This debut novel is unique. It is about Hell or rather a guy who works in Hell.

I didn't expect this from the book and I don't know how to explain this. It is not what I usually read and I am glad that I was enjoying this one wanting to know how things work and the story behind Harrisons.

Pey works on fifth floor of Hell and his job is basically to get the humans sign their souls away for something in return. There is more to it and his plans involve something big.

Some parts were predictable but the way things were written made it good. This family drama filled with murder mystery was entertaining. With multiple POVs showcasing the flawed characters and their stories, the author couldn't have been more truer.

The author has given us two stories in this one. It was cleverly and disturbingly written. Overall I found this genre bending story good.

I loved this book! I loved that this story was told from different perspectives. This is an absolutely delightful debut and I can't wait to read what Claudia comes up with next.

Wow! I really wasn't sure how I would feel about this book, and I really adored it. It's satirical and funny, to the point where I was legitimately laughing out loud--if you know me, you know I don't really tend to LOL at books in reality, yet this book did it!

You have to be willing to go along for the ride when it comes to this book. It's delightfully strange and straddles the line between literary satire and pop fiction, Definitely something I'd recommend to folks looking for the weird.

This book surprised me...in a good way. Going into it I expected an irreverent, dark comic romp. And Lux definitely delivered on that. But what I didn't expect was an extremely well-conceived and -written story about family and redemption. And one didn't cancel out the other. It's not an easy feat to balance two very different tones without making it feel like you're reading two different stories that have been Frankensteined together. But Lux does this somehow, and does it seamlessly. There are so many clever and hilarious details about daily life in hell, and there are heartwrenching stories of the main family in the tale.
I highly recommend this and welcome Lux's next literary outing.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC. This is the best book I have read this year! I immediately bought a copy and then loaned it to a friend! I don’t know what I expected from this book, but I was blown away! I am a huge fan of Pey! Definitely my favorite character but all were so well written I cared for each of them and was invested in their story. I truly did not want this book to end. It was perfection!

This was quit a poignant, unique, clever and at times, darkly funny debut novel. Peyote Trip works in Hell (literally). He is in line for a promotion under the circumstance that he gets one last member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul, for a "complete set" of a family. When the Harrison family and their daughter and her friend go to the lake for summer vacation, Pey thinks this may be the chance he's been waiting for.

This book is basically like two different stories in one. You got Peys story in Hell, and the Harrisons slow burn family drama story. The two stories don't really come together until the end. I really was hoping for more of an atmospheric description of Hell, but it was like The Office….not that that's a bad thing because I love that show! Lol. Overall this is entertaining and definitely worth checking out if you're looking for something different!!

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own. OUT NOW!

Claudia Lux’s debut “Sign Here” literally takes you to Hell. Protagonist Peyote Trip, who works in the deals department in Hell, discovers a wealthy, secretive family back on Earth who has the power to make his next promotion. That is, if he can get just one of them to sign their soul away. A wild, dark tale, “Sign Here” perfectly combines “The Good Place’s” absurdist take on the afterlife as a workplace, with the suspense, family secrets, and New England wealth of Revenge.

“Does it count as staying if leaving is always on the mind?”

Peyote Trip works on the the fifth floor of Hell in the deals department. If he can just get one more member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul he’ll be up for a promotion. So when the Harrison’s retreat to their lake house for the summer with their daughter Mickey’s new friend Ruth in tow, the opportunity Pey has been waiting for may finally be in his grasp. With the help of his charismatic and mysterious friend Calamity he sets a plan in motion. But things aren’t always as they seem, on Earth or in Hell.

This book was so refreshingly different and interesting. It doesn’t quite fit into just one genre so at times it does feel just a bit disjointed, but that did not detract from the enjoyment of it for me.

At about 60%, though, I started to lose a bit of interest wondering how the two storylines, on Hell and on Earth, were related. And then BAM. It all starts to come together and I flew through the rest! The characters leave you guessing and you’re not quite sure who you can trust. They are flawed and emotional but you can see yourself in them, in their decisions and their hopes and fears. Overall a great read for the Fall season!

“If you were wondering where beepers went, Hell is the answer. They all went to Hell, and now we have to use them.”

Thank you so much to Netgalley, Berkley Publishing, and the author for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

We have two stories going on in this one – one on Earth and one in Hell.

In Hell Peyote works in the Deals Department on the 5th floor in hell. His job is to get people on Earth to make a deal with him. The person gets want they on Earth and when they die, they go to Hell. If Peyote can sign 5 generations of souls in particular family, Peyote can leave Hell and he’ll get a second shot at his own life. He just needs one more person in the Harrison family to make the deal complete.

On Earth, the Harrison family is spending the summer in their family home in New Hampshire. They have a lot of old secrets from the past and new ones that they are all keeping from each other. All the while, Peyote is keeping an eye on them waiting to make his move.

I enjoyed the Harrison’s story line the best. It was filled with mystery and suspense and I didn’t know what was going to happen. I had a really hard time with the Hell story line, it was choppy and a lot of times I was confused so I didn’t understand what was happening. I did enjoy the ending when everything came together.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

I was drawn to Sign Here and curious to see Claudia Lux’s version of hell. The story that unfolds is dark, humorous, well-paced tale that pulls the reader in as Peyote Trip works on a deal that will get him out of hell.

Sign Here takes us to an office building in hell, the fifth floor to be exact, where Petoye gets folks on earth to sell their soul. It’s a pretty good gig, all things considering. He needs one more Harrison to sell their soul, and he’s free. We deal with office meetings, quotas, pens that don’t work and his peers. After hours, he hits the bars which only serve Jägermeister before returning to his drab apartment.

We travel with him and some of his peers as they sign deals on earth, visit the sixth floor and backstab each other. It was fascinating and fresh.

Then on Earth, we meet the Harrisons’ and spend the summer with them at their family lake house. While the place holds many memories, it is a tragedy one that stands out. They may look like the perfect family, but all is not as it seems and the lake holds secrets. It was dark, poignant, and held my attention. The daughter brings a friend who stirs up questions about the past. The wife is having an affair, and the husband has dark, disturbing thoughts. For me, it was the stronger thread despite starting out weaker.

Revelations, loop holes and twists kept me enthralled as Lux wove the two stories together. Filled with dark humor, it was a clever tale. Secondary characters had depth with interesting stories. As you read, you’ll find you aren’t sure of everyone’s motives or pasts. All of which served to keep the reader engaged. At the ending….what!?!

Sign Here was an addictive read that I recommend to fans of suspenseful tales and supernatural elements.

This was a really fun, original concept - a great book for "spooky season." The originality of the plot is what this book definitely has going for it, and it was a fun ride from start-to-finish.

A funny, thrilling adventure of what the afterlife in Hell is like... apparently it's a corporate nightmare. The writing was witty and engaging. It reminded me of novels by Christopher Moore.

This debut was so creative and so disturbing at the same time. I really liked the idea that hell is just a series of annoyances. And let's face it, we all have annoying co-workers we want to punch in the face (I'm looking at you Trey) and those that disturb us (Cal) and then there's the one who just wants to do their job and go home (Peyton). They are all here in this incredibly well done debut novel by Claudia Lux. So why do I not have a star rating?

1) I needed a more concrete ending. Too much was left unknown for me to be comfortable with it.
2) Speaking of comfort, there are some really uncomfortable scenes in here and I kind of needed a shower after the book.
3) I really don't know how I feel about it! It's not a bad book at all, I just have so many questions and thoughts that I cannot really give it a fair rating.

I am so thankful to Let's Talk Books Promo and Berkely Pub for an early copy of Sign Here. The book is out now and if you haven't picked your BOTM, I think you can get it there! (less)

Another great spooky season read! Sometimes work can be hell, literally. Peyote just needs one more person of the Harrison family to sign their life away and all will be golden.
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This was definitely a genre bending book, totally unique! The story line on Earth and Hell were both equally entertaining. This was a fun one, but best to go in blind and let go of reality.
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Huge thank you to @berkleypub @berittalksbooks @thephdivabooks @dg_reads and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book took me completely by surprise. I started reading it without looking at the synopsis and I really loved the unique concept here. The alternating points of view worked so well and by the end it packed quite the emotional punch. This is easily a new favorite and I'm so impressed this is a debut novel. Congrats to Claudia Lux and I can't wait to read whatever she writes next!

If this isn't on your TBR, add it immediately.

Dark comedy meets family drama with a dash of murder mystery. Sign Here follows two storylines: Peyote Trip in hell and three of the Harrison family members on summer vacation.

I love Claudia Lux's concept of corporate hell and wish the entire novel was focused there. The blending of the two plots didn't intertwine until the end and I found the execution to fall flat. The family drama felt predictable and with the three Harrison POVs to Peyote's, the plot was unbalanced.

The audiobook narration was what really stole the show, especially MacLeod Andrews' work! Lux gave him so many fun characters to work with, such as K.Q. and Trey.

Overall enjoyable audiobook but I didn't love this one as much I thought I would.

This book was a strange mash up of the classic domestic thriller full of family secrets, and an absurdist fantasy caper, as we follow the Harrison family on their summer vacation while an agent of Hell's deals department, Peyote Trip, monitors them and tries to get as many people as he can to "sign here" and consign themselves to eternal damnation. The most interesting thing about this book is that it interprets hell as a sort of uncanny bureaucracy rather than all fire and brimstone. It's a very interesting, unsettling and attention grabbing interpretation of hell and my favorite bits of the book definitely involved Peyote and his interactions with this co-workers, and the brief but horrifying glimpses into the punishments they mete out and experienced first hand in hell's ever revolving hierarchy. It's a harsh juxtaposition between these moments and the relative mundanity of the Harrison family vacation but I feel like they suited each other well and made for an interesting reading experience overall. My biggest complaint is that the ending fell a bit flat for me, the author tries to tie some of the storylines together in ways that simply weren't satisfying. However, like I said, this was an interesting book that kept me on my toes the whole time and I enjoyed it.

Sign Here is a very interesting read that mixes several genres all together and wraps it up in a delightful little package. Sign Here follows Peyote who is a mid-level employee of Hell and the the last soul he needs from the Harrison family. There's dark histories involved and lots of interesting plot points. For being Lux's debut novel I am so pleasantly surprised by this novel - it is incredibly creative!

So many times, fellow bookstagrammers will ask where we are traveling to within the pages of our latest read. I love that aspect of reading, experiencing so many places without leaving my home and I am always ready to sign up for a vacation to that spot right away.
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Unless the setting for my book happens to be Hell. Literally Hell, where a deal maker, Peyote, is working to sign just one more member of a family and get rewarded greatly. Only, it is Hell and things never work as they should. Pens don’t write, drawers stick, your least favorite music plays on repeat; Peyote also gets assigned to partner with an irritating new office member and his least favorite person in the “office” who both have their own agendas. Of course, it’s Hell, where everything that annoys you is served on a platter. I loved the creative way this author took normal irritants and made them part of life in Hell.
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This book, Sign Here, a debut by Claudia Lux, was campy, funny, horrifying, and just the perfect #spookyseason read. It is part humor, part family drama, part horror, part fantasy, part mystery and all together a very entertaining read that teaches an extremely important lesson.
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Always read the fine print.
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This book is out today, it is a quick read, so you have time to read it for Halloween, or anytime you want something a little different.
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Thanks so much @BerkleyPub and @NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book to read and review. I am happy to tell everyone about this unique book. In fact, I wanted to keep a physical copy of it so I picked it from BOTM too!

Fun and thought provoking romp through Hell and redemption. This was cleverly written and a quick read.