I was impressed with the storytelling or the story line itself. I think the genre is just not for me. The first bit was interesting but as I went on I felt bored and like I was forcing myself to read it.

This was a great read, enjoyed it thoroughly, was hooked from the first page, loads of twists and turns, would recommend it x

I received an audiobook copy of this through NetGalley (thanks!) and it was actually one of, if not the first audiobook I've ever listened to.
This book really appealed to me as it has supernatural elements and sense of thrill. It was definitely not like anything I've personally read before. A creepy river spirit that gives people new limbs and organs? Unique for sure. And there are conditions to these 'trades' too, of course. The two main things are that the trader cannot leave the town without losing their new part, and there is only one of each body part available. (This latter rule is somewhat bent when the protagonist, Ash, makes a deal with Snare, the spirit.)
There are various subplots throughout the book, including family dramas and even a romantic storyline. There is a fair bit of loss and some pretty unexpected events overall. 
While it sounds promising - and don't get me wrong, I did like it - I didn't overly enjoy this book. I didn't connect with Ash or feel her emotions, and I wasn't keen on the narrator's voice on the audiobook edition. I lost interest occasionally and would find myself having to listen to certain parts over again just to remember what was going on. However, this was my first audiobook experience which was possibly a factor in my struggle to focus on it. 
Overall, I rated this 3 stars. Perhaps if I read the book myself rather than listened to it, I may have enjoyed it more.

Bad Parts is just the kind of creepy story that works well for the Halloween season. It's a bit too far into cheesy territory but just the idea of the traders is chilling. Despite that, I had a few problems with this one. Parts of the story are drawn out while other parts move at a fast pace with lots of action, and the bounce back and forth is rather jarring. This story is loaded with possibilities, but it kind of feels like the author didn't know how he wanted it to go so he threw everything at us. Then we have a whole cast of characters who seem to be incapable of making a good decision. Seriously, not a single one is the type of character I'd want to root for. There is a turnaround for a couple of them late in the book, but it's too little, too late, especially after everything that has to happen for them to get to that point. It all comes together to make for a story that is convoluted and busier than it needed to be. Sometimes, less is more, and this book could've used a bit of that for a more effective story. Finally, there's the narrator, Ellie Gossage. Her voice works well for audio, and she does inject a good amount of excitement into the dialogue. It's the rest of the story that falls short because everything that wasn't dialogue sounded like a news reporter, reporting a story. It had that same tone and felt distanced from the story. In the end, Bad Parts was an okay story with promise, but the whole of it fell way short of the mark.

The characters were easy to connect with and there were lots of twists and turns which made it easy to keep reading not get side tracked by life. I wanted to read more and more. It’s definitely one of the best books I read this year

Supernatural, fast paced hometown horror story. This will satisfy fans of sci-fi, thriller, and horror. Easy to read in one sitting! The concept was really unique and the character development was amazing.

Thank you to netgalley and the author for the review copy of this audiobook!

This book was not what expected! It was better! I really enjoyed it and the tragedy this book holds and the story it tells was done great! I will be keeping an eye out on other works by this author!

However, the narrator wasn't the best but I did speed it up and ended up enjoying this a lot more!

I highly recommend this read.

Bad Parts is a “supernatural thriller” following a lead guitarist of a rock band who suffers a hand injury in a assault and is forced to return to her home-town, where a creek demon trades “bad” body parts for healed ones. Part of the contract prevents people from leaving the small town or their traded part will simply disappear, either deadly or simply difficult to explain.

The novel reads like a horror B-movie, complete with creepy creek demons, characters that show up just to die and cringey dialogue. This is not necessarily a negative attribute, but it made the entire novel feel off-kilter for me. The side characters are never full developed, beyond just having things happen to them, but I did like the main character and how she is developed though the novel.

The creep factor is really high with this book. The very premise is so strange and I think the plot perfectly meshed with the creepiness of the entire idea. The actual plot itself is weirdly paced, with some parts happening at breakneck speeds, while large parts of the novel have nothing happening. The entire conclusion was almost at a fever pitch, with so many different events happening my recollection has merged them all together.

The visuals of this were what really gave me b-movie horror vibes. The creek monster was described very extensively and the actual description called to mind the Creature Of the Black Lagoon, complete with the rubber mask.

Overall, I think this was an interesting debut novel, but just felt a little off for me. I don’t think I would be interesting in the sequel, but maybe another series or standalone by this author could interest me.

3.5 stars

I could not stand the characters in this book. There were veeeeery few redeemable qualities in any of them. The premise of the book was so promising which made it all the more disappointing. I dreaded listening to it, because I would get so mad at everyone's actions. I can't imagine what a series would look like, although many of the characters were killed off(probably the only one I liked), so maybe that's a good thing.

Normally I do not read horror or supernatural type of books, however this was a well written book. The narrator was good and the plot of the book kept you interested to see how it ends. I give it three and a half stars rounded up to four for Goodreads. Thank you Netgalley, Midnight Press, And Brandon McNully for this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. It has been published in June 2020.

"Bad Parts" by Brandon McNulty is a highly imaginative supernatural thriller that gives a whole new meaning to the "supernatural" bit.
The novel revisits the classic "pact with the devil" plot and gives it a whole new twist.
I particularly enjoyed the sheer creativity of the author, who made up a whole new kind of demon, with its own unique folklore and an original set of rules for its particular brand of magic. It felt like a whole new universe was created among these pages, and at the same time the world in which this book is set felt so familiar because of the amazing relatability of the characters.
The story is action-packed and full of twists, most of which totally blindsided me as a reader.
The angry, imperfect characters are highly relatable--from the protagonist to the really minor ones. I especially appreciated how nobody in this novel indulges in self-pitying or whining of any kind, despite the awful things that happen to basically every single character in the course of the book.
I also really liked how this novel takes a stand against ableism and racism. I've read a few critical reviews on GoodReads, accusing "Bad Parts" itself of ableism and racism, because both issues are major plot points in the story, but I find these allegations ridiculous. Ableism and racism are handled in "Bad Parts" as very serious problems and end up being condemned, defeated and punished in the ending. How is that ableist or racist?
Overall, this book was a very enjoyable reading, and I'm totally hooked to the whole series now.

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this novel. The plot was well thought out and the character development was riveting. I think I would read more from this author. 

Thanks to netgalley and publisher for giving us a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book was amazing, I loved the whole concept of it, borrowing body parts. Ash was a great character, and she had good, if misplaced morals. Wanting to help everyone, but it turned out bad. 
The narrator was ok, a bit slow so I had to speed her up.

If you like horror, supernatural thrillers or dark fantasy, you will love this book!  Reminiscent of a Stephen King novel, the story draws you in.  When Ash, a rock guitarist suffers a career ending injury, she turns to her hometown's darkest secret, the only thing that can heal it.  I listened to this title on audio and it held by attention from beginning to end. I thought the narrator was fantastic! I don’t think I’ve listened to anything else she’s narrated yet, but she has a great voice and was really able to sound creepy when it was needed. I highly recommend this audio, it's a great listen!! Thanks, NetGalley!

Where to start? 
The main idea of this book is great - a horror thriller about a monster that exchanges your bad parts for good one, with one simple twist: you can no longer live the town. Loved this! However...

... the characters. I couldn't connect or care about any of them - not even the kid. I also felt like they weren't fully-fledged and some characters were there just to... die? further the story and so on.

... the pacing! Oh, it drags along for 75% of it or so, and then it goes at the speed of light for the final 25%. I get it that the ending in thrillers is always more fast-paced than the rest of the book, but that 75% of the book was hard to get through when there wasn't much happening and I didn't care for the characters.

... the tone of the book. There were discrepancies in the tone, the writing too and I am not exactly sure why or if they were intentional. It definitely didn't help the story.

What would you do if you thought your dream was dead? What would you pay to have your dream back? Thats what Ash and her family have to decide.  In a town where a being, demon or something lives in the creek that will replace broken or bad body parts life is pretty good, or is it? There is a catch, if you have one of these body parts you need to stay within 10 miles of the town or your body part disappears.  Since Ash is a musician and her life depends on her traveling she tries to make a deal with the demon.  If she can  collect a bunch of broken parts the demon will give her her hand and allow her and all the others to leave the town.  Sounds good right? Well convincing the towns people isn't so easy.  

I'm really torn about this book, the concept is different, the narration was excellent but the lengths people will go to save themselves is something interesting. I think I liked it? I know I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either.  I think horror fans and people who like books with no easy fix will like it.

This is my second Netgalley audiobook and the listening experience was just as frustrating as the first time. I tend to listen to my audiobooks between 2.5x and 3x speed on the Libby app, and speeding it up any more than 2x on the Netgalley app makes the audio skip a lot. Any speed change whatsoever makes the narrator sound tinny and robotic. It didn't help that I didn't like the narrator very much; I didn't feel she conveyed the emotions of the characters well.

This was bad. First of all, I don't know what the hell was going on with the ghost/demon, but the implication that this was some sort of vengeful Native American felt, at the very least, like misrepresentation, and it didn't sit right with me. There were a couple of really weird choices when it came to race, mostly with Ash's father, and I really don't think it was necessary for the author to include the n word.

I hated all the characters. They were thoroughly unlikeable, and kept making worse and worse choices instead of like, having a limp and going to therapy? The whole thing felt very ableist. They would literally kill in order not to have a permanent injury or deformity. The author really tries to hammer home the familial ties and I just couldn't care. Not even about the little kid who is blind, because he is so damn stupid he can't shut up for three seconds while Ash is being hunted.

The writing style and the vocabulary were so awkward. It felt like the author was trying to make Ash sound really cool. It was unsuccessful. Unfortunately, the narrator didn't help this issue. We're also meant to believe that Cheeto is actually smart because his father is an accountant? He is however written like a stereotypical stoner, so I don't know what to tell you.

The ending was really unsatisfying. These people fucked everything up and everybody is dead and they're all seriously injured. And there's literally no point to any of it. They're not better people by the end of it. There's no moral of the story. This was a waste of my time.

Bad Parts is both the band name of the group that Ashley belongs to and exactly what the demon wants. The story centres around Ash who was rising to fame as a rock star before injuring her hand and being told she may never play guitar again. Luckily for Ash she just so happens to know a demon called Snare, who lives in a creek back at her hometown and who can trade you a good body part for a bad one. Ash wouldn’t be the first to take advantage of this deal, the town has a secret community of people who have traded with this demon. The Traders as they call themselves need to be secretive because like all bodies the demon only has one of each body part to trade, so what happens when you need a part that is already taken?

This story explores how people perceive themselves and the value they place on their own bodies as well as that of their families and friends. What value does a left hand hold to a rock guitarist? Or memory parts of a brain to someone with Alzheimer's? How far would you go to save your child? Would you make a deal with a demon who’s very name Snare suggests you will get trapped in some way. Writing this review I am reminded of the song The Devil went down to Georgia and the classic lines “...if you win, you get this shiny fiddle made of gold, But if you lose, the devil gets your soul...”, in this tale you get your reward in advance, but at what cost? And can you ever really trust a demon?

I felt at times that the tale kind of looped back round on itself with similar scenes, there were some twists and turns that kept you guessing a little, although none of them were truly earth shattering. Some parts of the tale I would like to have seen explored a bit more in depth, such as Snare’s personal history and Ash’s own story which at times felt like a few plot angles had just been thrown together and not fully developed.

The narration for me was a bit challenging, an American female voice which whilst fitting to the central character for me was a bit difficult to engage with and at times felt quite flat, however at other times the narrator did an amazing job and really brought the story and characters to life. My copy of the audiobook also seemed to suddenly dip or increase in volume for no reason, this is likely an issue with the player I listened to it on and so I have not marked it down for that, however it may account for the lack of flow I felt was missing at times. 

Despite the problems I have with maintaining focus (due to ADHD) and the American voice which I found a little challenging I still really enjoyed this book and listened to it in just 3 sittings, it had enough drama to draw me in and just enough twists and action to keep me guessing and interested. One of my key takeaways a few days later as I write this review is how when one character trades skin with Snare the demon fixes the physical flaws as we would perhaps all see them (Scars) but not the skin colouring (the character was black and thought perhaps being white would be better). I like how the author felt able to address this issue of race and how a black character who had faced all kinds of discrimination in their life felt that being black was in itself a flaw, the demon however knew better. For me I feel that a deeper examination of race in this kind of supernatural story would have made and even better story, the actual event in the tale as it sits is more a “blink and you’ll miss it” piece of action but to me is quite poignant and I love how it has me thinking about my own inclusivity days later.

A solid 4 out of 5 as I felt it was missing just that little bit extra that makes a book go from really good to excellent. I would definitely read or listen to more tales by this author and recommend this title to anyone who enjoys supernatural tales.

The premise of this book is incredibly interesting.  It's a little bit horror, a little bit thriller, a little bit supernatural. And it held my attention from beginning to end.  But that ending!!  I listened to this on audio and I was just sitting there with my mouth hanging open.  It ends on such a cliffhanger! Now this is just book 1, so there will be a second book at some point.  Hopefully all the questions I was left with will be answered in that book.  The narration was a little bit bothersome at times, sometimes the scenes were read over dramatically and you could hear audible switches between times being recorded or maybe space being recorded and it made it a little choppy at points. 

Thanks to Netgalley for providing a free audiobook for review.

Ash is the guitarist in a rock band that is looking forward to a big upcoming show.   And then she is attacked by an unknown assailant and is her left hand is mangled beyond repair.  She is told she will probably never play guitar again. Ash can't accept this since her main aspiration in life is to be a rock star.   So, she returns to her small hometown of Hollow Hills, PA.   Hollow Hills has a mysterious, supernatural secret.   For years, the towns folk have been making trades with a demon named Snare that lives in a local creek. They trade in their bad or damaged body parts for a new one.   The only catch, they have to stay within a certain radius of the creek.     If they try to leave town, their traded parts, disappear.   Ash wants to trade for a new hand BUT she doesn't want to have to stay in Hollow Hills, so she makes a deal with Snare. 

This book lies somewhere between supernatural thriller and horror for me.    The story was an interesting concept but fell slightly flat for me.   I liked the aspect of Ash being an aspiring rock star and how she found her way back to her estranged family.   The concept of Snare was interesting and I haven't read anything like that before.   I would've loved more development of the Snare "character" but perhaps that will happen in a follow-up book.  This book was definitely an entertaining wild ride.