On the hook.
The trick of telling a good story is to hook the reader early on. Happy Hill did that with part 1 showing us the deadly danger lurking in the woods via the legendary 'Wudsman.' Coupled with that was the disappearance of a young girl, last seen with her estranged father. The other trick of a good story is to let that hook stay embedded in the reader's mind as it moves on other paths.
Happy Hill 2 again does that, weaving a tale of the history of the resort, its amenities and pleasures. Rest easy, keeping true to horror Happy Hill does dispose of a body more or less before the pages close.
Again with the ubiquitous riot of color and bright bold contrasts, an almost children's story book look we have a darkly deadly subtext looming just beyond the shadows. The world filled in by Christopher Sotomoyer's riotous palette of colors and patterns shift without warning into the blood soaked violence that breathes just beyond sight.
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