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Just Add Water

par Hunter Shea

Séries: Mail Order Massacre (1)

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GROW AMAZING LIVE SEA SERPENTS! It's fun! It's easy! They only cost a measly dollar. Just clip out the ad in your comic book. Then ask Mom to mail it in. A few weeks later, receive a packet of instant Sea Serpent dust. Then: Just add water . . . and watch them grow! WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Just ask David and Patrick. Their "instant pets" are instant duds. They don't hatch, they don't grow, they don't do anything. So they dump them into the sewer where Dad pours toxic chemicals . . . WAIT UNTIL FEEDING TIME. It's been years since David and Patrick thought about those Sea Serpents. But now, small animals are disappearing in the neighborhood. Strange slimy creatures are rising from the sewers. And once the screaming starts, David and Patrick realize that their childhood pets really did come to life. With a vengeance. They're enormous . . . and have a ravenous hunger for human flesh . . . Praise for Hunter Shea "Old school horror." --Jonathan Maberry "A lot of splattery fun." --Publishers Weekly "Frightening, gripping." --Night Owl Reviews… (plus d'informations)
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This was a quick, creepy read that once again takes my mind back to classic 80s horror, and I loved it. Having previously read The Jersey Devil by the same author I was hopeful that Just Add Water would be a ridiculous amount of fun to read, and I was not disappointed.

I still remember all those ads in comics and magazines for "sea monkeys" (which were total duds by the way) that showed fantastic tiny sea families frolicking in their little cities. Apparently Hunter Shea remembers them too. Here we have not sea monkeys but sea serpents that will hatch with very little care.. just add water. Of course it doesn't work out that way at all and soon the neighborhood is over run with vicious hungry monsters that eat everything in sight.
I received an advance copy for review. ( )
  IreneCole | Jul 27, 2022 |
Wow! What a fun action packed gory ride!

When you were a kid any kind of pets would make you happy, right? Maybe even "sea serpents" for pets?

A little backstory:

David and Patrick saw an advertisement on the back of a comic book where they could order sea serpents along with a tank and have them as pets. So they ordered it and waited for the package to arrive. They did not tell their parents as they knew their parents would not approve, so they kept it a secret.

When the package arrives the boys were disappointed as it wasn't what they thought and when they opened it they realized it was too much trouble as they had to not only water the sea serpents to make them grow they were also going to have to feed them. The boys found out that it was a waste of money, so they decided to throw the whole thing down in the sewer outside on the street to get rid of it.

What they didn't know was throwing it in the sewer was the worst thing they could have done as since the sea serpents thrived in water it became the perfect breeding ground for them. When the sea serpents became hungry they wanted more than what was running around in the sewer system and they decided to venture out of the sewer in search of better food: Humans. The town topside is full of them and that becomes their buffet.

This book was a wild ride of horror, blood, and gore!

No one is safe from these creatures as they run rampant through the town! Even though this was a short story it packs a bloody punch and as with any Hunter Shea book, you are going to be captivated by the action within as the author lets the creatures in his mind run free and lets them cause destruction within the story! I read this book within a day and I couldn't hardly put it down! Five stars for entertaining action and bloody fun! ( )
  BookNookRetreat7 | Jul 25, 2022 |
At first was I surprised how short this story is. I had expected a book and got a novella. And, that's perfectly alright because the story is fast, furious and brutal. If you have a problem with pets and kids getting brutally attacked and eaten is this not a book for you. But, if you are a horror fan with a penchant for gruesome deaths, then you're in for a treat.

One thing I thought of while reading this book was when the "sea serpents" had grown and started to hunt people did David and Patrick find someone that could tell them how to stop them. Have you seen the movie Evolution from 2001 with David Duchovny? The way they stopped the alien organism? The solution in this novella made me think of that. LOL

Just Add Water is just the gruesome kind of story that I've come to expect from Hunter Shea. The reason it doesn't get the 4-star rating is that it's not really as entertaining and gruesome as The Jersey Devil, my so far favorite book by Shea. But, it's still an awesome novella.

Now I can't wait to read the sequel: Optical Delusion: OPEN YOUR EYES WITH “X-RAY” VISION!

I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review! ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
OMG this was some hellishly wicked fun horror, like straight out of 1980's B-Movies with kids as protagonists and creepy crawlies ALL OVER SUBURBIA eating EVERYONE.

I mean, seriously, back in the day, I'd have gone NUTS over this if I'd watched this movie. So much blood and guts and sly humor and light commentary, this is pretty much a CLASSIC that brings me back to the goriest of all the cheese of my youth.

Classic, I say. :)

It's short and sweet and I'd go total cult-classic all over this if it had been made into a flick. Seriously. :)

For all you people who wanted something kinda like Stranger Things only turned into a straight alligator in the sewer story that eats practically everyone, STOP LOOKING. It's here! Have fun! :) :)

Thanks to Netgalley for this ARC! ( )
  bradleyhorner | Jun 1, 2020 |
Amazing sea monkeys!! Remember those ads in the back of comic books? Didn't you always want them? I know I did. But my mean smart parents never let me order them because they were a "waste of money." That's what David and Patrick's parents told them too, but they ordered them anyway. Just Add Water is the story of what happened next.



This novella read so fast and was so much fun that I almost read it all in one sitting. It's exactly what a creature feature fan wants in a story. Lots of action? Check! High body count? Check! Lots of blood and gore? Check! This tale has the added bonus of being set in the 80's, and 80's nostalgia works for me.

All in all, I say "head's up" creature feature fans! This one is not to be missed! I highly recommend it!

Available June 13th, but you can pre-order your copy here: Just Add Water

*Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin/Random House for the free e-ARC in exchange for my honest review. This is it!* ( )
  Charrlygirl | Mar 22, 2020 |
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GROW AMAZING LIVE SEA SERPENTS! It's fun! It's easy! They only cost a measly dollar. Just clip out the ad in your comic book. Then ask Mom to mail it in. A few weeks later, receive a packet of instant Sea Serpent dust. Then: Just add water . . . and watch them grow! WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Just ask David and Patrick. Their "instant pets" are instant duds. They don't hatch, they don't grow, they don't do anything. So they dump them into the sewer where Dad pours toxic chemicals . . . WAIT UNTIL FEEDING TIME. It's been years since David and Patrick thought about those Sea Serpents. But now, small animals are disappearing in the neighborhood. Strange slimy creatures are rising from the sewers. And once the screaming starts, David and Patrick realize that their childhood pets really did come to life. With a vengeance. They're enormous . . . and have a ravenous hunger for human flesh . . . Praise for Hunter Shea "Old school horror." --Jonathan Maberry "A lot of splattery fun." --Publishers Weekly "Frightening, gripping." --Night Owl Reviews

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