Great Little Slice of Madness!

I recieved a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

They always say that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, this is what we are always told and most of the time its true; but with Bryan Smiths Kill For Satan! it probably best you do just that.

The cover to Kill For Satan! is a nice piece of artwork, it's mostly functional with a good "finish" and doesn't approach the subject in too abstract a fashion. Basically what you see is what you get, and sometimes this is the best approach to something. You can sometimes be too "clever" and produce artwork that misses your key audience and the cover to Kill For Satan! manages to walk the line between these two states of being, its just abstract enough to be interesting but straight forward enough for you to know what you get.

See where I'm going with this?

Kill For Satan! is not approached as if its rocket science, there's a setup in the first couple of chapters and then we're into it; and by "into it" I mean carnage, a death a chapter - sometimes more - with a side helping of depravity.

If you're looking for great depth of character then this may not be the book for you but if you are more interested in a bloodfest with an 80's movie aesthetic, complete with language, sex and violence that would earn disapproving looks from your mother, then this is almost certainly a book you should try out, especially if you prefer your books in an audio format.

Sean Dereggers performance of Kill For Satan! is typical of his work. Always on-point and as no nonsense as the book he's presenting, which is the way it should be done. This approach has the benefit of keeping the running time short giving Kill For Satan! the feel of a movie, the kind you have seen many times so merely hearing the soundtrack is enough for you to get all you needed to follow the plot.

Kill For Satan! can be summed up in three words... The title itself. A more complex synopsis could read: Satanists invade a small town and... Kill For Satan! In the good old style of a traditional VHS cover tag-line.

This one is a good buy for a winters night, its something you can get through in a few hours and have time over for a short story or two and what more could you want for on Halloween night?

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Entertaining sex-fuelled splatterfest

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This was a short, fast-paced gore and sex filled splatterfest set deep in America's small town Bible belt. The story is thin , built on the unlikely premise that a powerful Satanic conspiracy can remain hidden beneath the surface of respectability until called upon by their Master to indulge in an orgy of violence against the town's virgins - and any other type of orgy they care to try along the way. Never did find out why. Did I say that the premise was thin? But so what, it is what it is - a vehicle for juvenile fantasies designed to entertain and titillate, but certainly not educate. I loved it!! The only slight negative for me was the narration, which to my ears sounded a bit too synthesized. Maybe it was the way it was recorded? Anyway, a minor quibble which didn't spoil the fun and this is an audiobook that I am very happy to recommend.

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Quick Quirky Fun

For what it is, its not bad. I had a few good chuckles from this book. Its kind of a strange one though. I get this vibe from it at times that it wants to comedy, and then other times it wants to be horror. But not as like a horror comedy if that makes sense? Its almost like its pulling in two different directions. The horror is not light enough to be comedy, it gets pretty stark. And the comedy well.. i mean the comedy is fine, is what it is. I dont know. Maybe im wrong in my definition of horror-comedy but it just felt like two different stories were being told on the same page. But it was definitely interesting. And has some pretty odd quirky moments that garnered a few laughs. All in all it was not bad. And I would definitely check out the next project from the narrator-author team. (i believe they are a team, though i could be wrong)

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