A strange book that left me wanting a little more. The writing is strong, characters also, but something about it didn't quite work for me and I'm still not entirely sure what. The setup is slow and deliberate as we get to know the major players and then the story jumps several gears and it turns into a bizarre slasher with a very strange mix of creatures/monsters that are all very entertaining but their motivations are a little weird. Stuart is the one who made the most sense to me - a misogynistic tool of a bloke wanting his ex back and perhaps the story would have been stronger had he been the sole antagonist .

The ending also felt rushed, almost setting up an entire mythology in a few pages.

However, will all that said, I did have a good time with this book. It is wild and inventive, gory and not for the squeamish. This was my first Tim Waggoner book and I feel I haven't started with his best, but it was still a fun read.

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