Funny and written with a deep love for the subject

C. T. Phipps is a delight as an author. Funny and richly detailed writing.
My wife over heard some of this book. And hearing the jokes and references to slasher films and true crime: she made me restart the whole thing so we could listen together. This book is a bit like discworld for murderinos. My only criticism is the plot is too brisk at the end. However I might just have wanted the book not to end.
In general if you find Phipps has written in a genre you like then know you are in a safe pair of hands.

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Fast and fun, whether a slasher fan or not.

I've never been a huge fan of slashers, but they to lend well to parody so I was curious to see where slasher and comedy end up. I wasn't expecting this as a release/series (maybe) and it was an offbeat read/listen at breakneck speed.

Insane siblings seem a stereotype, but not when it inhibits them being a slasher and that unleashes the author's cornucopia of movie fondness. The ghostly father and supernatural element are a neat touch. The Spirit of the Hunt is a truly diabolical concept, far different from The Dresden Files and that is before the serial murders/supernatural and aversion to swearing, mysterious cults and organisations that lurk behind a seeming repressed explosion of nerdism... that even a non-slasher fan can pick up within the space of a couple of entertaining chapters and be left with an image of an Unmagnificant Seven.

Despite the pace, time is taken to detail in characters, cause and setting, thought the dialogue-heavy nature may not suite everyone's taste as the plot thickens, murders and rescues are planned and you are left with a couple of options on which way the inevitable betrayal and best laid plans drop apart. It ties in well with the author's other enterprises, and I particularly enjoyed the link-in with the Red Room trilogy. The siblings do appear to be a nod to Ben Affleck's Accountant and Harley Quinn without tripping over copyright infringement, but keeping in a few nods to episodes I've seen on Supernatural for an ending of blood, fire and dismemberment while keeping in the offbeat humour, or hamming it up.

It is a good laugh, in print and audio, and if anything I prefer the latter. Well worth a punt of anyone's dosh, for an amusing romp of stabbyness and mirror smashing.

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C T Phipps does it again this time in blood

I LOVED IT I LOVED IT PSYCHO, S MONSTERS AND LOVE I PRAISE YOU CT PHIPPS

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C T Phipps best book yet

I love Phipps's work and own most of his audiobooks but this one tops all of them by a mile.

The plot maintains a really good pace throughout and manages to keep a good balance of character development and world building while still progressing the story.

Jeffrey Kafer is as ever a gift to the world of narration and should be declared a national treasure and be protected at all costs

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“I’m allergic to flaming death demons and armies of goblins”

Brilliant!
Fast paced action, snark and a great story. Had me smiling from start to finish!
Great narration too; perfectly suited to this style of writing.
Really hope there’s more to come!
This is my honest opinion on a free review copy.

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