Boo Hiss - A Book Review

Boo Hiss slithered on the scene and has taken readers aback. Rene Gutteridge’s newest installment in the Boo series has the town searching – for why a soccer field has just appeared in Skary, Indiana when there are no soccer teams, for why all of the sudden everyone in town is Internet crazy when the local coffee shop begins offering Internet access along with its new fancy coffees, and for a missing two-headed pet boa constrictor named Bob and Fred.

Throw into the mix a newly-wed couple, Melb and Oliver, who discover they are expectant parents unexpectedly, strife between newly-weds Wolfe and Ainsley Boone because of Melb’s and Oliver’s little problem, the hunt for Bob/Fred that goes on all over Skary, and the breach in reality for the town’s mayor thrusting the assistant mayor into the position of finding a solution to Skary’s money problems all alone, and you have a hilarious mix of plotlines to tickle your fancy.

Poor Wolfe is still at a loss, searching for that elusive new writing project. Facing editors to pitch projects is scary. It’s been a long while since Wolfe has had to do that. And poor Alfred, because of Wolfe’s desertion of his horror writing career, has had his career as an agent bottom out as well. Now Alfred, too, must find a new way to continue his career. Since Wolfe is so gung-ho Christian writing, Alfred figures he might as well join the bandwagon too. The results – totally insane.

Boo Hiss is fast-paced and captivating. You’ll turn page after page, looking for the next comic installment in the lives of Skary’s townspeople. And you’ll be sad when you reach the last page for the characters in Skary have become like friends to you, and you’ll miss them when the book is finished.

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