Hell’s Super (Circles in Hell Book 1) by Mark Cain [Amazon, Kindle]

I have no idea why I bought this book. Maybe it was a “If you liked X, you might like this!” kind of thing on Amazon. Possibly because I like Scott Meyer, they directed me to this other whimsical, science fiction-y, self-published author.

And for some reason, I bought the whole four-book series. Possibly because it was $11 for all four. To paraphrase Dennis Miller, if they’d really wanted to screw me, they could’ve given me 5 books for $11.

A lot of the reviews on Amazon are 5 stars. I guess the author has a lot of friends.

The book is amateurish, and not particularly clever. Most of the characters are famous people, which is kind of a pet peeve of mine. There is a romance that is incredibly one dimensional. The story has no stakes, no tension. I don’t understand the protagonist’s motivations. Nothing matters in Hell, and nothing matters to the reader.

I’m guessing that Mark Cain is a pseudonym. Mark of Cain. Get it? That’s what this book is like.