A full force gore fest of a novel with some pretty sick and twisted plot lines that will undoubtedly shock some and fascinate others if that's the right word to use?
Not for the faint hearted so be warned!

This book is not for the faint of heart. Grisly scenes that may bot be for everyone. Keeps your interest and makes you realize that there is evil all around us. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book. Although I received the book in this manner, it did not affect my opinion of this book nor my review.

Our past can haunt us and for some it is difficult to determine what is actually reality. That is the challenge in Parts 1 & 2 of Skylerr Darren's books. It's truly a psychologically twisted journey. Be prepared to experience a read you have never encountered before and have your mind challenged.

Interview with the Devil Part One: Victor’s Account
1* Book Review
Skylerr Darren

Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads:
"There sat a frail, abnormally-pallid African-American man. His weight looked rather questionable. He looked as if he hadn't eaten in months, judging by the fact that his integral skeleton had been visible through his diminished skin. He stared at me with no facial expression. He just sat there, staring."

Satan, the brooding, scriptural ghoul that takes on the responsibility for murder, perversion, and the gruesome deaths of children. Society views these horrors as a grim nightmare-a nightmare in which one would desperately attempt to wake up from. But in reality, you simply just can't wake up from a nightmare, for both reality and fiction have become one. Victor, a timid young college student dreadfully awakens into such a demonic ordeal from the repulsive dismiss of his relatives, to macabre dreams and morbid occurrences. Do not look at Interview with The Devil: Part 1 as a mere book but instead the detour into your own self-morality.

There are honestly no words, this is awful. It’s full of rape, suicide, dead babies sexually abusing their dead fathers (I know, right)... and for what? It’s pointless. I am by no means easily disturbed, or a prude, or any of that, but there was honestly no need for this. The descriptive text was too much, very over the top, graphic for nothing other than shock value. There was no plot development within all this gratuitous trash that I could make out. Yet it started so well on the first few pages, I really thought it was going somewhere good.
I really don’t have anything else to say about this, it’s bad... it’s really bad.

1* (and that’s generous)
Lesley-Ann (Housewife of Horror)

The premise of this book is very interesting. A psychology student goes to interview a convicted serial killer that has been locked up in a mental institution for many years, and has had no visitors, and has virtually been kept in solitary confinement. However, the writer's convoluted writing style and extremely graphic descriptions of gore and very graphic violence over and over again with very little plot movement or story line between the horrific descriptions made it a very challenging read. There are extremely graphic descriptions of violent rape, gang rape, murder, dismemberment, and torture, among other things that will likely be difficult to read for many readers. I have read books with vivid descriptions of this kind of violence before; however this book was so extreme, page after page of horrific description, over and over....there were different crimes, different family members, different neighbors, but it felt very repetitive and gratuitous to me. I was expecting it to be creepy or scary--but honestly, it was just gross. I kept reading, hoping to find something I could find redeeming about this book, but unfortunately, I cannot recommend it, unless you have a very strong stomach and don't really need strong story and character development to go with your violence. Perhaps future volumes in the series will include a stronger story, but I will not be continuing on.

I received a digital ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.

This book is brutal. Its sharp and descriptive and gruesome. Definitely not for the faint hearted. Its an interesting story but a bit too descriptive at times. No imagination is needed when reading this because everything is laid out in great detail.

I tried so hard to read & like this book. I quit reading numerous times. Gave it a day or two and tried again, only to finally quit at 39%. I am an avid reader, have been since I was old enough to read. I’ve read all genres. Romance, comedy, contemporary, thrillers, psychological thrillers, true crime, every damn thing,

I just couldn’t do it with this one. Horrifically disgusting descriptive scenes of suicide etc,. Over use of “big” words that I’ve never read before. Not sure if the big words were to make the audience feel stupid for having to look them up, or if they were to make up for the unrealistic death scenes.

Sorry Mr. Darren but I just couldn’t read this gibberish nor could I recommend it to others.

Disclaimer: I was given a free advance copy from NetGalley in return for my honest review

Interview With the Devil part 1: by Skylerr Darren was received direct from the publisher. I had never heard of this novel nor the author before electronically cracking open this book. Once I did, I was immediately drawn to the writing style and lack of political correctness that has ruined most modern fiction. With dialogue such as “What a grody sight to perceive,” I just kept reading, skipping nothing. If you, or someone you buy gifts for, enjoys novels that contain sex and over the top violence and would maybe like to interview a demon, give this book a read.

5+ Stars