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A review by thegrimhobbyist
The Horror Zone's Book of Monsters by Simon Clark, Chris McAuley, Terry Grimwood, Jeanie Rector, Bentley Little, Tim Waggoner, Elizabeth Massie, Sumiko Saulson, Elaine Pascale
4.0
I have joined Black Tide Book Tours on a Book Tour for this collection of anthologies published by HellBound Books Publishing. Thank you for having me along!
What a large collection of stories! 31 stories in total, as a matter of fact. And I rated each one as I went along. 21 of these stories ended up being 4 stars or higher for me! 8 of those 21 being 5 stars.
If you like to be grossed out, feel like your skin is crawling, get hit by every trigger imaginable - especially insect and arachnid phobias, and witness some of the most bizarre monsters imaginable, then this anthology is for you. Seriously, there's some pretty creative monsters here, and some more recognizable cryptids.
I have an insect and arachnid phobia, and there were multiple stories revolving around them that left me screaming internally as I forced myself to finish reading them. (That's a good thing, by the way. I'm here for the scares.)
A couple of them also had me squirming in my seat and staring dubiously at my skin or common household objects.
I will warn you, there's some rather gruesome details in some of these stories. Including a pet death scene in detail that almost made me have to DNF the story and run to find my kitties to hold. I did end up finishing it and it landed as one of my 4 star reads, but it left a lasting impression on me because of that horrifying scene.
I would absolutely read a lot of these again and highly recommend this anthology to all you monster loving horror readers out there!
What a large collection of stories! 31 stories in total, as a matter of fact. And I rated each one as I went along. 21 of these stories ended up being 4 stars or higher for me! 8 of those 21 being 5 stars.
If you like to be grossed out, feel like your skin is crawling, get hit by every trigger imaginable - especially insect and arachnid phobias, and witness some of the most bizarre monsters imaginable, then this anthology is for you. Seriously, there's some pretty creative monsters here, and some more recognizable cryptids.
I have an insect and arachnid phobia, and there were multiple stories revolving around them that left me screaming internally as I forced myself to finish reading them. (That's a good thing, by the way. I'm here for the scares.)
A couple of them also had me squirming in my seat and staring dubiously at my skin or common household objects.
I will warn you, there's some rather gruesome details in some of these stories. Including a pet death scene in detail that almost made me have to DNF the story and run to find my kitties to hold. I did end up finishing it and it landed as one of my 4 star reads, but it left a lasting impression on me because of that horrifying scene.
I would absolutely read a lot of these again and highly recommend this anthology to all you monster loving horror readers out there!