Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2018! I did this last year and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!
I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!
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Swamp Monster Massacre
by Hunter Shea
Genre: Horror
My Review
A skunk ape is Flprida’s own version of the big hairy guy, Sasquatch. They’re a private creature, until they get riled. And a group of tourists are about to stir the hornet’s nest.
I’m a huge fan of Hunter Shea’s books and this comes in as one of my favorites. While a shorter story, I’d call it a novella, he packs it with some compelling, original character’s and nonstop action. Then he brings on the horrendous in all it’s fury.
It surprised me how much I came to like Rooster. He’s not your typical hero. After killing a gangster, he hijacks a boat full of tourists in the Everglades. They seize an opportunity and try to take back control. When the boat crashes, they kill a young skunk ape. And thus begins a bloody dash as the rest of the apes come for retribution. He tried to do the right thing for these people. It was his fault they were in this situation. He really tried.
I must mention the twins. The girls had that blond beauty thing going on and I immediately thought, no brains so they must be chum for the beasts. Actually, they were double tough and I was so enamored of them that I was hoping Hunter would let them live. He’s known for knocking off characters willy nilly.
This story moves fast. The author introduces his characters. The how and why is told. And then it goes insane. The apes are monstrous. Just look at the cover. They’re mad and have only thing thing on their mind. Get the humans who killed one of their own. Kill the humans. And that’s what they proceed to do. Hunter doesn’t spare on the gory bits and actually had this one scene with alligator missiles that had me me cringing and laughing out loud.
If you like crazy, gory horror and creatures straight out of nightmares, step right up. Hunter delivers in oh so many ways.
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Synopsis
The swamp belongs to them. Humans are only prey.
Deep in the overgrown swamps of Florida, where humans rarely dare to enter, lives a race of creatures long thought to be only the stuff of legend. They walk upright but are stronger, taller and more brutal than any man. And when a small boat of tourists, held captive by a fleeing criminal, accidentally kills one of the swamp dwellers’ young, the creatures are filled with a terrifyingly human emotion—a merciless lust for vengeance that will paint the trees red with blood.
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The first cover is the one I own. It’s the eBook copy.
Here is the paperback cover.
Which do you prefer?
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This is my favourite Hunter Shea book so far. I loved it. That bit with the gators at the campfire! I was surprised to end up liking the ‘bad guy’ and the twins were great. A lot of fun to read. Iprefer the first cover but the second one is what I got on the paperback copy I received!
It’s my favorite too. Most of his books are 4 Stars. I loved them but they didn’t have that extra bit of oomph. This one had it all. I especially loved the twins.They reminded of some that I read about in a book by Anthony Renfro. And I thought Rooster was going to be an idiot. It was intense to have this many character’s that I actually wanted to live. LOL And I’ll never sit around a campfire again without looking over my shoulder!
Hunter Shea is such a prolific author, and his creatures are deliciously freaky. No wonder you enjoyed Swamp Monster Massacre so much!
I love creature books and Hunter is my go to author. I love that he can have me on their side a lot of times. Even when they are ripping people to shreds or munching them. LOL And I’m a sucker for any kind of Sasquatch!
Those covers are chilling on their own! I am not usually one to read a horror novel, but this has an interesting concept. 🙂
Both of the covers are killer. I’ll be reading this one again!
Both look pretty awesome!
I know. I’d say I’m partial to the first as it’s the one I own and you can really see the skunk ape.
I’ve missed your posts! Hopefully, everything is back to normal and I’ll be checking in like usual. Hunter Shea has quickly become one of my favorite authors, too! Great post!
I hope things are normal for you now. And it’s great to hear from you. I grab Hunter’s books as fast as he writes them.
I need to go back and read some of Shea’s older stuff. I actually like the first cover better. I’m sure that just like most of his stuff, he’s not afraid to kill people! I love that about him!
I still have a few of his older books to read and then I’ll have read them all! Yep, he doesn’t mind knocking off his characters. Sure makes for intense reading.
Yay for being fooled by their blond hair! Don’t judge people by their hair color Laura! ;-))))
And me a blond too! LOL
I really love the title of this book! Lol. And this is the first time I hear about this author. I’m gonna need to check out some of his books! This one sounds pretty awesome!
I hope you check his books out. He has a bunch and I sure have fun reading them!
Oh no- I don’t want to see THAT coming at me in the swamp lol.
LOL Yep, I’d just curl up and kiss my ??? goodbye!
I really need to read Hunter Shae. Everyone seems to be loving his writing and this sounds really good.
If you like stories like this one, he’s got a bunch!
Another Hunter Shea must-have! And I prefer the paperback cover but I’ll be getting the ebook.
Hunter is on my blog a lot! I love the type of stories he writes.
I love Hunter Shea too and this sounds fantastic. Great review.
sherry @ fundinmental
I know you love the big hairy dudes too so this would be a good one for ya!