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Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer
4.0
dark funny tense medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

Suburban moms wearing Jimmy Buffet shirts team up save the world (or at least the neighborhood) in Maureen Kilmer’s Suburban Hell. 

After the christening of Amy, Melissa, Jess, and Liz’s She Shed goes horribly wrong, Amy sets out to figure out just what in the hell is going on with Liz. She looks different, acts funny, and GOD her house smells. 

However, suburban mom duties call so between exorcism research and haunted vacuum battles, Amy and Co must also organize a neighborhood event so as not to let the children down. 

This book started out strong for me with a fair amount of wit combined with instant horror! The characterizations are great and the dialogue is obviously humorous without being too cheesy. It’s a fun book! 

However, I do feel that it could’ve been a biiiit shorter as it dragged on for me in the second half and the big confrontation was fairly anticlimactic. After all the hell they went through, I feel like the ending scenes could’ve given us more! 

Still, I think the author did a great job with the writing and creating a horror comedy that many will enjoy! The laughs did make up a bit for the anticlimactic end.