{"id":10045,"date":"2024-01-24T21:06:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=10045"},"modified":"2024-01-24T21:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:06:15","slug":"book-review-suck-u-bus-new-adult-occult-by-s-c-mendes-and-nikki-noir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-suck-u-bus-new-adult-occult-by-s-c-mendes-and-nikki-noir\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Suck-U-Bus (New Adult Occult) by S.C. Mendes and Nikki Noir"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Suck-U-Bus (New Adult Occult)<\/em> by S.C. Mendes and Nikki Noir<\/p>\n

Blood Bound Books, 2023<\/p>\n

ISBN: 9781940250588<\/p>\n

Available::Paperback, KIndle edition<\/p>\n

Buy:\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This dark and crazy heavy metal horror is the first book co-written by two very good authors, S.C. Mendes and Nikki “Spleaze Queen” Noir.\u00a0 The plot line is excellent:\u00a0 a nice tweaking of the classic “we sold our souls for rock n\u2019 roll\u2019\u00a0 trope.\u00a0 How does it fare?\u00a0 Well\u2026make no mistake, it\u2019s good, it just never feels like the overdrive gear kicks in and blows you away, which is what both authors do.<\/p>\n

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The band Suck-U-Bus (succubus), led by three women called the Mothers, promote their legend online and at shows.\u00a0 After each show, three lucky winners get a meet-and -greet on the tour bus\u2026with a demon, and they must have, um, carnal relations with it.\u00a0 That\u2019s the price for the band\u2019s success.\u00a0 The demon makes them famous, but needs to indulge in his devilish desires after each show.\u00a0 Lisa Hummer and her brother Danny go to the show, and Danny gets chosen. Next thing, he is following the band everywhere, but NOT doing well.\u00a0 Alarmed, Lisa goes after him, learning as she goes about the misfortunes of prior backstage winners.\u00a0 In the process, she gets pulled into the dark legend-or-reality-that is Suck-U-Bus.<\/p>\n

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Those are the basics.\u00a0 As far as writing, the two authors work well together.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good blend of the darkness Mendes usually brings to his writing, with the over-the-top insanity of Noir..\u00a0 The pacing is decent, the story just never quite explodes all over the pages.\u00a0 There is some real cleverness to it, though.\u00a0 Lisa\u2019s doubts about the reality of what is happening demonstrate this: is all the demon stuff true, or is this one of the best metal hoaxes ever, a gimmick to get money by using fake exorcisms and possessions? It’s over too soon, but the book does put together a nice final section and a banger of an ending: the final demon confrontation felt like classic Nikki Noir all the way.<\/p>\n

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Bottom line: it\u2019s a decent collaboration, but I suspect the authors can pull a better one out of their trick bag. Let\u2019s hope they do another.\u00a0 Fun error: the song in the book should have been \u2018Necropedophile,\u2019 not \u2018Necropedilia.’ \u00a0\u00a0Like the authors, I also happen to be quite familiar with the Cannibal Corpse discography.\u00a0 Recommended. (The book. Well, the music too!)<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Murray Samuelson<\/p>\n

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