Review: Rollickin' Horror & Fun-a Roller-coaster ride to Appalachian Armageddon
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2012
It isn't often readers can laugh while engrossed in the Supernatural, but when it does happen, often it's due to Scott Nicholson. October Girls is a laugh-out loud pleasure, geared perhaps to YA readers, but equally hilarious to adults-who can, after all, remember being young! Of course, most adults do NOT recall being adolescent and friends with the Dead, as is young Crystal, growing up in a tiny Appalachian hamlet, where her best friend has been deceased-quite a long time. If that premise isn't enough to captivate you, well, jump on in and try this book anyway. There's more going for you than just that.:)Crystal has the ordinary teen angst, and some troubles not so ordinary: her best friend is dead, an eternal sixteen; her steady boyfriend is reliable, but not as hunky as the French-dropping amateur horror director who shops the video store where she works; and even though she descends from a generational heritage of proven magical abilities, Crystal's paranormal talents just don't cut it. Oh-and Darkmeet (the Other Side) is opening extra portals in town now. As Crystal's magical Momma suspects, Armageddon is edging ever closer-and the end of the world could come this October-on Halloween. Toss in an unborn movie-star wannabe, a misguided amateur filmmaker, the lonely dead (and the controlling dead), and all the horrors and spookies poised to spill out of Darkeet-and you have a roller-coaster spin-dry ride both horrifying and hilarious-think "Twilight Eyes" with laugh track. Read and enjoy!October Girls (An urban fantasy / paranormal romance)