Blood Games by Richard Laymon

I am giving this book 2 stars b/c it never really got gory like I know Layman can. I felt like I was apart of the girls group going around for an "adventure." The book had its creepy moments, but I felt that it really lacked the disturbing/gory aspect. I found that after I was half way through the book, I began to get disappointed as nothing really happened up to this point.

I think this book is worth a read. Blood Games

-Kas

Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris

Dead Until Dark

I picked-up this book after reading and falling in love with the Twilight series. I watch a LOT of youtube, and some people that loved Twilight suggested this series.

I thought this book was very interesting. I really enjoyed the direction in which she took the book. I though having vamps come "out of the closet" was interesting. What vamp/human blood represented..and the synthetic blood "Tru Blood." The tv series was good, but quite different from the books.

This series (compared to Twilight) is a more "grown-up" vamp series as (especially in the tv series) deals with sex and feedings. If you liked Twilight, I would recommend this book for a fun read.

I got my sis (dallas) hooked on both series, and she really enjoyed both series. She has finished almost all of the Sookie Stackhouse series, and hopefully ::winks:: she will write a review on them.

-kas

Marked by P. C. and Kristin Cast

Teenager Zoey Redbird is "Marked" by a tracker (?). Happy to get away from her mean stepfather and unconcerned mother, Zoey heads to the House of Night where she will learn/transform into a vampyre. There she is greeted by a friendly teacher Neferet, other friendly mates, and the mean Aphrodite.

I think that the book started slow and ended slow. I had to force myself to finish the book. I enjoyed the introduction to the classroom and professors descriptions. I thought they made for a great visual. I really loved the description of Neferet :)

I have all of the books available to me as my fiancee loved the series. I may try to pick up and try the next one (he said the first book is really slow, but the others are faster paced/better), but not likely anytime soon...Maybe over the summer.

Marked
Teenager Zoey Redbird is "Marked" by a tracker (?). Happy to get away from her mean stepfather and unconcerned mother, Zoey heads to the House of Night where she will learn/transform into a vampyre. There she is greeted by a friendly teacher Neferet, other friendly mates, and the mean Aphrodite.

I think that the book started slow and ended slow. I had to force myself to finish the book. I enjoyed the introduction to the classroom and professors descriptions. I thought they made for a great visual. I really loved the description of Neferet :)

I have all of the books available to me as my fiancee loved the series. I may try to pick up and try the next one (he said the first book is really slow, but the others are faster paced/better), but not likely anytime soon...Maybe over the summer.

Marked

-kas

In Laymon's Terms

I want! I want! I want!

This is probably any Laymon fan's dream (other than him coming back from the dead and writing more, of course :)

A tribute to Richard Laymon that contains bios, family photos, some of his unpublished writing, and tributes by Ketchum, Lee, and Keene.

Releases on August 1, 2009.

-kas

Summing Up Richard Laymon

While reading some of the praise for Richard Laymon at the front page of his book "Blood Games," I came across a quote that I think really sums-up Laymon's books:

"Plenty of teasing sex, outrageous violence and dawn-fresh writing that Laymon fans love." (Publishers Weekly).


-kas
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Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo

A homeless man decides to kills himself, but instead he prolongs it to listen to a trade: Two million dollars for his right arm. At the castle like facility, he soon learns that they want more than his right arm....You have an idea where it goes from there.

I thought that the overall book was interesting. I liked where some of the ideas went. I thought many of the ideas were original and well developed.

That said, I think the author could have dug deeper into the creepy/gory areas. I had really high expectations for this book, and sad to say I was disappointed. I do recommend this book, as it was a good read. I just feel that the author could have written another hundred pages going into some of the disturbing areas. It was like the book skimmed over them. I was expecting a SAW (movie) type of gore described in the book. I think some of the "freak shows" could have been elaborated on a little better. I would have loved to have dual narrators: read from the homeless guy's side, and read it from the doctor or head security's guys side.

::spoiler::
I would really have loved the book more if Mike (homeless guy) would have been awake during the surgeries to explain what he witnessed.


-kas

Endless Night by Richard Laymon

If you like violent-sex horror, you will love this.

The book was a quick read that really kept me on the edge of my seat. I am not a quick reader (verrrry slow) and read this pretty quickly.

Overview:
Basically it is told from two points of view from one of the survivors and one of the killers.

Jody, a young girl staying at a friends house, wakes up to her friends concern of someone in the house and quickly sees her friend killed. She and the friends brother survive and are soon chased by the killers.

They get away and one of the killers, Simon, is left behind to retrieve the kids.

The books has many creepy/disgusting moments that keep you interested. There are some (few) slower moments, I found kinda boring, but I was so involved, I barely noticed.

After reading The Woods are Dark, I became a Laymon fan, but after this book, I AM A LAYMON FAN :)

On Amazon for $0.01 used (w/shipping about $4)

-Kas