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The Abuse of Ashley Collins is a surprisingly restrained look into familial abuse. It's no secret I'm an Athan super fan. I've read and loved just about everything I've read from him. When I saw that one of the few books I haven't read was getting a ...more
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Boo is a poignant and exhilarating novel that follows two separate timelines. This book follows a man named Joe. In the present, he is a successful contractor with a loving wife and stepdaughter. But when an old imaginary friend named Boo shows up, J ...more
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Athan steps away from extreme horror in this haunting and emotional Novella. Lucas Flores takes his daughter, Alexis, to Buddy's Burgers. A fast-food establishment with greasy food and a helluva play space. Lucas dozes off as Alexis plays, but when he ...more
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A ReVamp of Jon Athan's 2019 novel, The Taste of Blood, features a teenager girl named Genesis who believes she's a vampire after an encounter with her college aged boyfriend, Bryce. Her best friend, Aubrey, becomes increasingly disturbed as Genesis' ...more
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The Abuse of Ashley Collins is a surprisingly restrained look into familial abuse. It's no secret I'm an Athan super fan. I've read and loved just about everything I've read from him. When I saw that one of the few books I haven't read was getting a ...more

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Chaos Nights: Volume 1
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B. Muraca's first full length book is a gruesome and bizarre collection of four short stories. While a couple of these stories have been already published before, Muraca polishes them for this release, bettering the pacing and descriptions. From supe ...more

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M.E. Smith and 1 other person liked Veronica ☠️'s review of A Body, A Curse:

"This is a continuation of The Painting by Sneed. A cursed painting causing chaos. In A Body, A Curse, evil is spreading throughout town. People are acting strange and they look even stranger. This dark evil is strong and is trying to take over. Will " Read more of this review »

M.E. Smith and 5 other people liked Danielle Yvonne's review of Molka:

"molka: the Korean term for hidden or miniature spy cameras secretly and illegally installed, often to capture voyeuristic images and videos. Molka is an abbreviation of molrae-kamera, which means a sneaky camera.

"You’re a balding goatfucker, and I h" Read more of this review »

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BOO
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Boo is a poignant and exhilarating novel that follows two separate timelines. This book follows a man named Joe. In the present, he is a successful contractor with a loving wife and stepdaughter. But when an old imaginary friend named Boo shows up, J ...more

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PainSpace: A Novella
by Jon Athan (Goodreads Author)

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Athan steps away from extreme horror in this haunting and emotional Novella.

Lucas Flores takes his daughter, Alexis, to Buddy's Burgers. A fast-food establishment with greasy food and a helluva play space. Lucas dozes off as Alexis plays, but when he ...more

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The Taste of Blood: ReVAMPed Edition
by Jon Athan (Goodreads Author)

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A ReVamp of Jon Athan's 2019 novel, The Taste of Blood, features a teenager girl named Genesis who believes she's a vampire after an encounter with her college aged boyfriend, Bryce. Her best friend, Aubrey, becomes increasingly disturbed as Genesis' A ReVamp of Jon Athan's 2019 novel, The Taste of Blood, features a teenager girl named Genesis who believes she's a vampire after an encounter with her college aged boyfriend, Bryce. Her best friend, Aubrey, becomes increasingly disturbed as Genesis' blood lust unravels. The two girls are entangled in a bloody and gruesome spiral that will soon come to the surface.

I'm aware I'm an Athan fan boy. He's my favorite author of all time and a huge inspiration. I've read over half his books and I mean it when I say this edition of The Taste for Blood is one of his best. I'll admit this book is not a page-to-page gore fest or gets as unsettling as some of his other books, but the character writing and storytelling kept me on edge.

Aubrey becomes the main focus as she worries about Genesis' mental health. I thought she would be nothing but a side character, but I was surprised at how much I sympathized and rooted for her. Getting attached to any Athan character is a dangerous thing. Her friendship with Genesis felt very authentic as they were seen as loners who come together to find solace in one another. But Genesis is a lot more reckless than Aubrey. She's dating a college aged man named Bryce who manipulates her and gaslights her into believing she's a vampire so he can sleep with her. He's only the most hateable and remorseless character in the book.

This is a slower and more character focused novel that is more coming-of-age, than straight up splatterpunk. It reminds me of a lot of Athan's Our Dead Girlfriend, even if it's not a upsetting. Don't get me wrong, there are some visceral and straight up nasty sections in here, but it's not a long torture scene turned into a book. I love how Athan writes his characters and slowly lets their derangment simmers until it reaches to the boiling point. I truly could not put this down. I was able to get it done in two reading sessions. The last few chapters were some of the most intense scenes I've ever read. And the ending left me with a gut-punch that knocked the air out of me but wanting more. Truly amazing, check it out. ...more

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The Taste of Blood
by Jon Athan (Goodreads Author)

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A ReVamp of Jon Athan's 2019 novel, The Taste of Blood, features a teenager girl named Genesis who believes she's a vampire after an encounter with her college aged boyfriend, Bryce. Her best friend, Aubrey, becomes increasingly disturbed as Genesis' A ReVamp of Jon Athan's 2019 novel, The Taste of Blood, features a teenager girl named Genesis who believes she's a vampire after an encounter with her college aged boyfriend, Bryce. Her best friend, Aubrey, becomes increasingly disturbed as Genesis' blood lust unravels. The two girls are entangled in a bloody and gruesome spiral that will soon come to the surface.

I'm aware I'm an Athan fan-boy. He's my favorite author of all time and a huge inspiration. I've read over half his books and I mean it when I say this edition of The Taste of Blood is one of his best. I'll admit this book is not a page-to-page gore fest or gets as unsettling as some of his other books, but the character writing and storytelling kept me on edge.

Aubrey becomes the main focus as she worries about Genesis' mental health. I thought she would be nothing but a side character, but I was surprised at how much I sympathized and rooted for her. Getting attached to any Athan character is a dangerous thing. Her friendship with Genesis felt very authentic as they were seen as loners who come together to find solace in one another. But Genesis is a lot more reckless than Aubrey. She's dating a college aged man named Bryce who manipulates her and gaslights her into believing she's a vampire so he can sleep with her. He's easily the most hateable and remorseless character in the book.

This is a slower and character focused novel that is more coming-of-age, than straight up splatterpunk. It reminds me of a lot of Athan's Our Dead Girlfriend, even if it's not a upsetting. Don't get me wrong, there are some visceral and straight up nasty sections in here, but it's not a long torture scene turned into a book. I love how Athan writes his characters and slowly lets their derangment simmers until it reaches to the boiling point. I truly could not put this down. The last few chapters were some of the most intense scenes I've ever read. And the ending left me with a gut-punch that knocked the air out of me but wanting more. Truly amazing, check it out. ...more

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The Taste of Blood
by Jon Athan (Goodreads Author)

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A ReVamp of Jon Athan's 2019 novel, The Taste of Blood, features a teenager girl named Genesis who believes she's a vampire after an encounter with her college aged boyfriend, Bryce. Her best friend, Aubrey, becomes increasingly disturbed as Genesis' A ReVamp of Jon Athan's 2019 novel, The Taste of Blood, features a teenager girl named Genesis who believes she's a vampire after an encounter with her college aged boyfriend, Bryce. Her best friend, Aubrey, becomes increasingly disturbed as Genesis' blood lust unravels. The two girls are entangled in a bloody and gruesome spiral that will soon come to the surface.

I'm aware I'm an Athan fan-boy. He's my favorite author of all time and a huge inspiration. I've read over half his books and I mean it when I say this edition of The Taste of Blood is one of his best. I'll admit this book is not a page-to-page gore fest or gets as unsettling as some of his other books, but the character writing and storytelling kept me on edge.

Aubrey becomes the main focus as she worries about Genesis' mental health. I thought she would be nothing but a side character, but I was surprised at how much I sympathized and rooted for her. Getting attached to any Athan character is a dangerous thing. Her friendship with Genesis felt very authentic as they were seen as loners who come together to find solace in one another. But Genesis is a lot more reckless than Aubrey. She's dating a college aged man named Bryce who manipulates her and gaslights her into believing she's a vampire so he can sleep with her. He's easily the most hateable and remorseless character in the book.

This is a slower and character focused novel that is more coming-of-age, than straight up splatterpunk. It reminds me of a lot of Athan's Our Dead Girlfriend, even if it's not a upsetting. Don't get me wrong, there are some visceral and straight up nasty sections in here, but it's not a long torture scene turned into a book. I love how Athan writes his characters and slowly lets their derangment simmers until it reaches to the boiling point. I truly could not put this down. The last few chapters were some of the most intense scenes I've ever read. And the ending left me with a gut-punch that knocked the air out of me but wanting more. Truly amazing, check it out. ...more

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