This is a great read. It’s compelling, thrilling and unpredictable. I love the way that the main characters are a group of women survivors out to get bloody revenge on a serial killer. The author cleverly and intelligently explores the characters’ different reactions to historic trauma as well as their motivations to get even.
Throughout, the action sequences are expertly done and badass, and the dialogue is cracking and witty. As for the horror content … if it’d been a film I was watching, there were lots of moments I’d have been reaching for a cushion to cover my eyes. Descriptions are inventive, novel and full of dark humour. The Silas Crowe character is menacing, creepy, chilling.
I saw that the author, Pardeep Aujla, is an "award-winning screenwriter and narrative designer for video games." This skill shines through so well, as evidenced in the rolling climaxes that explode across that movie-screen of the mind. Think: slasher horror. Think: oodles of gory homicide. Don’t read at bedtime!
Sarah Gresham’s coffee shop, Clarendon Perk, is at 249 Clarendon Park Road, Leicester, where you will find very nice coffee and homemade cakes and food. It also has a micro bookshop, and occasional literary events featuring local writers.
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