Loup-Garou: The Beast of Harmony Falls (The Ian McDermott, Ph.D., Paranormal Investigator Series Book 1) by David Reuben Aslin

I love series characters in horror. There's not too many of those though. I was happy to discover this series because of that. Meet paranormal investigator Ian McDermott! Unlike most books about paranormal investigators this isn't a boring story about haunted houses nor is it urban fantasy. It's the kind of book for fans of the early seasons of Supernatural, X-Files and Nightstalker.
McDermott struggles with some personal demons and can use the distraction when he's called in to investigate some violent killings.
Together with the locals sheriff and deputy he has to take on a werewolf and face the fact there indeed are monsters in this world.
The story is fast-paced, maybe a bit straightforward but enjoyable. There's enough action and the dialogue flows pretty well. I'm going to pick up the second book for sure.

Misfits by Hunter Shea

As someone born in 1974 I listened to a  lot of grunge. This book has a grunge soundtrack, situated in the nineties and featuring some grunge kids. As kids in the grunge area they have their share of problems with love, parents and drugs. Their biggest problem is a strange race of creatures in their town. These deformed people, Melon Heads, feast on their bodies like zombies.
After a bit of a slow start the book really gets fast-paced with some thrilling and bloody encounters with the Melon Heads. The descriptions of gore are pretty graphic, giving this a really good splatter feel.
I loved the backstory behind the Melon Heads and the very surprising ending.

Helltown (World's Scariest Places Book 3) by Jeremy Bates

A group of young people visits Helltown, a small town legendary because of rumors of occult activity. What they encounter is a Satanic cult.
There's a large number of people being moved around the chessboard in this one. Some are evil, some a bit more heroic. It is fascinating to see how these chess pieces encounter each other.
The characters get enough depth to warrant their time on the page. The action scenes are horrific enough, though I wouldn't see it gets scary really.
Bates shines in introducing interesting characters with good backstories, especially the lone soldier whose role in the book stays unclear for a long time.
More of a slasher novel than occult horror which you might expect from the name of the book it will appeal to fans of Friday the 13th and stuff like that.