Brian Keene - Urban Gothic

Pros: Very well written, good characters, interesting and original story, incredibly dark...
Cons: If you don't like gore, don't read Urban Gothic (or any other Brian Keene).

Urban Gothic by Brian Keene reads like a supremely gory movie.  A cross between The People Under The Stairs, The Hills Have Eyes, and Hostel the novel doesn't pretend to be anything profound.  It is what it is--truly and utterly disgusting but ...

Pros: Scary. Well-written. Awesome setting and boogeymen.
Cons: So few, they aren't worth mentioning.

I usually avoid books that debut on paperback. That goes doubly so for horror novels that skip the hardcover phase. The same goes for movies. When I was younger, I used to have a toleration for less-than-ideal works and would relish in the cheese factor ...