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City Infernal #3
House Infernal
The old priory is a house built for the Church, but designed by Satan. In the house, nuns are drained of blood by things far worse than vampires, and a virginal student is seduced by the perverse and haunted by things more terrifying than ghosts. When Venetia Barlow began work at St. John’s Priory, she expected a quiet summer of drudgery and boredom. But almost immediately she is haunted by lurid desires and visions of a city filled with monsters—monsters who know her name. Is the house really a place of meditation, or is it a temple of abominations? Venetia learns the truth when a long-dead priest gives her an unspeakable message direct from the howling, blood-drenched streets of Hell.
377 pages, Paperback
First published October 2, 2007
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Edward Lee
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Edward Lee is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror, and has authored 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story "Mr. Torso," and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF 2000, Pocket's HOT BLOOD series, and the award-wining 999. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to Germany, Greece, and Romania. He also publishes quite actively in the small-press/limited-edition hardcover market; many of his books in this category have become collector's items. While a number of Lee's projects have been optioned for film, only one has been made, HEADER, which was released on DVD to mixed reviews in June, 2009, by Synapse Films.
Lee is particularly known for over-the-top occult concepts and an accelerated treatment of erotic and/or morbid sexual imagery and visceral violence.
He was born on May 25, 1957 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. In the late-70s he served in the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, in Erlangen, West Germany, then, for a short time, was a municipal police officer in Cottage City, Maryland. Lee also attended the University of Maryland as an English major but quit in his last semester to pursue his dream of being a horror novelist. For over 15 years, he worked as the night manager for a security company in Annapolis, Maryland, while writing in his spare time. In 1997, however, he became a full-time writer, first spending several years in Seattle and then moving to St. Pete Beach, Florida, where he currently resides.
Of note, the author cites as his strongest influence horror legend H. P. Lovecraft; in 2007, Lee embarked on what he calls his "Lovecraft kick" and wrote a spate of novels and novellas which tribute Lovecraft and his famous Cthulhu Mythos. Among these projects are THE INNSWICH HORROR, "Trolley No. 1852," HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD, GOING MONSTERING, "Pages Torn From A Travel Journal," and "You Are My Everything." Lee promises more Lovecraftian work on the horizon.
Edward Lee is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror, and has authored 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story "Mr. Torso," and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF 2000, Pocket's HOT BLOOD series, and the award-wining 999. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to Germany, Greece, and Romania. He also publishes quite actively in the small-press/limited-edition hardcover market; many of his books in this category have become collector's items. While a number of Lee's projects have been optioned for film, only one has been made, HEADER, which was released on DVD to mixed reviews in June, 2009, by Synapse Films.
Lee is particularly known for over-the-top occult concepts and an accelerated treatment of erotic and/or morbid sexual imagery and visceral violence.
He was born on May 25, 1957 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. In the late-70s he served in the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, in Erlangen, West Germany, then, for a short time, was a municipal police officer in Cottage City, Maryland. Lee also attended the University of Maryland as an English major but quit in his last semester to pursue his dream of being a horror novelist. For over 15 years, he worked as the night manager for a security company in Annapolis, Maryland, while writing in his spare time. In 1997, however, he became a full-time writer, first spending several years in Seattle and then moving to St. Pete Beach, Florida, where he currently resides.
Of note, the author cites as his strongest influence horror legend H. P. Lovecraft; in 2007, Lee embarked on what he calls his "Lovecraft kick" and wrote a spate of novels and novellas which tribute Lovecraft and his famous Cthulhu Mythos. Among these projects are THE INNSWICH HORROR, "Trolley No. 1852," HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD, GOING MONSTERING, "Pages Torn From A Travel Journal," and "You Are My Everything." Lee promises more Lovecraftian work on the horizon.
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April 29, 2011
Edward Lee's Infernal series is in a class by itself.It manages to be horrific in a sense that would probably turn off most mainstream readers yet it is fantastical in a Land of Oz way despite the horror elements. It is more of a dark fantasy comedy than an actual horror novel. House Infernal is the third installment after City Infernal and Infernal Angel. My only issue is that House Infernal reads a little like an afterthought as the first two novels are complete in themselves. Nonetheless, it is an imaginative read with fascinating if bizarre characters and an "OMG! Am I actually reading this?" sense of wonder.
April 15, 2008
There are some authors I just don't get. Edward Lee is one of these. I have tried his books a few times because I love horror books and reading the violence he writes doesn't bother me. What I can never get passed is the way 98% of the women in his book have huge breasts, they are often bra-less, even after the age of 40 (with these huge boobs), and their significant others refer to their breasts in terms of affection like "milk wagons".
Seriously. I wonder if he realizes, writing this way, makes it appear to me at least, like he has never actually touched a breast in his life.
This was part of a book club I belonged to & I would never suggest anyone read this.
Seriously. I wonder if he realizes, writing this way, makes it appear to me at least, like he has never actually touched a breast in his life.
This was part of a book club I belonged to & I would never suggest anyone read this.
December 9, 2018
Usually I like Lee's non-Hell books better, but this is his best so far. I'm an atheist, and my atheism runs so deeply that I think The Exorcist is a comedy. Any attempt to scare with Satan, Hell, demons, etc. fail on me. However, Lee's evil sense of humor makes this series completely different. He also plays a couple of fun games with his readers, letting you think a character might be someone else, and they never turn out that way except for the one instance he actually fools us. Check that, there are two instances it works. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this one.
April 11, 2012
Quick! Gut reaction: Wait. Are you sure it’s not a comedy?
Short Summation
Venetia Barlow, a beautiful theology student, goes to work at St. John’s Priory, working with good Godly people to fix it up. And, dun-dun-dunnnn, it was designed by a priest who was actually a Satanist.
Then things get all kinds of crazy evil.
Why this book?
I read Lee’s City Infernal years ago, and apparently I didn’t think I’d had enough punishment at his hands.
How’d it go?
Not only do we follow Venetia and the cast at the priory, but we get to follow this crackhead prostitute and an armless, legless priest down in Hell. It’s the same hell as in City Infernal, which is comical. To me.
Dude. When the prostitute goes to Hell, she finds herself in the middle of “water,” where ghastly creatures are swimming all around. She manages to get herself to and into a boat, at which point she hears the priest calling out for help in the water.
The armless, legless priest is in the water. Bobbing. And his name wasn’t even Bob. That was a crime, man. Had his name been Bob, I could have fully latched onto this book as a comical satire sort of piece and enjoyed the hell out of it. But you know what? I think it’s actually supposed to be scary or disturbing or something.
Maybe it’s just disturbing that I thought it was a comedy.
I mean, at one point, the priest gets the prostitute to run out into a street in Hell where a lot of people have just been caught up in a random maiming in order to snatch him some arms and legs. He wants her to go for the ones that came from a particularly strong demon-thing, but she comes back with those plus a worm-like appendage.
Okay. Dark comedy. Still.
I can’t really review this. I mean, it’s an abysmal book, but with just a few tiny adjustments, it could be awesome -- to me and about three other of the sickest readers out there. Just embrace the comedy, Lee.
Even the dialogue supports this. None of it sounds believable or natural. Don’t even get me started on the cheesy things the higher ranks in Hell call one another in day-to-day conversation.
To add to everything else, the priest in Hell has this item that is supposed to help him talk to Venetia, to help her. And every time he tries to “make contact” with her, hilarity ensues. Okay, it makes me laugh, anyway.
C’mon, check it out:
Essentially, from her perspective, she just called her subconscious mind a moron. It still makes me laugh.
For fun, because it’s near, let’s do another quote at such a time:
Now you’re supposed to say, "Dun-dun-dunnnn!" Seriously. It makes the book entertaining when you say that after such lines. I said it, out loud even, many times while reading, then I’d have to put the book down while I wheezed out a kind of high-pitched chuckle.
Comedy, I tell you. Comedy.
The actual plot was like a train wreck. I was aware I was looking at carnage (in the way it was put together, and the way it progressed) I'd never be able to unsee, and still I couldn’t look away. I was rewarded by getting to see the closest-to-a-real-person character bite it in the end. Aw, well. His fault for finding himself in such an awful book.
A word of advice: trying to put sexual tension into a cast full of people considering being priests and nuns isn’t sexy. It’s . . . eh and ugh. You can quote me on that.
In the end, it’s a great book to mock as you read. And, if you can pretend it’s a comedy in the spirit of Slither, it’s not half bad. But the nagging clues that it’s not supposed to be a comedy ruin the whole thing.
Oh, shit, he wrote the novel, Slither! Bah ha ha ha! Was it as comedic as the movie?
Crap, I'm gonna have to read another of his books.
Dun-dun-dunnnn.
Short Summation
Venetia Barlow, a beautiful theology student, goes to work at St. John’s Priory, working with good Godly people to fix it up. And, dun-dun-dunnnn, it was designed by a priest who was actually a Satanist.
Then things get all kinds of crazy evil.
Why this book?
I read Lee’s City Infernal years ago, and apparently I didn’t think I’d had enough punishment at his hands.
How’d it go?
Not only do we follow Venetia and the cast at the priory, but we get to follow this crackhead prostitute and an armless, legless priest down in Hell. It’s the same hell as in City Infernal, which is comical. To me.
Dude. When the prostitute goes to Hell, she finds herself in the middle of “water,” where ghastly creatures are swimming all around. She manages to get herself to and into a boat, at which point she hears the priest calling out for help in the water.
The armless, legless priest is in the water. Bobbing. And his name wasn’t even Bob. That was a crime, man. Had his name been Bob, I could have fully latched onto this book as a comical satire sort of piece and enjoyed the hell out of it. But you know what? I think it’s actually supposed to be scary or disturbing or something.
Maybe it’s just disturbing that I thought it was a comedy.
I mean, at one point, the priest gets the prostitute to run out into a street in Hell where a lot of people have just been caught up in a random maiming in order to snatch him some arms and legs. He wants her to go for the ones that came from a particularly strong demon-thing, but she comes back with those plus a worm-like appendage.
Okay. Dark comedy. Still.
I can’t really review this. I mean, it’s an abysmal book, but with just a few tiny adjustments, it could be awesome -- to me and about three other of the sickest readers out there. Just embrace the comedy, Lee.
Even the dialogue supports this. None of it sounds believable or natural. Don’t even get me started on the cheesy things the higher ranks in Hell call one another in day-to-day conversation.
To add to everything else, the priest in Hell has this item that is supposed to help him talk to Venetia, to help her. And every time he tries to “make contact” with her, hilarity ensues. Okay, it makes me laugh, anyway.
C’mon, check it out:
[A bunch of facts about Venetia the priest spouts out to convince her he's real.]
“Yes,” Venetia said.
“How could I know that?”
“Because you’re just my subconscious mind!” she almost yelled in reply. “My subconscious mind would know that, you moron!”
Essentially, from her perspective, she just called her subconscious mind a moron. It still makes me laugh.
For fun, because it’s near, let’s do another quote at such a time:
The man’s voice returned with some clarity. “I’m in a city called the Mephistopolis.”
Meph-- She struggled through the drowse. “Where’s that?”
Wind seemed to sweep through the crackling pause. “It’s in Hell.”
Now you’re supposed to say, "Dun-dun-dunnnn!" Seriously. It makes the book entertaining when you say that after such lines. I said it, out loud even, many times while reading, then I’d have to put the book down while I wheezed out a kind of high-pitched chuckle.
Comedy, I tell you. Comedy.
The actual plot was like a train wreck. I was aware I was looking at carnage (in the way it was put together, and the way it progressed) I'd never be able to unsee, and still I couldn’t look away. I was rewarded by getting to see the closest-to-a-real-person character bite it in the end. Aw, well. His fault for finding himself in such an awful book.
A word of advice: trying to put sexual tension into a cast full of people considering being priests and nuns isn’t sexy. It’s . . . eh and ugh. You can quote me on that.
In the end, it’s a great book to mock as you read. And, if you can pretend it’s a comedy in the spirit of Slither, it’s not half bad. But the nagging clues that it’s not supposed to be a comedy ruin the whole thing.
Oh, shit, he wrote the novel, Slither! Bah ha ha ha! Was it as comedic as the movie?
Crap, I'm gonna have to read another of his books.
Dun-dun-dunnnn.
August 29, 2021
Compared to the previous two books in Lee’s infernal series, House is much more plot focused. The pacing, characterisation and story are all much better and it made for a much more enjoyable book. House infernal is over-the-top, disgusting fun and is now my personal favourite in this series.
July 25, 2010
Edward Lee is the living definition of "Depravity." Do not start this book expecting some coy, Americana, King-esque horror. To Lee, nothing is sacred, nothing is taboo. He finds the line and takes a running long jump across it. I suppose that's why I love his work so much. Some may think he's just a "Shock-Hack," but it takes a truly twisted brilliance to come up with THIS level of atrocity.
April 10, 2025
The whole time I read this I had Wow I can get sexual too by Say Anything stuck in my head.
oh, to be a curvaceous, big breasted girl in a Edward Lee book. I felt the story was good but Ed Lee was super sexually frustrated writing this. it made me cringe in some parts but the story was decent. Definitely not a favorite of mine from the series.
oh, to be a curvaceous, big breasted girl in a Edward Lee book. I felt the story was good but Ed Lee was super sexually frustrated writing this. it made me cringe in some parts but the story was decent. Definitely not a favorite of mine from the series.
July 25, 2022
With this chapter about his City Infernal, Lee takes his ideas from a story into an epic. Yes, INFERNAL ANGEL was already a sequel to CITY INFERNAL and continued our view of Mephistopolis. This time though Lee does a much better job. Not only do we get a wider view of the neighborhoods of the city but we also grow the mythology of this world.
The story follows Venetia Barlow as she starts her summer working at St. John's Prior House, her first step on the way to becoming a nun. Little does she know that the Prior House is the mirror location of a ceremony meant to further corrupt some angels trapped and tortured in Hell. What she does know is that weird things are happening and dreams/hallucinations are telling her a story that she would rather not hear. Simultaneously a fallen priest recruits a deceased hooker to help oppose a Grand Duke in Mephistopolis from gaining more power.
It sounds a tad confusing but it's not. Everything makes sense and is very gripping the whole way through. Much more interesting than the second book. And on the plus side, it is very easy to see how this will become a much bigger series of stories with plot lines being picked up between books and characters connecting the actions in each novel. There was supposed to be additional connections between HOUSE INFERNAL and SLITHER but I would never have noticed it if it wasn't pointed out in other reviews. In my mind, it's a dubious connection but not something worth arguing about.
The story follows Venetia Barlow as she starts her summer working at St. John's Prior House, her first step on the way to becoming a nun. Little does she know that the Prior House is the mirror location of a ceremony meant to further corrupt some angels trapped and tortured in Hell. What she does know is that weird things are happening and dreams/hallucinations are telling her a story that she would rather not hear. Simultaneously a fallen priest recruits a deceased hooker to help oppose a Grand Duke in Mephistopolis from gaining more power.
It sounds a tad confusing but it's not. Everything makes sense and is very gripping the whole way through. Much more interesting than the second book. And on the plus side, it is very easy to see how this will become a much bigger series of stories with plot lines being picked up between books and characters connecting the actions in each novel. There was supposed to be additional connections between HOUSE INFERNAL and SLITHER but I would never have noticed it if it wasn't pointed out in other reviews. In my mind, it's a dubious connection but not something worth arguing about.
July 11, 2019
Like a car wreck you just got to look, well House Infernal is a, you just got too read. Have a new word, ("She heard him expectorate,") so House Infernal is like Edward Lee's expectorating his 'ID' that Freudian theory where your most primitive needs and fears reside, well the author is able to mainline that force and spits it out and cages it up in a tight satanic logic web that almost makes sense, with a result being a lot of big breasts, underwear that feels out women tops and licks women's bottoms, and other sex-obsession stuff hey it's popular and sells books what's wrong with that right? So plot is complex Lucifer vs God demon vs Angel spy vs spy sort of drama, the author as I mentioned already is excellent at describing the dark plots of hell and their inhabitants very dramatic socking endings with enough threads left dangling to create a hook for the next book. Starting to fit a pattern and feel a bit of a formula but it's popular and sells books what's wrong with that right?
March 8, 2020
Brilliant
I loved reading this. Mr Lee has a fascinating imagination and his books are truly one of a kind. I really enjoyed learning of all places in hells city, and all the different species that live there. The storyline was just brilliant and so descriptive that you could see it all in your head. A great read, gripping, captivating, alarming and grotesque. A definite recommendation for anyone who lives the sick and twisted.
I loved reading this. Mr Lee has a fascinating imagination and his books are truly one of a kind. I really enjoyed learning of all places in hells city, and all the different species that live there. The storyline was just brilliant and so descriptive that you could see it all in your head. A great read, gripping, captivating, alarming and grotesque. A definite recommendation for anyone who lives the sick and twisted.
January 6, 2021
I love Lee's Infernal series!
June 24, 2019
Loved it
I got to say you done it again. I give this book 5 hell l city out of 5. But I don't give spoilers.
I got to say you done it again. I give this book 5 hell l city out of 5. But I don't give spoilers.
September 9, 2009
Despite all the demonic Dukes and evil Earls reigning in Hell, the most interesting character in this book is a 39-year-old prostitute newly arrived in Mephistopolis. Ruth Bridges wears a werewolf bra and a skirt made of tongues (still alive and licking!) and turns Hell upside down. She may have been an uneducated hick from Florida when she was alive, but she ain't no dummy. "Men are all the same, even in Hell," she says. "Just a bunch of horny assholes."
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July 1, 2016god i loved it. one of the best ive read so far next to Dunwhich romance. it had the trill, the blood, the gore, the murders, some sex hahaha and the plot and characters were truly amazing oh and especially the twist at the end unf!
November 2, 2023
I should have stopped at book two.
August 13, 2023
Edward Lee's Infernal series is one that is very popular with fans, if I had to compare it to anything though it reminds me in a way or two of The Dark Tower with how it links back to a multiple of his singular novels, whilst also telling an epic tale of hell slowly being destroyed by servants of god. House Infernal was a tricky one to find, but here I am finally giving it a read.
Venetia Barlow has taken a job at St. John's Priory to earn extra credits at her college. She hopes to be a nun but when she is threatened by lurid desires and dreams of another world where evil exists in its fullest form, she soon realizes that something very strange is happening at the house. Meanwhile, Thomas Alexander has recruited a woman by the name of Ruth on a mission in hell, to prevent Satan from succeeding in his next scheme to invade the Earth...
House Infernal is by far my favorite installment of this series so far, it's a fantastic story that brings back a number of characters from Lee's other novels such as minor ones like Pesiphae from The Minotauress. But it also has major characters returning such as Thomas Alexander from The Bighead and Ruth from the novel Slither, these two characters get to have an adventure in hell where they slowly embark on a redemption arc that more or less wraps up their characters.
Everything about this novel was amazing, it's a very bleak story dripping with atmosphere and creative imagery. It's a very violent novel but one with merit and an excellent sense of characterization.
Overall: Another really underrated contribution from Edward Lee, a truly magnificent novel that's a delightful treat for the fans. 10/10
Venetia Barlow has taken a job at St. John's Priory to earn extra credits at her college. She hopes to be a nun but when she is threatened by lurid desires and dreams of another world where evil exists in its fullest form, she soon realizes that something very strange is happening at the house. Meanwhile, Thomas Alexander has recruited a woman by the name of Ruth on a mission in hell, to prevent Satan from succeeding in his next scheme to invade the Earth...
House Infernal is by far my favorite installment of this series so far, it's a fantastic story that brings back a number of characters from Lee's other novels such as minor ones like Pesiphae from The Minotauress. But it also has major characters returning such as Thomas Alexander from The Bighead and Ruth from the novel Slither, these two characters get to have an adventure in hell where they slowly embark on a redemption arc that more or less wraps up their characters.
Everything about this novel was amazing, it's a very bleak story dripping with atmosphere and creative imagery. It's a very violent novel but one with merit and an excellent sense of characterization.
Overall: Another really underrated contribution from Edward Lee, a truly magnificent novel that's a delightful treat for the fans. 10/10
November 17, 2022
"This isn't a dream! You must understand, you must understand!"
In the third fall from grace, we are welcomed until a new and diverse cast of characters; believers in His and strong in the Christianity Faith. A perfect group of believers to be struck down by the grasp of Lucifer himself. Venetia Barlow (daughter of wealthy parents Richard and his wife Maxine Barlow), couldn't be more surprised when she decided to ditch the textbooks at the Christian University to perform the grueling task of stripping and renovating an old Prior House. Built decades earlier by a heavily regarded architect; Amano Tessorio, he was a highly regarded man by the Vatican, tasked with building countless other churches and religious buildings. However under the surface, the alleged devoted man swore his allegiance to another, Lucifer and the fallen angels. A satanist who built a Prior House disguised as a holy territory instead of the sacrificial chamber it was in motion to become. As the days keep winding by, Venetia keeps going through intense fainting spells, migraines, and fear as this voice from Hell keeps screaming in her mind as she falls asleep. Trying to warn her of the relics she needs to find, and of the true nightmare barreling her direction. Aiming to become a Nun, everyone around her warns her to experienced life and love a little before the celibacy begins. She meets Father Driscoll, the priest overseeing the cleaning organization, and right from the start his secretive and hinting nature puts her at unease.
In the third fall from grace, we are welcomed until a new and diverse cast of characters; believers in His and strong in the Christianity Faith. A perfect group of believers to be struck down by the grasp of Lucifer himself. Venetia Barlow (daughter of wealthy parents Richard and his wife Maxine Barlow), couldn't be more surprised when she decided to ditch the textbooks at the Christian University to perform the grueling task of stripping and renovating an old Prior House. Built decades earlier by a heavily regarded architect; Amano Tessorio, he was a highly regarded man by the Vatican, tasked with building countless other churches and religious buildings. However under the surface, the alleged devoted man swore his allegiance to another, Lucifer and the fallen angels. A satanist who built a Prior House disguised as a holy territory instead of the sacrificial chamber it was in motion to become. As the days keep winding by, Venetia keeps going through intense fainting spells, migraines, and fear as this voice from Hell keeps screaming in her mind as she falls asleep. Trying to warn her of the relics she needs to find, and of the true nightmare barreling her direction. Aiming to become a Nun, everyone around her warns her to experienced life and love a little before the celibacy begins. She meets Father Driscoll, the priest overseeing the cleaning organization, and right from the start his secretive and hinting nature puts her at unease.
June 13, 2018
Now that I have read all 3 books, I can give a better review. Edward never cease to please. His picturesque imagination brought life to an alternatve universe that we humans are so curious of. This book was not an exception, though it did start to get boring because its the same hell again just that with a different story plot and characters.
I would have very much wanted to stick with Cassie and read about all her adventures.
Another thing I realized about the series is that Edward loves having his main character rich. In all 3 series, the main character is the "standard" rich and attractive person. It makes the story easy. It would be interesting to read about a poor and unattractive person scaling through hell and defeating the odds.
Lastly, though I gave all 3 books a 4 star, I still enjoyed the first book the most. It was the most vividly narrated in my opinion.
As for this 3rd installment, I enjoyed finding out about Venetia's true destiny in the end, and I truly wonder the future that awaits her. I would love to read a story about Venetia and Cassie crossing paths.
I would have very much wanted to stick with Cassie and read about all her adventures.
Another thing I realized about the series is that Edward loves having his main character rich. In all 3 series, the main character is the "standard" rich and attractive person. It makes the story easy. It would be interesting to read about a poor and unattractive person scaling through hell and defeating the odds.
Lastly, though I gave all 3 books a 4 star, I still enjoyed the first book the most. It was the most vividly narrated in my opinion.
As for this 3rd installment, I enjoyed finding out about Venetia's true destiny in the end, and I truly wonder the future that awaits her. I would love to read a story about Venetia and Cassie crossing paths.
August 19, 2025
Only one more book and then I am free from my eternal torment.
When I read the first two books I thought the german translation might make it worse than it actually is. Tragically it was quite the opposite and the translation at least made it funny. We have more world building in the third book though it's still nothing special. There is, like before, a lot more sexual violence than a book actually needs and naming the protagonist of the first two books not even by name was definitely a choice.
While I understand that this is a series and the general theme is the same I wouldn't know if I didn't look it up. There is no mention of what happened in the first book and only a throw away dialogue over the end of the second. So we obviously still have our plotholes.
It's still just one character, only with different names. The dialogue is still wooden and the women in the story once again serve as nothing other than sexual relief.
Maybe Edward Lee's other books are outstanding but once I finish Lucifer's Lottery I am definitely done with this. :')
When I read the first two books I thought the german translation might make it worse than it actually is. Tragically it was quite the opposite and the translation at least made it funny. We have more world building in the third book though it's still nothing special. There is, like before, a lot more sexual violence than a book actually needs and naming the protagonist of the first two books not even by name was definitely a choice.
While I understand that this is a series and the general theme is the same I wouldn't know if I didn't look it up. There is no mention of what happened in the first book and only a throw away dialogue over the end of the second. So we obviously still have our plotholes.
It's still just one character, only with different names. The dialogue is still wooden and the women in the story once again serve as nothing other than sexual relief.
Maybe Edward Lee's other books are outstanding but once I finish Lucifer's Lottery I am definitely done with this. :')
March 22, 2017
I knew when I picked this book up that it was going to be a dastardly read, and boy was I right. After all, it is a story about Hell, its cruel hierarchy of demons and monsters, and how there is always hope for a ray of sunshine among all that darkness. Unfortunately though, Edward Lee's capabilities of creating such a world left little room for much else. While the overall premise held promise, the lack of strong, or realistic, characters made for a less-than-enjoyable experience. Every female character, who were written as sex-crazed harlots with no more than two brain cells to rub together, set the entire female sex back about sixty years. Meanwhile, we have a storyline that takes about 2/3 of the book to explain, but only about five pages to wrap up at the end. In short, a rushed idea that should have been fleshed out more, and one story that probably should have been focusing more on the plot instead of the countless sexually-deviant moments that interrupted more often than not. All in all, a book I won't be revisiting any time soon.
June 19, 2024
I have such affection for this book
So silly and funny and trashy and gross and offensive but self awarely hilarious
The hell world is really imaginative and the dialogue is lively
Just like.. almost an ideal for mass market paperback trash horror
So silly and funny and trashy and gross and offensive but self awarely hilarious
The hell world is really imaginative and the dialogue is lively
Just like.. almost an ideal for mass market paperback trash horror
May 20, 2018
The best of all three! The cool/interesting thing is, this one can be read standalone (I think).
August 7, 2018
Super good book and love the series
February 24, 2019
Well holy shit this book is awesome! Boniface! ☠️
December 28, 2019
4.1 stars!
Outstanding take on haunted house. Or is it demons? Madman?
Welcome addition to any serious horror collection.
Outstanding take on haunted house. Or is it demons? Madman?
Welcome addition to any serious horror collection.
March 8, 2020
Do not go into that house.
May 13, 2020
Not a bad book for a book all about Hell but I do know this much, if Hell is anything like it is in this book, I don't want to go there.
November 3, 2020
Best in the trilogy. Satanic horror is often way too subtle but Lee does not have that problem.
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March 2, 2023
Great! Really enjoyed this journey back into Hell. Ending was awesome!
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