The best way to describe The Last American Vampire is “Forrest Gump with vampires”. Picking up where Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ended, this new book changes focus to Henry Sturges and we see much more of his life before Abe came on the scene. The alternative history set up in the first book continues here. To briefly recap, vampires are real and have been shaping history for centuries. The American Civil War was fueled by vampires trying to secure a never ending source of food […]
I’ve read my horror book for the year
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her “our little genius.” Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don’t like her. She jokes that she won’t bite, but they don’t laugh. I can’t remember what first led me to The Girl With All the Gifts (2014) by M.R. Carey, but the above blurb sucked […]
Let yourself be triggered.
Well, it’s a first for me to give anything Neil Gaiman has written less than four stars, but I’m reminding myself that according to Goodreads’ rating system, that means “I liked it.” And I did! Some of the stories were delightful and magical, and terrifying. But some of them didn’t really work for me, for one reason or another, and overall, it was actually harder to pay attention to the stories, or work up enough energy to dive back into the book, knowing I’d have […]
Pandora Didn’t Ask for the Box
Malin’s review of The Girl with all the Gifts inspired me to read it (as with many of the books from my CBR this year, because you all write such intriguing reviews). I was not disappointed by the suggestion of this book, it was such a fresh and inventive book that I think will stick with me for a bit. It was horror in the lightest sense of the word, most of the horror has already occurred…and then again, much of the horror is only […]