Loved this book. Very creepy, mysterious and, dare I say funny. This book is one I would read again and highlight my favorite parts. Spooky, scary read!!

This book is a total scream! I loved it. Hilarious horror is my jam and there's totally not enough of it, especially female focused. If you pick just one book to read for Spooky Season, make it Suburban Hell. I can't wait to see what else Maureen Kilmer has in store!

What a wonderful debut, I couldn’t put it down! What starts out as your normal girl’s night turns into something much more sinister. It was atmospheric, creepy and provided a couple good laughs. I enjoyed the bond between the group of women, I’m always a fan of strong women relationships in books! The ending was fantastic. Overall, this was such a fun book!

Decent writing but I've already forgotten what this book is about. Not my thing. Guess I need to write more before I can send this. This wasn't what I expected. Loved the front cover though.

I expected more from this book maybe because I did the one thing you should never do. Base a book on the cover, which I loved by the way! I just found it hard to get into the story and WANT to read it. It was an okay story that I don’t regret reading but I also wouldn’t say it was a huge page turner. I found each of the main characters to be very similar in terms of their family members, & pets? I wish it was a little more diversified.

Our main characters Amy, Liz, Melissa & Jess are suburban mom friends who found one another through their kids schooling. They’re the “outcast” of the moms in their town and don’t really care what anyone has to say about it but when one of them gets mixed up with some demonic force, the others have to find a solution and QUICK before everything goes south for not just one of them, but all of them!

If you’re looking for a seemingly innocent “horror” novel then this is for you. I found some scenes to bring in the more goofy side of the story than keeping it a straightforward terrifying read. If you’re huge on horror books as I am, I’d say you could easily put this one off and wouldn’t miss out on much?

This was a fun, scary little read. Set in Suburbia, a group of women with various commonalities face an ages-old curse, along with a more mundane fear- a group of friends falling apart as life takes them in different directions...like the grave.

Suburbia…every millennial’s worst nightmare.
Imagine you move to the suburb. You’ve decided to settle down outside the city and raise your family…but oh yeah, there’s a demon that took over your friend.
Honestly I thought this book was really fun. Imagine a combination of My Best Friend’s Exorcism and The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and you have Suburban Hell.
This book takes place in a suburb of Chicago, and as a Midwesterner, I really related to so much of it. I think you’ll especially like this book if you’re a mom and can relate to the struggles of the main characters surrounding motherhood. My only complaint is that I wish we had seen more of the demon. You see what the demon does, but you don’t get to see it perform these awful acts. I think that would’ve helped it pack a little bit more of a punch.
Overall, I really recommend this book. It’s perfect for the spooky season.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A book overflowing with character, but can get bogged down at times with genre tropes and the mundane. Would have loved more focus on the interesting world that the author created. Overall an enjoyable read, but I never felt truly invested in the outcome.

Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer is a unique blend of Chick-Lit and Horror, with a little humor thrown in. Amy, Liz, Jess, and Melissa are neighbors in a quiet Chicago suburb. These dear friends get together regularly for a girls’ night which involves watching movies and drinking wine. They watch each other’s children, enjoy neighborhood activities with their families, and try to avoid the PTA cliques. Each woman brings a unique perspective to the group.

Liz decides to build a She Shed in her backyard, and all hell breaks loose when a demon escapes from the newly excavated hole. Liz starts acting strangely and then terrible things start to happen including a Roomba gone rogue, dead bunnies, dying grass, and personal injuries. Amy, who has personal struggles of her own, is determined to free Liz of the demon and keep their girl group together.

I enjoyed the friendship aspect of the story a lot more than I did the horror. There are discussion questions at the end of the novel and this one made me laugh thinking about my answer:

“Amy realizes something is off with Liz when Liz fails to clean up her house after their movie night. What would be the first sign of demonic possession in your best friend?”

3.5-Stars rounded up. This book was published on August 30, 2022. Thank you to G.P. Putnam’s Sons and NetGalley for my advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Suburban Hell was so much fun to read! I read it on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and could not put it down because it was so entertaining. While reading, I was reminded of Grady Hendrix horror comedy. This book is a celebration of female friendship and how important it is to nurture relationships, even when one of your best friends might accidentally get possessed by a demon from Hell. I highly recommend this exciting read. It would also make an excellent book club book.

The day I become a suburban mom, I hope I have friends like Amy, Melissa, Jess, and Liz. Minus a demon taking over my friend. Although that sounds kinda fun according to the book I just read 😂 this book was a fun read! It was a light and cozy ish? story of a demon taking over someone’s body and causing chaos in a basic suburban town, while the moms try and exorcise it. The only thing scarier than the demon were the PTA moms *shivers*. I hope I get a chance to read another Maureen Kilmer book and this was the perfect book to start off my fall reading!!

This was super fun and I enjoyed every second of this creepy domestic thriller, I would say it’s a very easy beginner book into the horror genre with some supernatural elements but also many comic relief moments

Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer is a must with a dash of silly for spooky season!

A neighborhood group of girlfriends meet once a month for a wine night. One of the women plans to build a She Shed in the backyard, and the friends christen the space with a drink the evening before construction is set to begin. The next morning, the crew breaks ground and the neighborhood suddenly smells like serious death. The ladies definitely woke something up with their christening. The woman with the plans for the She Shed gets possessed by a demonic force and the rest of the women band together to save their friend and confront some demons of their own along the way.

This was so so fun. Humorous and spooky, but not super frivolous. The novel explores familial themes and the strength of found sisterhood. Thank you @netgalley, @authormaureen, and @putnambooks. This book is out now!

When a group of suburban moms decide to build their own "she shed" to give them a place to escape to, they unearth an evil none of them could have expected.
Maureen Kilmer has hit it out of the park with this story of possession and the possibly greater terror, American suburbia. She couples laugh out loud scathing social satire with a genuinely disquieting story of haunting and possession. Suburban Hell delivered everything I wanted.

Suburban Hell Review!!

Thank you Penguin Group Putnam, Maureen Kilmer, and Netgalley for this gifted copy, in exchange for an honest review! Suburban Hell is out now!

Okay. Ever since reading Grady Hendrix, I have loved comedic horror. This one felt very homey and funny at times. In fact, I feel like if My Best Friends Exorcism and The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (both by Hendrix) had a baby, Suburban Hell would be it!!!

Suburban Hell was a 5/5 ⭐️ for me!! I absolutely loved this one and I have a feeling I’ll be thinking about it for a long time. It was such a great book that revolves around sweet friendships, living in the suburbs of Chicago, with a large sprinkle of demons and exorcisms. 😂 Kilmer is definitely on my radar for new horror!!

~4.5 stars rounded up~

This book was sooooooo much fun! I loved the depictions of female friendship, ESPECIALLY adult female friendship. This book made me laugh, it made gag (I blame the vivid descriptions of all the smells), and it also made me wanna go drink some cheap wine with my besties around a fire pit!

The whole time I was reading it, I could not stop making comparisons between this book and the show "Santa Clarita Diet". If you loved that show even half as much as I did, then you will also eat this book up!

The only reason I'm giving this book a 4.5 and not a 5 is because I felt like the end was a bit rushed, but other than that I LOVE LOVE LOVED IT !

Not only did the creepy book cover grab my interest but the blurb with suburban moms battling something supernatural really clinched it. I think Kilmer will have a great success on her hands, and it’s her debut. Imagine four women from different economic standings, fashion sense and childhoods. Now, those women have gotten close as they bonded over dreaded PTA meetings and wine nights. But someone gets an idea to build a She Shed and the neighborhood is changed forever. These women couldn’t be any different but I found myself relating to Amy, wishing I was Jess and longing for Melissa’s confidence. However Liz can keep her life and her ignorant husband, that man wouldn’t notice his house on fire. The story is humorous, relatable, scary and a bit of a mystery. I was excited to get an early copy of this debut and wrote my review voluntarily.

This is my latest read and when I had finished it I just sat there a moment and the only work that entered my mind was, fun. This book is a whole lot of fun. It is Desperate Housewives meets the Exorcist- with the campiness of the former and demonic possession of the latter and really, what could be better than that?

My favorite thing about the book was the setting. I thought it was genius to set the story in the suburbs. I grew up in the suburbs of a large city and the portray of them here rings true. Kilmer does a wonderful job of capturing how a a suburban neighborhood can become a town or even a family unto itself. Everyone knows each other, everyone knows everything about each other. The kids are all friends and holidays become a community event. There is also a sense of isolation in these kind of neighborhoods- you can in some ways feel cut off from the rest of the world. It makes sense that a demon might successfully invade this small enclave of domesticity.

This book is an entertaining blend of camp and terror. I laughed a lot- the possessed homicidal roomba had me chuckling for a while, and there are moments of real tension and suspense. This is what I would Call horror lite and it would probably appeal to people that aren’t horror fans. There are also truly touching moments and Kilmer does a good job at portraying the special nature of friendships between women. This book was some of the most fun I’ve had all year. I highly recommend this one for an entertains spooky season read. Thank you to @netgalley and @putnambooks for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Amy, Liz, Jess, and Melissa are best friends who are suburban moms in Chicago. After their movie/wine night get together - weird things start happening. Amy soon realizes that Liz is definitely possessed by a demon. They have to figure out what to do before hell takes over in their neighborhood.

It's an easy, fun read that doesn't take itself too seriously. It's entertaining enough but can get a little slow at some parts. I feel like contemporary horror is a new genre coming out lately and while I don't especially love it I do think there is a specific target out there even if it's not me! Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book.

I went into this book expecting a Grady Hendrix type of novel. In a way, it was, but much less horrific and gory.

I had so much fun reading this book! It was a mixture of humor and suspense, and I loved it. I enjoyed the main characters Amy, Melissa and Jess. Amy is the narrator, and I thought it was fun to read how her and her friends like to mock the PTA moms, how she scrambles to organize the school carnival, and the determination she has to save her friend Liz from a demon force. It was kind of like Desperate Housewives meets The Exorcist.

The writing wasn't anything great, but it was an easy read with an original plot. There was humor, but there was also a bit of suspense and horror... a few parts that creeped me out while also making me chuckle, including a bit with a possessed Roomba that I just had to tell my husband about! Amy had some depth to her character, but there wasn't too much to the other characters. But I don't think they necessarily needed it. The plot was interesting enough to make me want to keep reading. It was a bit slow-going at first with not much happening, but at about 10% in things really started to pick up and get interesting. I thought Suburban Hell made for a good debut novel and was both fun and suspenseful.

Special thanks to Penguin Group Putnam and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.