Reviewed by Cheryl
TITLE: Nuttin’ But Trouble
SERIES: College of United Monsters
AUTHOR: C B Archer
PUBLISHER: Deep Desires Press
LENGTH: 60 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 5, 2019
BLURB:
The once elite College of United Monsters (C.U.M.) is not only having financial troubles but is now suffering from missing student problems. In order to stay afloat, it has been forced to allow humans to register; but the problem is that they keep vanishing mysteriously. Humans, in a monster school? Well, not for much longer if this keeps up! Also, humans are getting kidnapped and that was probably a bigger danger to the school than needing to tighten up the budget.
Porter Giese was once a ridiculous human, before he died in a tragic Pilates accident. Now he roams the halls of the school as the ultimate get-things-done-ghost. Whose obsession with cats borders on Lycanthropy. Being invisible, it turns out, is quite a boon to an intrepid prankster. Another boon would be questioning the motives of your employers, but Porter still is sorely lacking in that department. But, honestly—with a name like Porter Giese were you really expecting someone that doesn’t accidentally sell out everyone they know for an all-knowing cat of pure malice? Okay, you probably were not expecting that one this time, but good on you for at least pretending you did for a minute there.
It serves you right for thinking that having a punny name and attending monster college was the only joke going around in this series.
REVIEW:
What the hell did I just read? I haven’t read any of the previous books, so that probably set me at a disadvantage, but the entire style of the book and the writing was…unusual. Not necessarily unusual bad, but definitely unusual something.
I have to say that I did not like this book at all. The story was engaging, and I loved Porter, but I didn’t care for the writing style or the way the story was told. However, that is my personal taste. I can’t say the book is poorly written, because it’s not. It’s just jarring to me.
There is a certain innocence to the story, both in the storytelling and the characters. For me, it was too simplistic and there just wasn’t enough meat on the bones. However, it had its moment and there are some classic ones. Porter’s devotion to cute but murderous felines has to be commended.
There is plenty to laugh about, if you can get your head around the strangeness and the characters are quite engaging. As I said, it’s not a bad book and it’s a quick, sweet read, but I would suggest you try out a sample to see the writing style before you buy.
PS It starts with a bang and ends with a bang. (Different bangs *wink*)
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