pfracassi's review

5.0

This little book is a loaded shotgun full of fun. A sequel to THE HILLBILLY MOONSHINE MASSACRE, which I have not read and will correct that pronto, THE LESSER SWAMP GODS OF LITTLE DIXIE is your answer to, "Why can't someone just write a fun, balls-out, gun-blasting, spell-casting, demons and gods versus men swamp battle story???" And it answers in shouts and spades, all glowing eyes and oozing, blazing creatures of the night. But even more than all that, it has a mountain of heart and a few emotional twists you won't expect which make the experience that much more pleasurable and memorable.

Don't miss this one - I highly recommend it and you might as well get the prequel while you're at it. Something I'm gonna get on doing right... now.

Another adventure for Kotto that I just didn't enjoy as much as the first book...

When he arrives at Little Dixie you get these amazing and creepy corn men, who are equal parts funny and scary .. but it mostly does away with the crazy over the top stuff in the first.

Kotto himself is more subdued than before, I assume because there is no Richards character to ground him so he was made to tone it down a bit. While he was over much at times, he was always fun, and he just wasn't here.

In the first I never knew what was coming next, here it just becomes a battle between good and evil. I was under the impression the hell stuff was just how people decided to describe it lacking anything better, I didn't realize it was meant to be literally hell and heaven, I found this to be disappointing.

With all the conspiracy stuff pushed aside I wasn't as interested. There were a few fun battles, and lots of gore still, so I'm not outright hating it, I just didn't like the new direction.

To sum it up, I'd like more crazy and fun conspiracy Kotto, and to heck with Warrior of Light Kotto.