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4.0
I always love getting my hands on a new Sam Stone book! This one is a collection of short horror stories about monsters and Cthulu.
One thing I like about Sam Stone is that she skips between and combines genres without it being jarring. The stories in this collection are all horror stories but they also combine other genres too. Some are a bit steampunk, and some are more sci-fi, some set in the past and some in the present. She's clearly full of ideas and there's a lot of originality in these stories.
My favourites are the steampunk tinged stories. There is one about Arabella, a Victorian lady who moonlights as a thief, and another where Lucy goes down into the sewers to hunt a monster plaguing the city. I loved both of these and I really wanted to see more from these characters!
This is a very adult collection, there's lots of gore and a fair bit of sex. Things don't always end well so you're kept guessing right up to the end.
My only complaint is that sometimes the conversations are there more to give information to the reader than for the characters to communicate with each other. There's a fair few "as you know" expositions that are thrown in there that feel like they don't fit the story, and sometimes the characters can be overly formal and stilted. I feel like it could use a good editor as there are a few errors in the text. But it's a minor complaint and it didn't stop me enjoying reading this.
I found all of the stories creepy and interesting, and there weren't any that I didn't really enjoy. I feel like the author had a lot of fun writing them.
It's a great little collection of horror stories and it's just right for the long nights that are approaching.
One thing I like about Sam Stone is that she skips between and combines genres without it being jarring. The stories in this collection are all horror stories but they also combine other genres too. Some are a bit steampunk, and some are more sci-fi, some set in the past and some in the present. She's clearly full of ideas and there's a lot of originality in these stories.
My favourites are the steampunk tinged stories. There is one about Arabella, a Victorian lady who moonlights as a thief, and another where Lucy goes down into the sewers to hunt a monster plaguing the city. I loved both of these and I really wanted to see more from these characters!
This is a very adult collection, there's lots of gore and a fair bit of sex. Things don't always end well so you're kept guessing right up to the end.
My only complaint is that sometimes the conversations are there more to give information to the reader than for the characters to communicate with each other. There's a fair few "as you know" expositions that are thrown in there that feel like they don't fit the story, and sometimes the characters can be overly formal and stilted. I feel like it could use a good editor as there are a few errors in the text. But it's a minor complaint and it didn't stop me enjoying reading this.
I found all of the stories creepy and interesting, and there weren't any that I didn't really enjoy. I feel like the author had a lot of fun writing them.
It's a great little collection of horror stories and it's just right for the long nights that are approaching.
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