We Sold Our Souls

A Novel

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Grady Hendrix: We Sold Our Souls (2019, Quirk Books)

336 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 2019 by Quirk Books.

ISBN:
978-1-68369-124-2
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4 stars (1 review)

"In this hard-rocking, spine-tingling supernatural thriller, the washed-up guitarist of a '90s heavy metal band embarks on an epic road-trip across America and deep into the web of a sinister conspiracy. Grady Hendrix, horror writer and author of Paperbacks from Hell and My Best Friend's Exorcism, is back with his most electrifying novel yet. In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success--but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in obscurity. Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the night manager of a Best Western--she's tired, broke, and unhappy. Everything changes when a shocking act of violence turns her life upside down, and she begins to suspect that Terry sabotaged more than just the band. Kris hits the road, hoping to reunite with the rest of her bandmates …

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4 stars

Grady Hendrix and Quirk Books does it again - good story, great theme, perfect book cover and chapter titles. Mentions of multiple Metal bands add to the fun, and halfway through the horror joins the party.

Solid start but then it slows down a little. Tension arrives to pick up the beat, and once horror arrives I dare anyone to put the book down - I couldn't. The ending had similarities to My Best Friend's Exorcism, but I can't think of another that would have worked better.

I still haven't hit Hendrix's Paperbacks from Hell, and now want to more than ever. Was [b:Horrorstör|13129925|Horrorstör|Grady Hendrix|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1414314217l/13129925.SX50.jpg|18306052] better than 3 stars? I will have to reread that too. Scheduled to be released just as we went into lockdown was [b:The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires|44074800|The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires|Grady Hendrix|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1584222716l/44074800.SY75.jpg|68534292], so that also …

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