having hounded and harassed her prior to her departure.

Her guests not only came out to play.  They came to pay.