Meddling Kids

This was another quirky book I stumbled upon. I do want to stress it is firmly in the horror genre. Think Scooby Doo meet Cthulhu. The author pulls it off, as skeptical as I was being a childhood fan of the cartoon. The gang is older, with more personal issues stemming from the summer they solved crimes. When I hit the last page, I laughed with glee. 

Meddling Kids asks the question, “What would it be like if the Scooby gang retired because they were traumatized by a case where the monsters were real?” And the answer is a story about bravery, overcoming personal demons, and seeing through the rose colored glasses. It gets a little weird in places, but overall it’s a good and uplifting time.

The premise of Meddling Kids feels like it was concocted especially for me and everyone else who grew up on 70s cartoons and old-fashioned horror; it’s an eldritch twist on Scooby-Doo, where the remaining members of the Blyton Summer Detective Club revisit the scene of their childhood case, realizing there was more to the mystery than originally met the eye. Edgar Cantero’s writing style is an absolute delight – it’s like nothing I’ve ever read before. His humor in each metaphor and personification of so many inanimate objects allow you to really feel every scene, not just witness it.… show more.