S.C. Parris

S.C. Parris

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Welcome to my Blog! Here you’ll find posts about my life, inspiration I find on the way, and of course, writing updates, excerpts, and cover reveals! I’ll even be reviewing books I read (if you’re here for movies I’m into, check Monster thoughts). Grab your tea (or coffee) and stay awhile!

My Review of Blood Red by Jason Bovberg

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So as you all know, I’ve been reading Jason Bovberg’s masterpiece of a novel, Blood Red, and I finished it late last night.

Now that I’m up, I wrote a review about it.

bookshelves: horror, permuted-press, zombies, ya

Recommended to S.C. by: Permuted Press
Recommended for: Horror Lovers
Read from May 21 to 24, 2014 — I own a copy, read count: 1

 

What a riveting tale.

Okay, Rachel is in her late teens, and when she wakes up one day, her world is red.

From the beginning, Jason Bovberg‘s story is dripping with this mortifying, dark atmosphere: Rachel’s home town (and the rest of the world) is no longer what it was. A red sky hangs over everything, and to her growing horror, those she spoke to just a day before, whether it were lovingly or not, are all dead.

A red light pulses from beneath their skin, in their heads, and it is this red light’s…journey that had me holding my breath throughout the whole novel.

This red light is causing weird changes in these corpses, the breath-holding anticipation for when things hit the fan at last is heavy on every page.

And the pay off is smart, gripping, and does not disappoint.

But at its heart, this is a story about a daughter and her father. The coming of age tale of a young woman coming to grips with a changing world without her father will strike a chord with any young adult, yet the book is written in such a brilliant way that any ‘adult’ can read it and be engrossed.

A great dash of horror, of anticipation, of familial love, and of the imminent hopelessness when one can’t see how to get out of a completely foreign situation makes this book 5 star worthy for me.

I greatly look forward to Jason’s next book in the Blood Red series, Draw Blood.


I start James Newman‘s Animosity today. And I’ll let you all know what I think of it soon. It’s incredibly important to me to read fellow author’s work in my genre. And so far I’m thoroughly impressed.
Like I said in my last post, it only makes me want to be my best to put my best work out there.
About Animosity:
Andrew Holland is a bestselling horror writer. Although none of his neighbors read “that stuff”, they are proud to know a “celebrity.” But everything changes after Andy finds the body of a murdered child several hundred yards from his front door. Before long the writer’s life is in danger as his former friends become monsters – more terrifying than any fictional villains he never imagined.
Grab yourself a copy of these books and don’t forget to
Keep your bite!
S.C. Parris
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2 Replies to “My Review of Blood Red by Jason Bovberg”

sounds interesting!! love the review and your opinion on the book! i’m new to this blogging thing & it wuld be great if you visited my page and wven followed me? ( don’t worey i’ll follow back ) 🙂

I’ll check out your page. 🙂 Thanks for liking my blog post and the review!

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