Hot Pink Satanism by Damien Casey

Hot Pink Satanism Reviews

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  Michael James

  4/5 👹👹👹👹 Demons
  
  Available on Godless and Amazon 1/20 from D&T Publishing.
  
  This story was a lot of fun. Comedy Horror at it's best. This story has Satan, hamster, horses, and a Character named Danzig. The plot has romance mixed into the story. If you want horror, comedy, and gore check this book out.
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  H. Everend

  4.5/5
  I absolutely adored this book and all its random, yet dark (but mostly random) moments. This story feels as though it was written in one voice, but that is how amazing Casey and Torres click together (having read their works separately before, they are both incredible writers) and this flows so well. While also making complete sense, the insanity that's going on made me feel like I was on an acid trip (or what I would expect an acid trip would be like!) It's a wild ride indeed! Expect the unexpected with this story (but also don't be surprised by the typical cliches of hell and Satan too)! What a fun read -- and one I'll be reading again!
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  Diana Richie (Indie Book Addict)

  Hot Pink Satanism takes things to a new level. Imagine a satanic cult, add in some neon, glitter, and mix all of that into Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and you have Hell.
  Now imagine Baphomet as a fuzzy hot pink demon that is totes adorbs! Six emo unicorns with bad dye jobs and a hamster named Danzig whose fur looks like corpse paint. All this insanity is waiting for you!
  Casey and Torres did a wonderful job of making this funny and so over the top. Its ridiculousness had me laughing throughout. I thought it was unique and entertaining. You won’t find such colorful carnage anywhere else. After reading this I’m glad my table in Hell is already reserved. It’s totes going to be a good time. I hope these authors have more crazy plans because I am here for it!
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  Cobwebby Eldritch Reading Reindeer

  A farcical bubblegum splatterpunk-twisty view of the Underworld as you never expected to see it. "Hot Pink" is the appropriate description, as much of Hell is costumed in drag and flowing with rivers of chocolate pudding. Unicorns go wrong, Satan retires, Baphomet goes sparkly....
  The authors riff on pop culture, teenage narcissism, and California's faults--specifically San Andreas.
  Not suggested for committed Christians nor dedicated Lovecraftians.
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  Sarah Huntington

  Years ago, I was sick with glandular fever, which obviously, gave me a fever. It got so high that I thought there were tiny elves under my bed, brewing potions in a tea set. I remember it very clearly and it all seemed a little odd, but perfectly normal too.
  When I read an ARC of this, I had the very same curious sensations. Do you recall that bit, in Charlie and the chocolate factory, when they're heading down that tunnel of weirdness and furious multi-coloured lights? Like an LSD trip? That is this book in word form.
  It's vibrant, a contradiction, part parody, satire and cold truths. It pokes fun at all of us, but in a pleasing way that isn't insulting. Our best bits and worse bits are in this book.
  Did I mention how wild it is? It shouldn't make sense and yet it does so perfectly. The humour made me laugh so hard too. The characters are someone we all know somehow, the writing is natural and easy. It's half genius, half work of art. After you've read it once, you immediately read it again because its metaphorical and then again, maybe it isn't.
  Two extremely talented authors teamed up and the result was the explosion of mayhem, wonderful things and funny parts that still make you laugh a week later. This book also made me want a hamster.
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  Wendy Dalrymple

  What in the Lisa Frank heck?!?! I laughed so many times while reading this my husband started looking at me funny. In the words of the great Stefon, this book had everything; demonic hamsters, fashion shows, rainbows, glitter, unicorns, beheadings, demons and yes, even a wedding! It was a fun time running through Damien and Kyra’s Willy Wonka Lisa Frank nightmare!
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  Adam Hulse

  A fever dream. A trip. The high school sickness of locking eyes with your crush. A dizzying sugar high moments before the inevitable crash.
  HOT... PINK... SATANISM!
  I'm a fan of both writers, so it was like a dream tag team match up to see this multicoloured monstrosity emerge into the grey world we live in. Bah gawd, they really went for it, too! "Like totes vibin in the hysteria." This is such a fun read, and I grinned and giggled throughout. It read like Roald Dahl had taken some drugs, drank his own urine for a month, and said, "fk what everyone else wants. I'm going to write about hell!" None of it should work, but instead, we're introduced to a truly joyous and imaginative version of the afterlife. It's like the Care Bears and My Little Pony having their own Vietnam for crying out loud! The entire cast definitely graduated from Nuke Em High. Casey and Torres get their digs in as well. If you don't already know how they think things are going in the U S of A, then you sure will after reading this. In conclusion, I had my teeth kicked out by a Disney Princess dropout, and I liked it!
  That's all folks!
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  Tracey

  *BOOK REVIEW*
  
  HOT PINK SATANISM
  By: Damien Casey and Kyra Torres
  
  Available now on godless.com
  
  😈😈😈😈😈
  5 Lil demons!
  
  This is a horror-comedy, a few triggers but nothing overly "horrible" :)
  
  I literally belly laughed a few times while reading this cutesy take on Hell.
  This is one of those stories where you feel as if you're actually IN the story, hanging with demons, Satan, God, a hamster, and even some emo unicorns!
  
  There's even some slight horroresque romance going on in the background *wink*
  
  Let's not forget the GORE!!! The gore was very well described - I could taste it, smell it, and see it in my mind! Brilliantly written. :)
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  Bethany

  By the power vested in me through Lucifer, I declare this book as a super fun, wild adventure!
  
  You should totes consider it if you like:
  
  - Super random and fun stuff
  - Satan
  - Emo Unicorns
  - Hamster friends
  - Satan
  - Completely and utterly random comments which make you genuinely laugh out loud
  - Fashion shows that take place in Hell
  - Satan
  - Battles to the death
  - Feeling like you are in a fever dream
  - Satan
  - Feeling like Buddy the Elf is telling you about his journey (dunno why it reminded of that)
  - Did I say Satan?
  - Feeling like even after death, you'll find some kind of belonging....even if it is in Hell
  
  Anyway, this was perfect for me because I wanted something short and fun and as many people know......I love all things wonderfully weird and if you include Satan in your story, you're onto a winner!
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  Coy Hall

  Going into this novel, I’d read Damien Casey and Kyra Torres separately, and enjoyed their styles tremendously, so I was thrilled to read a collaboration. Hot Pink Satanism exceeded my expectations.
  
  First of all, their writing styles blended perfectly. The transition from voice to voice is so seamless that I truly couldn’t pinpoint where one writer left off and the other took over.
  
  The journey through hot pink Hell is on another level, streaked with neon gore, hilarious, and with an intelligent turbulence beneath the surface that lets you know you’re along for a ride with masterful storytellers.
  
  The imagery stood out to the extent that I imagined the novel as a series of Hellscape paintings in Baroque style, like a tale in twenty canvases.
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  Rachel M

  This one is a whole lot of fun! Took me back to my younger years, playing Mario, throw in some wrestling! I laughed a lot throughout this one! Not gonna lie, at 1st glance I thought this book is not for me…….. I am so glad I picked it up and gave it a chance. You can’t go wrong! Love triangles with Satan, spoilt princesses that should be in heaven but “accidentally” ended up in hell, Emo unicorns, crazy gummy bears, the list goes on!
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  RoseDevoursBooks

  Get ready because Hell just got a FABULOUS makeover! Who needs a lake of fire when you can fill it up with chocolate pudding instead? Get ready for the dark Lisa Frank landscape of your dreams. Full of pink blood, rainbows and glitter all run by the cutest dark lord, Baphomet - who is Hot Pink and totally cuddly!
  
  Calvin found his way into Hell the day he visited Baph’s Barnyard. There he meets a dead valley girl named Daisy, Danzig the hamster, a demogorgon winged horse, Baphomet and Satan himself. They band together for an ultimate fight against six emo unicorns trying to reverse the glitz and glam back to the evil underworld it once was…
  
  This novella was HILARIOUS! The pacing is fast and fun and it never lets up on the jokes. I had to take several pauses throughout the story to wipe the tears from my eyes as a result from laughing so hard! It’s mostly because I was caught off guard and didn’t know what to expect, the surprises were truly imaginative with enough visual pizzazz and pop culture references to keep me entertained. Let me just say, I was GEEKING out hard at the wrestling references! Yes, The Young Bucks are indeed the best tag-team in the business 😉 The characters were fun and widely varied in both personality and appearance. I mean who can beat a black metal hamster with corpse paint and a Demogorgon winged horse?!
  
  This novella was bizarre and totally refreshing, it just put me in a very good mood. I highly recommend it to those that enjoy an outlandish rom-com that reads like a platform video game mixed with an adult animated sitcom. It won’t be for everyone, especially if you're too easily offended by religious/satanic references. But for the rest of us grown-ups, there's Hot Pink Satanism to enjoy! Go read it!
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  Michael Gesellchen

  Care Bears meets Rainbow Bright meets demonic Candyland! I loved the idea and premise of this book. The cover and title stuck out and grabbed my attention from the get-go. I just had to open it up and see what was inside, and what was inside did not disappoint! The cute cuddly characters from Baph’s barnyard might look all sugary and sweet, but these critters aren’t something to be messed with. Descending into a hellish realm that’s more rivers of chocolate pudding than lakes of molten fire, this book will take you on a wild and crazy ride.
  
  When I started reading this I thought it would be more of a horror story than it actually was. The last thing I ever imagined was that I’d be laughing out loud while reading about a fashion show in hell… that’s right, a fashion show in hell 😀
  
  The story was great, filled with snarky and sassy characters. I loved the concept. The book was well written and fun to read... can’t wait to read more from authors Damien Casey and Kyra R. Torres. I enjoyed this one and you will too!
  
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  Fern Fuentes

  To be fair, I don’t think I’m the target audience for this one. I love horror and I love comedy, but I hate horror-comedies. They almost always end up being neither scary nor funny. That was the case with this one, unfortunately. It was a bit too outlandish for my taste. The plot didn’t do anything to keep me invested, and overall the story felt very rushed. The jokes were very “did you see that joke? Wasn’t it funny? Here let me make that joke again.” The first Meghan Trainor joke didn’t make me laugh. The 7th one made me want to give up on the book entirely. It was very cringe. I was kind of surprised actually because I’ve loved every single thing I’ve read from Kyra, but I don’t know how much was written by her vs. Damien on this one. I’ll still read her horror, but I think I’ll pass on Damien based on this release.
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  Stephanie Manning

  4.25 stars. This book is just as ridiculous as the title and cover would imply. I mean that as a high compliment - B-movie ridiculousness is my favorite subgenre of both horror books and films. Calvin takes a trip to Hell, which has been turned into a candy-filled, Lisa Frank nightmare. When a bunch of emo, poser unicorns show up intending to take over Hell, hilarity and gore ensue. This book is also really funny, and had several passages I read aloud to family. Highly recommended.
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  Danielle Yeager

  World-building, fantasy, politics, pop culture. A badass heroine, heavy metal hamster, Hell is a candyland, Satan is retired, and his son, Baphomet, is the fuzzy pink demon in charge. His mission: stop a gang of goth unicorns trying to take over Hell. This is a hilarious and gory ADHD-cartoon-war-fever dream! Just what I was looking for: a perfect palate cleanser. Gamers will especially love it.
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  Brittany White

  This book is SO FUN. I literally feel like is was written for me because this is definitely my kind of thing.
  
  The characters are so full of life (or death?) and color, LOTS OF COLORS.
  
  Comedy horror at its finest and bursting with confetti and glitter….and blood. Multicolored blood.
  
  I need MORE. More glitter, and evil fuzziness from these authors. Now.
  
  Right effing now.
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  Joe Ortlieb

  Who knew Hell was this colorful and fun. Damien and Kyra wrote this with the blood of gummy bears mixed in some glitter. Pretty words. I'm pretty sure the pages were laced with some kind of drug. Yes it's that f'n crazy!
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  Dave Musson

  I really wanted to like this more, but I just found it exhausting and bewildering - like I’d started watching a tv show midway through season 3, and all the backstories and in-jokes are just flying waaaay over my head. This just was not for me unfortunately.
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  Sophie Ingley

  This book is as mad as a box of badgers.
  Seriously, this has the makings of becoming a bizarro classic. It’s utterly bonkers.
  May have to read again, when my poor brain has recovered.
  Corpse paint hamsters rule .🤘🖤
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  Jezier

  Really silly, but also entertaining.
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  Juan Vizcarra

  The start of this book is phenomenal. I would say that the first 30 or so pages feel like the early work of Cameron Pierce, it has some bizarre ellegance specially when comparing the smell of unicorn shit to the smells that you hold dearest.
  
  Then by page 50 or so, the book just randomly decides to commit character assasination on every single one of the main characters for absolutely no reason other than "lulz, so random".
  
  1.There's an arcane demon of infinite evil that ends up trapped on a hamster's body after a summoning gone wrong and is aching to come back to his true form to take revenge on those who wronged him. Nevermind that, he will become the vulgar comic relief who makes snarky remarks once in a while. His goals are never achieved or even have a callback and he doesn't seem to care anyway.
  
  2. Baphomet's inspiration to overhaul satanism came from an epiphany after finding out that God is an unfair asshole who lets people in to his kingdom if they have the coin, he funds the new church in order to have somewhat of a safe space for hell's condemned. Nevermind that, by page 40 he doesn't care what happens to hell or it's inhabitants, he's here for the ride and to make fashion statements.
  
  3. The spoiled girl is ironically the most consistent character since her only goal is to get laid with the main character. However, halfway through her storyline in which she is the biggest bitch in hell, she grows a heart out of nowhere and takes revenge on her rich father to give a weird speech about gun violence (??????????)
  
  4. The idea of beautiful man satan is nothing new, however the book makes you believe that Satan will have a bigger role in this story specially after the main character has a supernatural crush on him while the spoiled girl wants to get in his pants. This could've made a cool dynamic, but at some point in the book Satan just blatantly disappears, gone. If he's mentioned afterwards is just because the authors remembered him he existed.
  
  5. The main character is somewhat of a blank slate, I think he's supposed to represent the reader and his journey through this world. There's a hint of some higher purpose by the first pages but then that's thrown out in favor of having more bizarre shenanigans to keep the story going. This wouldn't be so bad if by the END of the book, this character suddenly decides out of nowhere that he DOES love the spoiled girl and wants to protect her at all costs so they can marry. This not only comes out of nowhere, but also makes it feel as if he's doing it just because "well, why wouldn't he if he's a boy and she's the only human girl in the group?". Their romance doesn't feel earned, it feels forced and stereotypical, a word I didn't think I'd be using in a book where the climax is battling a giant possessed unicorn a lá Attack On Titan fashion.
  
  
  I don't want to say this book is terrible, it really isn't, but absurdism isn't an excuse to make your characters flipflop in personality or motivation. You have the whole hell to make those kinds of characters.
  
  3/5