- Title:
- Halloween Party 3
- Author:
- James Livingood
- Release:
- October 2021
- Format:
- Audiobook
- Narrator:
- Ren Cleveland
- J Rohr
- Harry Frost
- Series:
- Halloween Party #3
Occasionally Mischievous
This story feels aimless to me. Not in its plot, but who it’s aimed at. It’s just some bitch coworker. She goes to a Halloween store and steals a magical witch’s hat that turns her into a kid when she wears it. She goes trick or treating and this old, creepy woman keeps showing up, pretending to be different people. She eggs the coworker’s house has a confrontation with the witch then helps the coworker clean eggs off of her house.
A significant amount of the story follows kid characters, but the mentions of sexy adult costumes and workplace drama feel out of place. I can’t figure out what the intended age demographic of this story is supposed to be. It tries to do a half-assed moral, which seems to be “Don’t steal magical hats from witches and don’t egg your bitch of a coworker’s house, ’cause she might throw herself a pity party.”
The narration was pretty good. I could do without the background hissing and long pauses between chapters.
Subcontracted Death
Nope. This narration suuuuuuucks! This guy just sounds like he’s in a hurry to get through the job. He never takes any breaks, nor does he pause during dialogue to emphasize a moment or allow the reader to absorb a thought.
Decay’s Destruction
Now, this is a proper Halloween story. Skeletons, necromancers, danger, monsters, and more. The dangerous moments for the protagonist are well written, and the reveals hit their marks. There was a bit too much monologing for my liking, aside from that, I enjoyed it.
The narration was fine. It was easy to tell the characters apart and they all felt distinct. Though the moments describing scenes could be a bit dull at times.
NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.