We Sold Our Souls and all we got was this lousy band t-shirt. High concept but ultimately unsatisfying book about a fictional heavy metal band.

Kris, Scottie, Tuck, Terry and first JD and then Bill started Durk Wurk, a heavy metal band, in high school. They were good but not great. Terry, the male lead singer, breaks up the band one night by stealing their music and going solo as The Blind King in his (new band) Koffin. Terry becomes rich and famous while the other band members stumble through life.

Kris, the guitarist and song writer, decides to confront Terry during his final farewell tour show at Hellfest. As she contacts her other former band mates, she finds out more than just thievery may have happened the night the band broke up.

Similar to what occurred with the author’s Horrorstor, We Sold Our Souls has an intriguing and high concept plot. Unfortunately, its promise is never fully realized. The conclusion was exactly what was seen only a few pages into the story. There are also some credibility issues. I don’t listen to metal. But I know the Dead Kennedys and the Plasmatics were punk—not metal. I found it hard to believe that a guitarist could stop playing for years and immediately be able to play at the same level when she is handed a guitar. Also, while there are illusions to Hell, there were absolutely no scary moments in this book. If you are into heavy metal, you might enjoy this book. However, for me it only rates 3 stars.

Thanks to Quirk Books and NetGalley for an advance copy.

I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I thought I would, I was never deep in the heavy metal/rock music culture back in the day so a lot of the feeling in this book went right over my head. The overriding message seemed to be that music was better when it was written by starving artists rather than teams of people (arguably true!) and anyone who enjoys the latter is a mindless sheep and a worthless cog in a larger machine of depressingness.

This book is a tribute to hardcore fans of classic rock, it’ll strike all the right chords with them (pun utterly intended) and give them a big ol’ bear hug made of nostalgia. I’m gutted that I’m not the target audience for this book because I LOVED Horrorstor by this author and really wanted to love this book too.
Hendrix’ books tend to be heavy on the niche interests and this one is no different, so be warned if you pick this up!

I found it a tough read when it came to holding my attention for the reasons I’ve already mentioned. The early pacing in the book is slow but around the halfway mark all of the loose threads start to weave together and everyone meets up for the grand finale.

There’s some occasional and unflinching violence and gore in this book so it’s just about the social commentary, the violence and the amped up feeling of paranoia as the narrative progressed were the real highlights for me.

4.5 stars!

WE SOLD OUR SOULS, by Grady Hendrix, is a psychologically intense novel involving a one-time metal band and the power inherent in their music and lyrics. Years ago, five people formed a band called "Durt Wurk"--a band that was good, and had the potential to be great. Then came the day that their lead singer, Terry Hunt, decided he wanted more . . .

Kris Pulaski--now nothing more than a motel clerk--clearly remembers her triumphant struggle to where she knew they had something special. Her memories of after Terry are more fuzzy.

". . . Once upon a time, Kris Pulaski had beaten entire rooms into submission . . ."

Her meaningful guitar riffs had a power she worked years to cultivate into that perfection. They were not entirely forgotten, but clearly pushed aside for a mundane job she had no passion for.

". . . the riff that said they all underestimated her, they didn't know what she had inside, they didn't know that she could destroy them all."

After a particularly depressing work night, Kris notices a billboard on her way home, proclaiming the farewell tour of Koffin--The Blind King.

The band Terry Hunt left them to start up on his own.

Suddenly, half-remembered images of their final night together start coming back to her. Although missing some crucial elements, Kris has an inexplicable feeling that something larger than all of them--and much worse--was about to happen.

". . . I don't believe in coincidence. The universe always has a plan. It's our job to perceive it . . . "

Grady Hendrix weaves this tale of a heavy metal group--before and after its heyday--with such accurate descriptions that you'll feel you were with them all along. His characters are real, complex individuals that make the story come alive. The urgency and pacing increase perfectly as the novel keeps going, bringing crucial revelations and scenes from the past to complete the picture in our minds.

". . . Nothing is ever really good or bad, it's all about your perspective."

As Kris rallies herself and sets off on a journey she never anticipated, the gaps in her memory take form as much for the reader as for her mission. Although completely from Hendrix's imagination, I couldn't help but get a "Lovecraftian" vibe from this novel--I mean that as the highest compliment.

". . . you fought with the weapons you had, not with the ones you wished for . . . "

The music--both tone and lyrics--play an integral role here. Anyone who's ever felt the "power" or "emotion" of a song can relate to this. The dynamics of the band, their roles and talents, made them seem more like a family in their early days.

"A girl with a guitar never has to apologize for anything."

This story worked so well on an emotional level, as well as the terror, fear, psychological, and physical horrors that are portrayed. The feelings evoked become real to us, and I think that many will be able to identify with some of the more "universal" themes brought up here.

". . . She'd found her best friend, and he was broken."

As the novel progressed further into "unknown territory", I still felt as though it was the "natural" way this story had to unfold.

". . . it is possible to be crazy and paranoid and totally insane and still be right . . . "

Overall, I loved Hendrix's style and the way he incorporated the band's beginning, end, and things that occurred in between, in such a manner that it all felt right--that this was the only way it could have happened. There was never a point where I felt that too much information was being thrown at me just to get it out there. Rather, the pacing was set so well that we are able to glean just as much information as we need, when we need it.

". . . Metal never dies. Metal never retreats. Metal never surrenders . . . "

Personally, I'd love to visit this world of Hendrix's gain in the future.

Highly recommended!

How is it possible that Grady Hendrix makes the best horror stories that manage to perfectly balance the horror and the comedy? I knew as soon as I heard about this book I was going to read it - Hendrix is an auto-buy for me. As a non-metal fan, I still fell madly in love with this book and it actually made me want to give metal a try. All the years of my life I have never wanted to listen to metal until I read this book.

Once again the main protagonist is flawed and makes me want to scream sometimes, but I am so glad all his books are female-led. I loved the journey and the ending despite it making me crave a sequel.

I am now convinced that Grady Hendrix could make a novel about an evil pencil and I would fall in love with it.

I am a huge fan of Grady Hendrix so when I saw he had a new book coming out (and I got approved to read it), everything else on my TBR mountain just got pushed aside.

The premise is very intriguing but also very Hendrix-esque. One part metal band, one part deal with the devil, sprinkle in some betrayal, and BAM! you have this book. My hands were literally shaking with excitement when I started to read it.

But the beginning is slow. I mean, really slow. Our story begins looking at our protagonist in her post-metal days as she is the front desk clerk of a hotel, getting berated and mistreated by guests and management. Fast forward a few chapters and she is reuniting with some of her bandmates, but people continually end up dead and she is forced to go back into her past to find out where he life went of the rails leading to a confrontation like no other.

I liked this book but I didn't love it. The plot was pretty choppy, the pacing was a little slow, and I felt like Hendrix could have done a better job smoothing things out. The book just left me wanting more. The climax was great but even in the ending I just had a "meh" feeling inside. His earlier work (Horrorstor, PFH, and his magnum opus - My Best Friend's Exorcism) really did a better job at encapsulating the reader. This book just fell flat.

Don't get me wrong, I'll continue to claim myself as being a huge fan of Hendrix and will continue to buy anything and everything the man writes, but this was forgettable.

Grady Hendrix writes real & believable strong female characters. Kris is probably my favorite one yet. Especially in the beginning when she is trying to teach herself Black Sabbath songs in a cold basement. This book is not without darkness. There is some gore in here, but that is to be expected if you've read My Best Friend's Exorcism or Horrorstor. You know what you are getting into here. The story is based around the album that lead the band to falling apart and how Terry rose to fame while everyone else did not... I do not wish to spoil anything- just read this book and enjoy it. I liked it better than the other two and I definitely see the growth in his writing.

Kris Pulaski, a washed-up heavy metal guitarist from the band Dürt Würk, is working as a receptionist at a Best Western Motel in the middle of nowhere. The band was on the verge of really making it, then their lead singer, Terry Hunt, went solo. As he rose to fame and fortune, the other band members all ended up in dead end jobs. Losers. Kris still wonders what happened on ‘contract night’, the night Terry sold them out. As she contact other band members to try and put things together, Kris realizes something is very, very wrong. She discovers that Terry sold their souls in exchange for his fame. She goes off on a crazy road trip to find Terry, before he finds her, to make retribution.

Although some of the scenes of the story are not for the faint of heart, there isn’t a lot of graphic violence. It certainly is a psychological thriller, full of suspense, and this book kept me on the end of my chair, wondering what the heck was going on. Hendrix has a very original storyline here, built it into a very nice crescendo at the end. I enjoyed it very much, and I strongly recommend it.

I think any big fan of heavy metal and horror novels will find something to enjoy in this book. I didn't particularly relate to it and found the perspective a bit muddled. That may have been due in part to the formatting of the e-arc, and could improve in the finished copy.

There are pages and pages of lyrics which do have meaning to the overall story, but some are repeated and I found myself skimming through those sections. I did feel like some of the gore was a bit unnecessary, but not really unexpected from a Grady Hendrix read. I am still really into his writing, and I'm looking forward to his next foray into horror.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As a fan of metal and horror I thought this married both really well and I thought it was also a great representation for how we sign up for so many things in life without really knowing what we are getting into and just turning the wheel as it was.
I do wish there had been slightly more horror elements though with the weird creatures being embellished on a bit more as I feel like there was loads of potential there. There was a certain scene however that was so well written to create a sense of claustrophobia that I have never felt so tense when reading a passage.
I also enjoyed the way it ended, and Melanie is one of my favourite characters. Sadly I did not have the same love for the main character Kris and I think my dislike of Kris did dampen my feelings towards her at some scenes.

I will be posting a full in depth review on my blog on September the 10th!

I think Grady Hendrix has quickly climbed up the list of favorite authors. If you haven't read my review of My Best Friend's Exorcism, pause right now and go read that to give you an idea of what you're about to dive into here.

What I absolutely love about Hendrix is that he writes such believable women. Like, women and teen girls who have been through the ringer and still come out strong. Kris is no different.

The opening of the book made my heart absolutely ache for my own reasons, but that could be just me. Teenage Kris trying so hard to teach herself Black Sabbath songs in a freezing basement is a familiar image to me. True, I grew up when metal was dying out and nü-metal was on its way in, but god only knows how many times I've wanted to live the life Kris had.

It's not a Grady Hendrix book without some MAJORLY FUCKED UP STUFF. In this case, it's the storyline of the Troglodyte album, the Dürt Würk album that lead to the band falling apart and Terry rocketing to the top with Koffin. The reason he rose to fame while the others had to rejoin the real world? Well. It's in the title.

There's some brutal body horror in this one, much like in MBFE. But it does serve a point. I won't spoil it, but just know, you will regret eating your dinner while reading! There are also some MAJORLY creepy creatures, too!

As another warning, there is a small scene of sexual assault. Not a rape, but some major unwanted groping.

Perfectly creepy and in a way touching, Grady Hendrix's We Sold Our Souls is the perfect read to prepare you for spookyseason. I give it 5 out of 5 sparrows. (But don't let Black Iron Mountain know.)

Grady Hendrix fast became a favourite author of mine after I read and reviewed My Best Friends Exorcism. His non fixtion book Paperbacks From Hell was phenominal, so when I saw he was releasing We Sold Our Souls, I literally burst with excitement. Such a delightfully fun read with a loveable main character.

Grady Hendrix is fast turning into one of the trendiest names in horror and his affectionate account of a washed-up heavy metal guitarist fighting internal demons (and some real ones) in “We Sold Our Souls” will ensure his star continues to rise. If you’re a heavy metal fan this novel is a dream come true, with the author name-checking countless bands and throwing in a multitude of musical pop-culture references along the way. As a life-long heavy metal fan I had fun counting the number of bands mentioned I had either seen in concert, enjoyed listening to, or had CDs lurking in my collection. For the music lover it really was highly entertaining. At certain points you might even forget you were reading a horror novel.

I’ll be interested to see how “We Sold Our Souls” goes down with non-heavy metal or knowledgeable music fans, although there is still much to enjoy, I doubt they will find it as entertaining. As horror novels go it is both light and undemanding, and without picking up on the knowing musical nods it could fall flat for some readers. But I hope not. For instance, every chapter is named after a famous metal song or album, a non-metal is not going to appreciate these quirky points of reference.

I recently reviewed David Peake’s bleak nihilistic masterpiece “Corpsepaint” which is about a washed-up, drug addict, black metal singer. I mention this now because these two books have a strong heavy metal connection, however, that is where the similarities end. Hendrix goes for nostalgia, familiarity and in many ways taps into the fun clichés surrounding metal, whereas Peake does the opposite and refuses to play with the devil-horn stereotypes. Hendrix ultimately sees hope in the love of music and Peake’s “Corpsepaint” only darkness and despair. If you have never heard of the David Peake novel be sure to check it out. You’ve not going to smile knowingly like you will when you read “We Sold Our Souls” but I guarantee you will never forget it. In a weird way the novels compliment each other, so read them both!

Selling your soul to the devil for success in the music business is a story as old as his hills, going back to Robert Johnson and his “Crossroad Blues” or even further in time with the original classical Faustian German legend. This is Grady Hendrix’s riff on that famous story which begins in the basement of teenager Kris Pulaski who is teaching herself to play guitar by listening to Black Sabbath riffs. An older kid she vaguely knows from school sticks his head in the window, Terry Hunt, and the two form a band called Dürt Würk and go on to have limited success. They break up on the eve of releasing a new album ‘Troglodyte’ which Kris believes is going to be really successful. However, the master tapes of this album mysteriously disappear and in musical circles this record becomes a cult, mainly because nobody has heard it.

The story is mainly told in the present day with Kris Pulaski now in her mid-forties and working as a washed-up hotel receptionist. In the two decades since Dürt Würk split up Terry Hunt subsequently became the biggest musical star in the world with his band Koffin, which was formed out of the ashes of Dürt Würk, but without Kris. Continuing to gig with other bands but with limited success, Kris never really got out of the shadow of being in the same first band as the legendary Terry Hunt. “We Sold Our Souls” begins with Koffin announcing a series of farewell shows which Kris decides to travel to and confront him about the demons from their past.

Note that this is a heavy metal geek talking so feel free to disagree; when the plot takes a supernatural Lovecraftian turn, I struggled to take it seriously partly because it has a 1970s Led Zeppelin or progressive rock feel to it, if you’re familiar with Zeppelin perhaps something like “Houses of the Holy” or “The Song Remains the Same”. The band Dürt Würk were from the 1990s, one of the reasons they failed to find success was because they were sandwiched between grunge in the early 1990s and nu-metal later in the decade and their sound did not fit with the times. Were they a seventies sounding rock band existing in the nineties? I couldn’t quite put my finger on what they were, perhaps in the same ballpark as the Nine Inch Nails or other industrial bands.

“We Sold Our Souls” has a really terrific ending, and if you’re a metal fan in particular, some of the music scenes in the closing sequences may well send shivers down your spine and you’ll be digging out your air guitar. However, again with my heavy metal geek hat on again, I did wonder how many young women would be standing watching extreme acts such as “Cannibal Corpse” or “Wolves in the Throne Room” who are as far as the mainstream as one can get! There were also some really funny scenes, once featured Terry Hunt excitedly thinking he had ‘discovered’ a new killer riff for a song, only to realise he had heard it before on an Iron Maiden album from thirty years ago.

There is much to smile at in this fun novel, and I’m not sure I’ve come across any with so many musical references. Even the mighty thrash legends ‘Slayer’ make a cheeky appearance, not long before Dürt Würk split up they were kicked off the tour for badmouthing the headline band and trashing their hotel, another great metal cliché. Kris was a feisty rock-chick lead character who really loved her music and there were plenty of enjoyable larger than life support characters thrown into the mix. The supernatural element was not introduced, or revealed, until quite late in the novel and I thought this strategy worked very well.

“We Sold Our Souls” will have you cranking up your favourite metal album to ten in no time at all. If you were ever in a band you’ll be cheering for Kris all the way, and if being in a band never got beyond being a pipe-dream or playing air guitar in front of your bedroom mirror you’ll still be cheering for her.

We Sold Our Souls in a word? Epic! In three words? Epic, epic, epic! I mean- it’s about heavy metal- how can it not be epic, right? Am I saying ‘epic’ too much? 😀

Anywhoo, what a satanic ride this one was… I mean, not only was the plot utterly devilish and filled with dark, sinister agendas and death and gore and other horror-y stuff, I also- seriously- laughed at some scenes… Like the piss-scene in a Best Western lobby. It was disgusting and horrible but I laughed. So hard. Sue me.

The book starts off by filling the reader the detail of the background, of the beginning of it all slowly, but surely… and epically, naturlich! We get to know the beginnings of Dürt Würk and the members of the band. Ambitious group of young ones with individuality in spades, wanting to take over the world with heavy metal one location, one club at a time.

But it’s tough going for them… and just as Dürt Würk are certain they’re going to have a breakthrough, everything flops, like a limp, wet sock. Not only did Terry break up the band but he went and started his own- Koffin- and it’s freaking nu metal! Sacrilege of the highest order!

Now, 20 years later, most Dürt Würk members have settled in to their lovely suburban mansions with a partner and kids. But not Kris. She’s just a Best Western worker and, rightly so, bitter. The light of her life- music- has been taken from her.

Nothing stays hidden behind closed doors, though, especially in a horror novel. Behind the doors- this is where the monster is! Or escape… You know how it goes- they always open the door and go looking for trouble! Kris can no longer sit back and as Terry, who left all of the Dürt Würk members coughing up the dust as he took off towards his stardom, makes his comeback on stage, Kris knows that it’s time to dig up the bones of the past.

Thus begins the incredible unravelling of the plot as Kris insists on going head first into that one night 20 years ago that changed everything. What ensues is truly quite difficult to describe. It’s fast-paced, hard-core and totally gripping. But it’s also covered in conspiracy, madness and death. And betrayal and escapes. But, tap into metal, and you can do anything…

And then… We Sold Our Souls is about more than just revenge by ex-band mates. It’s an example of a heavy metal way of life, it’s a case study of the value of music and a piss-take on the mainstream auto-tuned radio waves. It’s a shout out to calloused fingers and aching necks and certain kind of passion… No excuses made for what matters most in this book…

… and it’s made good with that added bit of craziness… Kris is a helluva woman. She’s heavy metal down to her very core and her stamina and willpower alone are the driving force of this novel. She finds herself in situations that would break a person mentally in half, but Kris? She’s no quitter and she will see things through to the very bitter end against the most powerful evil. To the bitter end, I said… well, that is actually open for debate… 😉

We Sold Our Souls is a novel of strong beginnings, unbelievable realities, claustrophobic crescendos, gruesome deaths and unimaginable prophecies looking for heroes… Oh! And the chapters are named after the best albums- Bathory, Manowar, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth and so on… ! Thoroughly enjoyable, much recommended!

Full disclosure, I am a huge Grady Hendrix fan. His novel Horrorstor is one of may favorites and I had the pleasure of attending his two presentations at the 2018 Overlook Film Festival…I am also a metalhead. It’s like this book was written for me and it did not disappoint. 

We Sold Our Souls opens on young Kris Pulaski learning to play Black Sabbath’s metal classic Iron Man. A few years later as she’s playing those opening riffs for the thousandth time, she hears a knock at her window and a voice ask “is that Sabbath?”, beginning her friendship with Terry Hunt. Kris and Terry start the heavy metal band Dürt Würk, that along with bandmates Scottie Rocket, Tuck and Bill (who replaced the original drummer, JD), enjoyed success playing bars then moving up to larger clubs, the pinnacle of their career being opening for Heavy Metal legends, Slayer, until Terry got them booted off the tour.

Terry decides that in order to make it big he needs to leave the band and go solo. He starts the Nu Metal band Koffin, dubs himself The Blind King and has his bandmates sign contracts that they will never play any Durt Wurk again- including the un-released album “Troglodyte” that Kris thought would have been their ticket to stardom. 

Years later Terry is a rock god about to embark on his final tour, while Kris is working at a Best Western, living at her mom’s house and no longer making music. After a tragedy strikes one of her former bandmates, Kris sets out across country, facing horrific obstacles along the way, to confront the person who stole her dreams of a life of playing music, and to find out what really happened the night the members of Dürt Würk signed those contracts.

Hendrix punctuates his novel with pop culture reference, drives the story forward with interviews, news pieces and uses classic metal albums to title each chapter. We Soul Our Souls is Darker than Hendrix’s previous novels, touching on subjects like rampant consumerism and how women are represented in the heavy metal community, but it remains a rocking good time of a book that promises you will never look at the UPS man the same way again. I wish this book came with a soundtrack because you are going to be ready to rock by the time it reaches its last epic notes.

Read this in your basement after you’ve learned the opening riffs to Iron Man.

20 years ago, heavy metal band Durt Wurk was on its way to becoming a big brand name. But right before their big chance, a strange night of which no member has a clear recollection causes them to fall apart. As lead singer Terry goes solo and becomes a worldwide famous star, the rest of the band members fall into mundane routines and simpler lives. But there is one person that refuses to accept that fate: twenty years later, Kris discovers that Terry has sold the band's souls in order to make it big - and that is just something she won't let go. Kris embarks on a journey across the country in order to reclaim what she's lost, all the while being chased by demons, possessed people and dire circumstances. The clock is ticking- will she be able to make it?

We Sold Our Souls is a Faust-inspired plot that successfully combines music culture with good, old-fashioned horror elements. The story builds up slowly to a very unique crescendo, that will definitely satisfy all lovers of the horror genre. There is a heavy, bleak atmosphere across the story, which, combined with a plethora of unexpected events, makes this a very unique horror read.

Definitely a good fit for heavy metal fans, We Sold Our Souls is filled with a sense of nostalgia for metal music's past, and the music references are abundant. This was quite the unique story, which I believe the reader will either come to love or ultimately hate. I would probably have liked shorter descriptive parts in the plot, but it was otherwise very well constructed and displayed for the reader.

Fast paced and full of gore, this has all the makings of a cult classic. The concept of selling out; literally selling your soul, your creativity, your passion and your spark for fame and fortune rings true in this age of plastic pop culture. With tributes and nods to some of the biggest names in metal, this is a celebration of all things great and good about heavy metal.

As several reviews have already posted - this book centers on Kris- forty something washed up musician who was once in an up and coming metal band and tries to find out where things went wrong. Describing any more than that isn't really going to do it justice- other than it is a extremely creative story that I wouldn't recommend missing! I'm not sure what it is about Grady Hendrix's writing but I am always so excited to get to the end to see what happens! I am not the biggest fan of this particular genre- but have really enjoyed some of his previous books (My Best Friend's Exorcism, Horrorstore) and this one was no exception. It wasn't necessarily scary but definitely had a creepy factor to it- in a good way. I confess I did have to skim through a couple parts when it came to some particularly gory details- but nothing that I'd deem offensive. In short, he's a great writer- I finished this book in one day.

Nothing makes me sadder than the fact that Grady Hendrix is a dude. He continually writes the most complex and inspiring female leads, it is a true tragedy to me that buy buying his books I am not supporting more female writers in the world of genre fiction. This isn’t to say that I don’t think men shouldn’t write women, in the same way that I think that being white or straight shouldn’t stop you from writing POC or queer characters – hell, everyone needs more representation and I can never get enough of a good thing – but there is something about finishing a really good book filled with truly awesome female characters and remembering that it was all written by a man that leaves me feeling a little empty.

This book is the rip-roaring good fun I expect from Grady Hendrix. Nostalgic, immersive, knowledgeable and most of all, entertaining! A great follow up to Horrorstor and My Best Friend's Excorcism that I tore through in a matter of days.

WE SOLD OUR SOULS is one helluva guitar solo. Grady Hendrix brings the heavy metal to the horror masses. I really enjoyed PAPERBACKS FROM HELL, so I figured I'd give this one a read. It's a compelling page-turner.

The story centers around a heavy metal band from the 1990s called Dürt Würk. The band was about to hit it big, but the lead singer Terry Hunt went solo. He rocketed to stardom as Koffin, while his former bandmates got mundane jobs. Two decades later, former Dürt Würk guitarist Kris Pulaski uncovers a disturbing secret from her past. Terry Hunt's success may have come at the price of his former bandmates. The title tells you everything you need to know, or does it?

Kris Pulaski must find answers. She hits the open road, reconnects with her bandmates, and confronts the man who destroyed her life. Grady Hendrix takes you from Pennsylvania to a Satanic rehab center and finally to a Las Vegas music festival. Some of the scenes are vividly brutal. Kris Pulaski is a top-notch hero. She kicks so much ass!

I like the author's writing style. WE SOLD OUR SOULS reads quick and the story flows smoothly. The feel-good ending wasn't what I was expecting, but it does leave hope, which is a good thing. I was expecting something darker, but it was still good. I felt like I kind of heard and read this story somewhere else before. It felt like a familiar story.

Overall, this story is enjoyable. If I'm being honest, I finished it rather quickly. The cover art caught my eye, but what kept me reading is Kris Pulaski, the female protagonist. She made the book better. I was right there with her the entire journey. I was cheering for her to kick some ass and she does. She is intelligent, strong, and she can handle her business.

I love books and stories based on/around music, especially rock and roll and heavy metal. It makes for a great read. WE SOLD OUR SOULS is heavy metal turned up to 11. You should give this one a read.

Recommend!