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A review by scubacat
Creepy Court Vol 1: A Monster Mall Anthology by Beatrix Hollow, Evangeline Priest, Vera Valentine, Clio Evans, Latrexa Nova, Sabrina Day, S.J. Sanders
3.0
Okay all you monster f*ckers out there (you know who you are!)- finished my first book of 2024 with this one: Creepy Court Vol. 1 - A Monster Mall Anthology. Written by a bunch of great authors if this is your genre. I only read Volume 1, as it's already over 600 pages.
I thought the overall concept was great! An 80s mall is already so creepy and the assortment of retailers left a lot of room to have some fun with the period. Some of the stories were better hits than others. I thought Playing Mantis was a good start. Frankie's Funhouse was a bit too long, but interesting. Lost and Found was sweet. I didn't enjoy Fed After Midnight at all and I didn't particularly like Play much either. But Creepy Pasta was short and sweet.
Personally, I think the short story format is tough, as it's basically just smut. There's not a lot of time for plot, and honestly I get super bored. So 3 stars from me, but I do still plan to read Vol. 2 eventually as I'm a huge Lily Mayne fan and her story is in that one.
I thought the overall concept was great! An 80s mall is already so creepy and the assortment of retailers left a lot of room to have some fun with the period. Some of the stories were better hits than others. I thought Playing Mantis was a good start. Frankie's Funhouse was a bit too long, but interesting. Lost and Found was sweet. I didn't enjoy Fed After Midnight at all and I didn't particularly like Play much either. But Creepy Pasta was short and sweet.
Personally, I think the short story format is tough, as it's basically just smut. There's not a lot of time for plot, and honestly I get super bored. So 3 stars from me, but I do still plan to read Vol. 2 eventually as I'm a huge Lily Mayne fan and her story is in that one.