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Devil Dancers, Bo Chappell & A A Medina


Devil Dancers



  • Author : Bo Chappell & A.A. Medina

  • Publisher : Acid Rain

  • Released : June 17, 2025

  • Page count : 228

  • Format : e-ARC

  • Genre : Folk, Horror, Western

  • Content warnings : Violence, swearing, blood and injury depiction

  • Source : Arc provided by the authors

  • Representation : Indigenous, women

  • Part of a Series : /



★★★★★ — A new favorite !

 

 

 


 

Summary :

 

The year is 1878 in the Arizona Territory. The small town of Guidance is on the brink of an economic explosion thanks to the unearthed copper residing in the nearby mountain. But buried deeper inside rests something wicked, threatening to be released by the progress of man.


Devil Dancers is the story of an unlikely trio who must band together and save the world from an ancient evil hellbent on severing the connection to the spirit of all living things.

  


 

My Thoughts on this Book :


I usually don't read western, horror or not, because I always felt this white men typical literature vibes and the genre is usually working on super tight time frame and stereotypical limited scope and povs. But now, I'm so happy I've been offered the opportunity to advance read and review this book by the authors! 


What I found out recently, let's say for the last three to five years, is that the new writers, especially indies, seems to take at heart to redefine genres, whatever genres we're speaking about, and expend reader's visions to new horizons while staying true to the very essence of a genre. 


And that's exactly what I loved in this book. New vision for old time classic western genre reinvented.  


The western roots mix with horror and indigenous folklore, and a dark comedic stylistic that I really really loved during my read. It's solid and it makes sense. And it's definitely well written. Those dialogues ?! Awesome !


It's dark, sometimes weird and unapologetically crass sometimes, in a good way (my creepy way at least 🫣) I really like the atmosphere, the setup but especially the character development. I can go nowhere with bad character development even if the plot and the sceneries are great. Hey! Good news, you've got all of it in this novel : folklore, horror, dark humor, dark vibes, suspense, great character development, awesome world building and description of the scenerie. It's really solid. 


It gave me all along, mixed vibes between Lone Ranger, the hunger (Alma Katsu), Bandidas and Lone Woman with the creepy folk horror after taste of Bone Tomahawk, all together mixed with an indigenous folklore seasoning. My kind of recipe for horror read. 


+Bonus for the incredibly badass and strong female character (usually badly written by men) in a western setting usually ultra misogynistic. She's rocks and you did her real and outside of a stereotypical scope, without excluding (or canceling from a male pov) the shit women had to feel and endure especially for this era. I appreciated this. 


I definitely recommend this book. 



About the release :


The novel will be release on june 17th, 2025 on all the usual platforms (links for pre-order and early release below) as paperpack and ebook formats and the authors told me that an awesome audiobook version will be release soon ! Stay in touch with their social media for more info. Some signed copies will probably be available soon too.


 

 

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