Review: AllHallow's Eve by Richard Laymon

Paw Prints Rating:  iii

*I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review*

Book Synopsis -

This sleepy town may never recover from this nightmare. Every town has as a past but the grizzly murder of the Sherwood family is one the small town of Ashburg barely recovered from. The Sherwood house has remained vacant for years so who is sending out invitations for a party there? The townspeople are intrigued and who can resist a party at the murder house on Allhallow's Eve?

This title was previously published in 1985.

Book review -

I have to say that I really wasn't sure what to expect with this story...I honestly thought it was a YA story to start until I started reading and then realized that it was going to take me on ride down a completely different road.

I did like the story with it's random twists, however with that being said, there were a few parts that really didn't make any sense to me what so ever...the girl at the motel and Sam's reaction to her. The end of the story kinda ties it together, but not enough for her to make much sense in the story. I suppose that is why this author once wrote for Alfred Hitchcock, I can completely understand why.

I have been an avid lover of Hitchcock, the Twilight Zone, and Tales from the Crypt since I was a kid so this story was really a joy for me to read. It was actually a bit more gory then I originally expected, but not so much that I didn't enjoy it.

All in all it was a great book, however it really needs more open push as to what genre it is.

Happy Howls (positives): I do love how gruesome the story is. I love horror and things that go bump in the night and this was great. It had just enough to touch the inner horror fan without it being too over done.

Gruesome Growls (negatives): I would have liked to see the story go a bit longer and a bit more into detail about several of the characters, however I guess that's what you get with a short story lol.

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