The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero

 

I came across this in the library and figured that since Meddling Kids was so much fun this was worth a look. It was in fact worth a look, though it's not the pure giddy fun that Meddling Kids is. It's a bit grimmer and a bit grimier and it's clearly playing at Lovecraftiana with some of the names of people and things (though I can't claim to have caught every instance of that) though there's a neat dawning love story percolating and a weird borderline pointless reveal of sorts in the epilogue, and it's nowhere near as funny as Meddling Kids, it's not so much taking the piss out of anything; it is a very good book in spite of those niggles, however.