Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay

Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) Reviews

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  Janet (iamltr)

  Audiobook Review
  
  Like OMG, this one was the best of the series so far.
  
  In this short novella, the night shift goes to a party that Lloyd's mother is having at the country club. While there, the creature from the black lagoon, trailer park redneck sirens, fish men, and a giant poop monster show up.
  
  Lloyd finally got a bit more self aware and had some faith in himself. Not a lot, but a bit.
  
  Not gonna lie, the narration by Todd Haberkorn made this wonderful. I mean, how many people can read about a giant poo monster and make it sound so serious? The sound effects were awesome.
  
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  Gilbert Stack

  D.M. Guay is back with another crazy short novel from her 24/7 Demon Mart series (which apparently doesn’t count as part of the main series because it doesn’t happen in the actual demon mart). This time, Lloyd is helping his mother set up a Hawaiian-themed party at the country club to thank a bunch of volunteers for their hard work. They are permitted to do this by perennial thorn in the sideby Caroline, the snooty rich woman who uses the volunteers but detests them. As the reader can guess before page one, everything is going to go wrong.
  
  Lloyd has invited his love interest Dee Dee, who has told the rest of the Demon Mart staff about it so that their manager the cockroach and the loveable demon giant centipede come to the party as well. This complicates things as the rest of the world is not supposed to know about demons, but it’s not the real cause of concern. The real complication is that the party is about to be invaded by water creatures such as trailer park mermaids and a plant guy similar to the Swamp Thing from the comics. It’s a great set of villains who really threaten the party, but of course, they’re only the beginning of Lloyd’s problems.
  
  As if all the supernatural troubles aren’t enough, Guay brings all the sorts of mundane problems one can find at a party in the real world. Lloyd’s grandmother brings extremely high octane moonshine to the party and over-the-top drunkenness quickly ensues. And of course, rich and snooty Caroline is constantly creating the wrong kind of waves for Lloyd and his friends.
  
  All in all, this is another excellent edition to the Demon Mart series and anyone who has enjoyed the first book should hurry up and read it. If you haven’t read the first book (The Graveyard Shift), what are you waiting for?
  
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  Natalie

  I had doubts about reading this one, because yeah it sounds gross. It was alright up until the 60% mark and then sentient poop monster and skip. skip. So much skim reading. The urge to upchuck was a constant with this one. I did like the distractions, Doc and Morty. It was alright. I wouldn't read it again-ever. So so much grossness.
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  Ziggy Nixon

  The "My Favorite Quote Read in 2021" contest may already be closed :
  "No sentient turd eats the love of my life and gets away with it."
  
  Despite that bit of romantic visualization, my actual rating for the book is a little lower at 3 1/2 stars, which for a VERY quick read is still pretty good. Having just finished "Hell for the Holidays" - the other shorter companion to the 2 main 'Demon Mart' books (though "HftH" didn't feel quite this short) - I have to say a lot of the fun chemistry Guay has put together throughout these tales wasn't quite as ... pungent? would that be an acceptable pun here? ... in this book. Yes, having the Women's Whatever Club involved again was fun, but they weren't quite as present at least to me as we found them at the Wallace Christmas party. And yes, let's be honest: the book is in many ways just one long joke about poo. And a treatise on environmental concerns and capitalism gone wrong... so yeah, poo again.
  
  Still, the creepy crawlies and oozy floozies (ooh, I like that!) we come across at Caroline Yada Yada's country club are pretty neat. Shame I never was into "Swamp Thing" growing up but there are some other pretty cool references to various pop culture immortals along the way (going with a "Caddyshack" reference can only be considered brilliant). But really, the interaction between particularly Kevin, Angel 8-ball (who is ultra-annoying in this book, so yeah, totally in character for a Bible-quoting twit), Doc, DeeDee and Lloyd the Lloveable Lloser just doesn't quite vibe the way it did for me during the holiday special. Yes, the final EXPLOSIVE climax is fantastic (no spoilers because that would stink ... hee hee) and makes everything worth the admission price but still. It just didn't seem to have the same demonique oomph as the other stories did.
  
  Oh well, it was still about as much fun as I could possibly hope to muster on yet another rainy quarantine-y night here in Anti-Paradise. Besides - and here I totally blame an accidental episode of sobriety - I'm just picking really at nits, because Guay's books are absolutely fun stuff. I cannot tell a lie, namely, I cannot wait for more! Let's just hope the sh*t doesn't hit the fan quite so literally next time... snortle...
• 
  Damien Casey

  What a shitty book! Wait, didn’t you give it five stars? HELL YES I DID BECAUSE ITS SHITTY IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY, NOW LET ME FINISH WHAT I WAS SAYING! D.M. Guays 24/7 demon mart series plays like Clive Barker woke up one day and decided to be a writer for Ren and Stimpy. It is just as fun as that bad metaphor makes it sound.
  This book, the fourth in the overall series, and the second in the spin off series, is by far my favorite of the books. The title alone should have made this thing sell like at the 24/7 Waffle House at 3am when all the bars close and everyone needs bread coated in sugar to sober up. This entry takes place at a pool party, of course Caroline is their and of course she’s still the most evil vile villain ever written. Seriously, if you’re reading this than you already know how bad the woman sucks. If you don’t, why are you reading a review for a book later in a series? As you could expect from this setup there’s tons of monsters, stripper demons, drink recipes, and actual tons of poopoo. I don’t know what more to say other than grab a board, grab a change of clothes, bring some febreeze, and ride those dark brown waves! SURFS UP.
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  Justin Sylvia

  For a “shortened” story for in between books, this one feels like it belongs with the rest of the series, but that’s just me. I think that the fact that Kevin, DeeDee & Lloyd were supposed to be still on vacation till the new year was an interesting plot point. The thing that made this book good, was that it was set at the local high falutin’ Country Club, a place that Caroline Vanderbilt obviously takes great pride in, yet ish still seems to go completely sideways whenever the 24/7 Demon Mart Crew is around.
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  Panda

  Lloyd's mom is having a little party for her book club by the pool.
  
  Because reasons there is a bunch of fish monsters around and poo has become sentient.
  
  You know where this is going, don't let the two groups meet... mostly because grandma has a thing for gills.
  
  This one depends heavily on gross out humor. Not a fan personally but overall not too bad.
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  Mark

  Hilarious!
  
  I’m impressed at a series of books and novella’s… The phone keeps on going and the author hasn’t run out of steam. Well worth checking out any of the books in the series… They can probably be read out of order without too much confusion, but you will definitely enjoy it more if you can see the progression of the characters throughout.
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  Trevor

  Helping his mom at a charity pool party at the country club, Lloyd is hoping for a demon free night. Unfortunately, Lloyd's life is no longer simple and monsters and mayhem, is the new norm in his life. So with Kevin and DeeDee, they need to save the day and keep everyone else in the dark.
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  Chris Cohron

  All of the goodwill from book three is out the window here. Carbon copy of the first side story just with a different location and monsters. It felt very lazy and was honestly disappointing to read something so uninspired after book three gave me reinvigorated hope for the series.
• 
  Carolyn

  Just love these books
  
  I just love following this series of books. They are so much fun and the characters so habit-forming. Can’t put them down once you pick them up!
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  Miguelular

  Moonshine and Strippers
  
  Not your normal country club outing. With D.M. That behind the wheel you know a good time is guaranteed !
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  Mike

  Another solid entry
  
  The series is great, the characters are fun, the action is silly. I read the book in a single day, too much fun to put down.
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  Karene Smith

  Best Series!
  
  I love this whole series. It’s funny and complex and geeky in all the right ways. Absolute gem! Read it now!
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  Donna Tarver

  Hilarious
  
  This one was super funny. Gross, but funny. I did figure out they needed to use grandma’s hooch way before they did but you know I wasn’t be chased by a poop monster.
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  S.R.

  Brilliant! Absolutely gut busting hysterical! All Demon Mart fans should read this one!
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  Bunny Cakes

  Still loving it!
  
  This is in my top favorite series ever! Please keep these stories coming. On to the final installment.
  Let's do it!!!
  
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  Margarita Rose

  Litter
  
  This book brings to remembrance that we have to take care of our earth. Every thing we use needs to be properly handled. Pick up your litter.