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A review by armand_rosamilia
Daemon of the Dark Wood by Randy Chandler
5.0
Full disclosure: I won this trade paperback via a Goodreads giveaway... I've won several books over the last year but, to be honest, none of them were worth finishing or (especially) reviewing. When I won this book I was intrigued because the premise seemed sound enough, and I immediately thought of "Dark Hollow" by Brian Keene.
I took the book on a four-day cruise to the Bahamas, figuring I'd read a chapter or two by the pool and add it to the 'can't finish' pile when I got home, especially since I figured it was going to be a "Dark Hollow" ripoff.
I ended up reading 200 of the 240 pages poolside, ignoring chicks in bikinis, my annoying teenagers and pesky waiters trying to sell me $7.00 drinks.
The book is excellent! I finished it as soon as I got home, and was glad I did. There's some excellent characters in the book, and even though there are several women that play roles in the plot, the author gives them each such a unique voice that you don't need a scorecard to figure out who is who.
I won't give away any of the actual plot, since the summary tells you all you need to know. I will tell you that the pages are filled with enough blood, sex, old gods and violence to sate even the most hardcore horror reader, yet there isn't one spot where it was gratuitous or gore-for-gore's-sake.
Well-written from an author I'd never read before but will read more of!
And the cover is pretty cool, as well... had several people poolside asking me about the book, which I told them... I even wrote the name and author on the back of some of my own author business cards (they make great bookmarks!) so hopefully more people will read it and see what I'm raving about.
Armand Rosamilia
I took the book on a four-day cruise to the Bahamas, figuring I'd read a chapter or two by the pool and add it to the 'can't finish' pile when I got home, especially since I figured it was going to be a "Dark Hollow" ripoff.
I ended up reading 200 of the 240 pages poolside, ignoring chicks in bikinis, my annoying teenagers and pesky waiters trying to sell me $7.00 drinks.
The book is excellent! I finished it as soon as I got home, and was glad I did. There's some excellent characters in the book, and even though there are several women that play roles in the plot, the author gives them each such a unique voice that you don't need a scorecard to figure out who is who.
I won't give away any of the actual plot, since the summary tells you all you need to know. I will tell you that the pages are filled with enough blood, sex, old gods and violence to sate even the most hardcore horror reader, yet there isn't one spot where it was gratuitous or gore-for-gore's-sake.
Well-written from an author I'd never read before but will read more of!
And the cover is pretty cool, as well... had several people poolside asking me about the book, which I told them... I even wrote the name and author on the back of some of my own author business cards (they make great bookmarks!) so hopefully more people will read it and see what I'm raving about.
Armand Rosamilia