[Re] Possessed (24/7 Demon Mart, #4) by D.M. Guay

[Re] Possessed (24/7 Demon Mart, #4) Reviews

• 
  Eli Hornyak

  Another funny and fun read from the crew at the Demon Mart!
• 
  D.M. Guay

  Hey all! Just a quick heads up. The audiobook edition of (Re) Possessed is coming to Audible on Sept. 6, 2022. It is narrated by the one and only Todd Haberkorn and includes the novelette "Kevin vs the Mothman."
  
  
  
• 
  Janet (iamltr)

  Audiobook Review
  
  Repossessed
  
  Like omg, Lloyd has finally progressed, not as much as I wanted, but still progress.
  
  In this one, we have the night crew hurting Doc's feelings and battling the 7 deadly sins.
  
  As always, there are many over-the-top things that go on and Lloyd's growth shined through it all. I have no idea how these stories suck me in, but they do.
  
  Kevin vs The Mothman
  
  I don't want to spoil this short story, but come on, an eldritch terror with gas??? Everyone needs to read it.
  
  The narration by Todd Haberkorn was awesome as always, I mean anyone that can make a cockroach sound tough has talent.
• 
  Holly

  They just keep getting better and better! Barry! HAHAHAHAHA
• 
  Gilbert Stack

  Lloyd, DeeDee, and the rest of the crew at the 24 hour Demon Mart are back for another adventure, but all isn’t well after the last novel. The Seven Deadly Sins are about to be released again so they can try to bring the Lord of Chaos back to takeover the world. Naturally, the crew of the Demon Mart are all that stand in the way of the big seven, but they are also the victims of these sins which brings us to the heart of one of Guay’s most interesting novels. It’s a book that couldn’t have worked without all the previous novels establishing these characters. The reader knows their strengths and weaknesses and each time one of the deadly sins possessed someone, it made perfect sense. (I don’t think that’s a spoiler. I never had any doubt what was happening even if Lloyd was very slow on the uptake, but then, he never has been very smart.)
  
  So Lloyd, unsurprisingly, is possessed by Sloth and spends the book trying to overcome his own intense laziness to save the day. This felt a little overlong in the beginning, but actually was handled pretty well by Guay. Lloyd has been putting off for tomorrow everything he could get away with since the beginning of the series, and this is the book that that habit comes back to bite him and I loved watching him struggle with his natural inclinations so he could try and save the day. But the best part was when he had to use what he had learned about his friends to save them, in doing so undergoing a spurt of truly touching character growth.
  
  This was another fun one with the set up for another disaster offered in the last pages.
  
  If you liked this review, you can find more at
  www.gilbertstack.com/reviews.
  
• 
  Ziggy Nixon

  5 deadly stars. Shame we can't put it down for 7 here (trust me on this, ok?) but I'll cover what purgatorially (re)possessed pepperonis that I can as such.
  
  Friends, I have discovered the "Code", with a capital C - and I should probably capitalize the The as well (wasn't that a band?). About what you ask (because I didn't say yet)? The Code of "24/7". Yeppers, the numberical (sicco) part of the titles of the plethora (count 'em!) of books the Queen of Sinfully Funny Horror Comedy, namely, one D.M.Guay has brought us over the years.
  
  The evil must stay in this prison, or the world as we know it will end. Plus, he's a real {HELLO}head.
  
  So here goes: 24 sentences in - you're hooked. Can barely look away, even if a naked owl dude with his dingy pointed right at you shows up (that's a direct quote btw, because he does. And has.). 7 pages in - just give up, your soul belongs to the book now. Because it's just that good! And it may be sentient, too. Just to be sure, reach in there and see if you don't feel something akin to a hot tube that feels like lukewarm spaghetti. If yes, you're on the right track! If no, you probably need to make sure you still have an arm. But be prepared as there will definitely be multi-hued barfing (lots and lots of it) involved and probably some more naughty words, too. And may the gods have mercy on your synthetic soul if you're a sex doll that just happens to resemble someone's mom…
  
  Morty moseyed up to me with his pants around his ankles, {HELLO} deep in a jar of peanut butter. Literally.
  
  I promise you this is not mere hyperbole (or even normal, non-hyper, um, bole), but these books just get better and better with each bizarre edition. And to be frankly honest - which would have helped our crew out a lot btw - I can't get enough, starting way back when with the first in the series, namely, "The Graveyard Shift" and then on through each full-length and/or novella-length treat since! OH I have to mention the newsletter and Facebook Fan pages, too (otherwise I won't qualify for the coupons). It's all just so much fun and goes so far to feed the hunger that my dark soul needs in order to destro ... um, I mean, yeah, great for fans of all ages!
  
  Death. Of course. It always had to be death. Why couldn't the wages of sin be something else, like ice cream?
  
  But do not mistake my gleeful gleefulness for fan-boyish naiveté! Because, if anything, I will remember "Re(Possessed)" as the story when not only the characters finally started to grow up but also how the series really took on a tone of a much more serious nature! To be frank (or steve, your call), this latest chapter shows that Guay has really honed her craft - including the typey typey bits as well as from a sheer inventiveness point of view. This book truly finds that perfect balance between the trifecta of top-notch character development, an incredibly complex and entertaining plot, hilarity that somehow fit in perfectly with a good dollop of what can only be considered actual horror and even some very, very naughty bits that pop up (PUN!!) quite often. I know that's more than three things, but is "quadfecta" a word? If it is, it sounds more like a dating site for otherworldly weirdos (with apologies to Shagging Shoggoths, HornyGeddon, HadesHotties and of course SINder!).
  
  Free labor and interns. That's how you hit the big leagues. That's how you reach build-a-{HELLO}-shaped-rocket-and-go-to-space level success!
  
  Seriously though, Guay really knocks this one out of the ballpark. I don't know how she keeps building on the lore of this group, as quite honestly, if you haven't been with the program since page 1, you'll miss some bits (oh Caroline, how I love the abuse you are dealt... because yes, that's an ex's name... and personality as well, come to think about it...). But it's oh-so-worth-it and I know that I will one day sooner rather than later go through the entire run again. So believe me when I say, this is not only a fantastic book but one that you will tell your f(r)iends about so they read it, too!
  
  I had never hugged a fat cockroach in a blond mullet wig and a leopard print thong, who was covered in vomit, so hard or so long in my entire life.
  
  And my thanks as well to the author for that fantastic epilogue. I'm sorry we've shared far too many things in the past years - I'll only salute you publicly as a fellow thyroid-defective struggler as the rest, well, sucks - but I'm proud of you for not only making it through these times but with what seems to be flying colors, too! Keep up the great work! And hurry up with Book 5 dammit!
  
  Get an internet connection. Work from home. Trolling is the future, and the future is now.
• 
  Michael Carter

  When I first picked up The Graveyard Shift (Book 1 of the 24/7 Demon Mart series) I was extremely surprised to see how much I liked it. And now the 4th book in the series (plus the Demon Mart stories, and the Kevin short stories) is out, and the series just keeps getting better and better.
  
  The comedy starts on the very first page, and once again my wife was looking at me weird as I was laughing at what I was reading. And the jokes just keep coming, at an almost breakneck pace. But there is also plenty of the scarier stuff as well, monsters and gore and blood and black demon vomit. Lots of black demon vomit. (And it is the vomit, not the demons, that is black).
  
  Now a lot of times in comedy that is all you need. A new situation - simply have your characters find or cause a new problem, and then just let the hijinks ensue as they try to solve it. Add some tension by failing a few times before the big climax where the heroes win and then everything goes back to normal. (Wait, isn't that the plot of nearly every 80's cartoon?).
  
  That doesn't happen here. Well, it does, but there is a LOT more to the story than just that. DM Guay makes us care about the characters, both so that we feel the danger they may be in, but also enjoy seeing them actually grow and change (though slowly, you can't turn Lloyd from a fat lazy slob into a brave hero overnight). But this still isn't the same guy we met in the first book, and he won't be the same one in the next book, because he learns (again slowly) and grows. Yes, it is a running gag that he refuses to read the employee handbook (which itself is growing into a more interesting character), though he at least wants to use it.
  
  If you are a fan of Bruce Campbell then this entire series is right up your alley. And while the main series does center on Demon Mart and the portal to hell, the stories books deal with other threats with different origins. And then the Kevin short stories with the talking cockroach meeting various cryptids are a fun, quick snack to tide us over to the next book.
  
  The more stories that Guay writes in this wonderful, funny, demon infested world only make me want even more and I cannot get enough of them. There are certain authors that you will buy anything new they put out, and they don't disappoint you. Right now DM Guay is at the top of that list for me. I just wish there were a way to make these books last longer - I don't want them to ever end.
  
• 
  Panda

  Lloyd and the Demon Mart crew VS the 7 deadly sins.
  
  While the idea sounds fun the execution... was not. The first two thirds of the book is spent shitting on Lloyd. It's obvious what the author was trying to do, exaggerate some characteristics and responses for the redemption arc later.
  
  Here's the problem, it wasn't earned. In the first two books Lloyd created most of his own problems so it was fun to see him get shit on a little before he dusted himself off and fixed it. The past two books however that first part was skipped, Lloyd isn't doing anything UNTIL the finale. The majority of the book is in fact his internal monologue instead of things happening. Which makes it rather boring and the conclusion not very satisfying as it was more "others should stop shitting him so much" rather than "Lloyd learned a lesson and progressed".
  
  At first I was going to give this a middle of the road 3 stars but then I realized, I took so many breaks listening to this that I read two books in between! I REALLY didn't want to come back to it so lowering it to 2 stars.
  
  There is a bonus story here, Kevin vs The Mothman. This one was actually fun and went in a different direction than what I expected. That one is a 3.5/5 stars.
• 
  Damien Casey

  In the first few pages of D.M. Guay’s latest demon mart book, (Re)possessed, Lloyd makes a note for himself saying that cheese pizza is not a weapon. I disagree. If it’s hot out of the oven it will really, REALLY mess up the roof of your mouth. Not to mention if you throw it at someone just right you could get grease in their eyes. Anyway, if you’re this far in the series you know what to expect- bonkers stuff that NO ONE could have thought of except Guay. As always, Guay’s writing voice is top notch; without question one of the best writing horror comedy, if not the very best. Everything you’ve come to love with the series is here, Kevin being a turd, DeeDee being the only person capable of anything, Caroline being evil, and of course Lloyd just getting in everyone’s way by existing. Start this series if you haven’t and are somehow reading this. K thx.
• 
  Claudia Brooke

  Oh my god I love this series so much!
  
  I started reading 24/7 Demon Mart on the advice of a Twitter friend. Best advice I’ve ever gotten. Over four books, I laughed so hard, read so many tidbits aloud to to my husband, and told so many people about the series I’m afraid I’ve become possessed. By the books. No, seriously. Perhaps it’s because I have a thing for a hapless loser hero, or a never coming of age story. But I think there’s more to it than that. I love a series where I honestly root for the characters (even if one of them is a cockroach), laugh, cry, rinse and repeat. Plus, I ache for Lloyd’s poor mother. That woman knows how to shoulder a burden. I want to see her happy, for at least a hot minute.
  
  If you love horror comedy, this is the series for you. Don’t wait. Go now. You’re welcome.
• 
  Markus Matthews

  Lloyd and the gang at Demon Mart are back!
  
  I won’t go into too much detail about the book to avoid spoilers and because it is the 4th book of a series (by now you should know if you like the series or not, and my meandering opinion won’t change your mind one way or another).
  
  The key thing I wanted to point out is that Repossessed matches the same level of excellence as the first three books in the series.
  
  The one thing I have to mention is how hard I laughed at all the scenes with the sex-doll of Lloyd’s mom. Those scenes were just pure awesome.
  
  Can’t wait for the next one.
  
• 
  Justin Sylvia

  It must speaks volumes when I manage to read/listen/finish a book in 2 days time. It wasn’t the original plan, however just like with Book 3 Angel Trouble, there were chapters that left on a cliff hanger of sorts, so being the type that likes/needs in some cases a resolution before I stop, I had to keep going. As usual I enjoy Ms Guay’s writing as it weaves a little bit of this & that into the story, like pro wrestling, little Debbie snack cakes, Dio, heck even Evel Knievel was mentioned in a sorts. I look forward to book 5 & hopefully beyond.
• 
  barbara liddle

  Couldn't wait for this book I wasn't disappointed
  
  D.M.Guay never disappoints even going through her own personal piece of hell(my thoughts are with you and your family)She ROCKS funny and clever in story telling and her characters (look for horror hints) it's another action packed Demon Mart chaos fun filled story absolutely love this series thank you for your hard work it paid off right got to go I see the next is available! Why you still here go on get reading the series already!
• 
  Joseph Martinez

  I love, love this book. I picked up the demon mart series on a whim, and I’m so glad I did. This book has what I’ve been waiting for for the main character: GROWTH.
  
  He was such a cry baby for the first three novels, but in this book, he is possessed by the deadly sin: Sloth; and learns to work hard finally and put his friends and family's needs over his own.
  
  I can’t wait for the next installment, as this has quickly become one of my favorite book series.
• 
  Vicki Stark

  Can't get enough 24/7 Demon Mart.
  
  As always D. M. Guys tells a great story. I'm already invested in the characters, who are very easy to relate to. Then there is the demons. I can totally see them and hear the sarcasm coming from them.
  D. M. Guys is creative, imaginative and just awesome.
• 
  Disgruntled Book Dragon

  You get a demon! You get a demon! Everyone gets a demon!
  
  D.M. Guay is the master of cheesy horror. This book is the best one yet and I can't wait for the next.
  
  Lloyd, master of procrastination, saves the world... Again! But this time he learns a lesson in the process. Is our little Lloyd growing up??? I guess only time and more sequels will tell.
  
• 
  Trevor

  Having saved the day, unfortunately Lloyd's next action is to unwittingly release the seven deadly sins. What ensues is a breakdown of the team, as the Demon Mart is thrown into chaos. Lloyd must step up and save the day, but can he be honest with his friends. Another good story, as the team face there greatest danger, so far.
• 
  Margarita Rose

  Sins
  
  The seven sins. A very good read about them. Lloyd opens the red door without really thinking about what he was doing. Starts out on an adventure of being controlled by a couple sins. Each character is affected.
• 
  eva cullen

  Love the whole series
  
  I have become too involved in Lloyd's life. And I want to play with bubbie.. if you like Christopher Moore..you will love D.M.Guay..I need more of Lloyd's Universe.
• 
  Mark

  Still enjoyable, still funny, but some things are beginning to wear thin. Lloyd saying things internally, for example. There's hope for his character, but I don't have the same hope for the writing style improving.
• 
  pete

  love these books.
  
  I read this one in one day. Fun read as usual - though it hit a little close to home 😂
  
  Can’t wait for the next one.
• 
  Kathleen

  Loved it
  
  I love the 24/7 demon mart series and this one is just as zany and weird! If you follow the series, you have to read this one!