Each week will have a different theme. The first week is all about consumption...being eaten...devoured. The prize will be a copy of
BIG CAT, signed by Bowie Ibarra.
In order to enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on one of the (Blogger) posts dated Oct 1st to Oct 4th. The comments can be about the stories, the themes or Halloween. A winner will be selected and announced on Sunday, October 4th.
Unfortunately, due to postal issues, only U.S. residents will be allowed to enter.
BIG CAT by Bowie Ibarra, author of the
Down The Road series, is an entertaining suspense-thriller featuring a predator terrorizing a rural area near San Uvalde. Nothing supernatural or over the top, just a lot of unfortunate people who have forgotten their true place in the food chain.
True to his writing style, Ibarra has included some sexual content, giving the story an 80s slasher motif. However, the serial killer hunts on four legs and doesn't wear a mask. Due to the naughty bits, I don't recommend this story to anyone under the age of 14.
The rotating POV creates some intense, scream-at-the-book moments, especially with the personal drama between the main characters. Even though some of the personalities are somewhat cliché, especially the two idiot cops and the airhead named Chip, the variety keeps readers guessing about everyone's chance of surviving to the end.
The moral of the story: don't get caught with your pants down.
As always,
AstraDaemon
I do enjoy a tasty naughty bit from time to time and 80's slashers are where I cut my teeth. True story: when I was 6 I begged my father to take me to see John Carpenter's "The Thing" in th theater, and then proceeded to cry into his coat after they shot the dog. Forget the monsters, it was the dog that got me... :(
ReplyDeleteEvery once in a while, I'll come across an author who mentions a family pet during some apocalypse outbreak, and then never mentions the pet again. I spend the rest of the book wondering what happened to the dog/cat/horse.
DeleteThis one looks really interesting and good
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