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A review by cspoe
Screams of the Season by Hank Edwards
5.0
Hank Edwards is truly gifted at writing real, authentic, and poignant human interactions, and this book has it in spades. I have to commend him for handing readers a title with at least 15 Bowers in a single location and not completely losing me. In fact, he didn’t lose me at all. And that’s a lot of Bower boys and their families to keep track of. Cody’s mother requests he come visit for Christmas, and now that their relationship is real and long-term, Cody doesn’t want to go without Demmy.
From the start of the book, life is hectic. Demmy and Cody have moved in together, their hosting their first Thanksgiving get together as a couple, and now middle child Cody is thrust back into the cluster of his family, which includes his oldest brother Grant, who is a Willy Nelson-lookalike, laugh-out-loud awesome, and pretty much always a little stoned. As well as Roman, the most conservative of the five brothers, who is definitely not happy about Demmy’s presence in Colorado, let alone finding out that Cody’s taken the next step in his friendship with the “skinny gay kid” from school.
As if the brothers, nieces and nephews, Christmas shopping, and homophobia isn’t enough to send them running back to Parson’s Hollow—they learn the night they get into Colorado, Cody’s father’s truck has been found on the side of the road with him… missing. And when Demmy finds some curious hairs and an abominable-sized footprint, their track record for avoiding monsters continues to not look good.
A monster seriously couldn’t have kidnapped Mr. Bower… right? This adventure is a race against the clock. Not only do they want to find Cody’s father in time for Christmas, as so many children and grandchildren are hoping for his return, but he’s somewhere alone in the frigid woodlands of Colorado. How long can he possibly survive without adequate clothing and food?
Another homerun in the Critter Catchers series. I simply cannot say enough good things about these books. In between moments of raw and brutal human interactions, sweet and fiery sex, there’s still copious amounts of humor and crazy ‘wtf’ paranormal elements to keep readers turning the page until the end. And my God, what an amazing ending this book has.
From the start of the book, life is hectic. Demmy and Cody have moved in together, their hosting their first Thanksgiving get together as a couple, and now middle child Cody is thrust back into the cluster of his family, which includes his oldest brother Grant, who is a Willy Nelson-lookalike, laugh-out-loud awesome, and pretty much always a little stoned. As well as Roman, the most conservative of the five brothers, who is definitely not happy about Demmy’s presence in Colorado, let alone finding out that Cody’s taken the next step in his friendship with the “skinny gay kid” from school.
As if the brothers, nieces and nephews, Christmas shopping, and homophobia isn’t enough to send them running back to Parson’s Hollow—they learn the night they get into Colorado, Cody’s father’s truck has been found on the side of the road with him… missing. And when Demmy finds some curious hairs and an abominable-sized footprint, their track record for avoiding monsters continues to not look good.
A monster seriously couldn’t have kidnapped Mr. Bower… right? This adventure is a race against the clock. Not only do they want to find Cody’s father in time for Christmas, as so many children and grandchildren are hoping for his return, but he’s somewhere alone in the frigid woodlands of Colorado. How long can he possibly survive without adequate clothing and food?
Another homerun in the Critter Catchers series. I simply cannot say enough good things about these books. In between moments of raw and brutal human interactions, sweet and fiery sex, there’s still copious amounts of humor and crazy ‘wtf’ paranormal elements to keep readers turning the page until the end. And my God, what an amazing ending this book has.