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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Time Travel Through Hell

A fledgling blogger, Alexis goes with friends to a Victorian mansion in the mountains with the intention to "practice" her newly found craft. It isn't long before her brother Hadley is visited by a ghost from his past set on revenge. That revenge takes the shape of a demonic being with a large toothy eye that grinds its victims to mush and no one is safe.

EYE TEETH by Jerry Gerold is an unusual haunted house story. Alexis wants to explore an old house with her brother Hadley, boyfriend Gabriel, and a couple of friends. Crispin tries to explain the house is not haunted or abandoned, his aunt and uncle were just suffering from dementia. As soon as the group splits up, all hell breaks loose, literally and figuratively.

There are some terrifying scenes and the time warp is an interesting twist, but the story gets a little confusing towards the end. The author should have taken a little more time introducing the multiple timelines, and, with such emphasis placed on Hadley's teen romance, explain why the unborn baby became a demonic goat boy.

I think this is Gerold's best story since The Reclamation Project, but I really wish he'd hire an editor to polish his writing style.

As always,
AstraDaemon

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