Hell For the Holidays is a full on high-octane campy horror tinged urban fantasy novella by D.M. Guay. Released 20th Dec 2019, it's 134 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free. Book 2 is also currently available on KU, and the other installments (and there are a LOT of them) are available online (Smashwords, from the author, etc).
The author does a great job combining camp, light horror, hellish family holidays, REAL hell(ish) skullduggery, demons, very alcoholic eggnog, a pervy sentient cockroach, and an angel who manifests as a magic-8-ball. It's very silly, not at all serious, and the author doesn't miss a single double entendre, cheap pun, or holiday cliché start to finish. Although there are a whole crop of books in the series, they all work pretty well as standalone reads.
Four and a half stars. It's -precisely- as it purports to be, no hidden agendas, not even a wink at serious literature or highbrow philosophy. It would be a solid palette cleanser between more serious works, or for readers who just want to snort out loud at drunk cockroach dialogue.
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