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M.E. Smith liked SeveredTherapy's review of Bray: "Short story collections, especially splatterpunk or extreme horror, are one of my favorite things. I prefer the short bursts, twisting my stomach and making me question my life's choices. This one starts out pretty tame (comparatively speaking) and j" Read more of this review »
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A get together with old friends turns deadly when a stranger arrives. Party Games is Athan at his best. Compelling and believable characters, strong writing and unrelenting violence. Chase is one of Athan's best characters. The way is slowly creeps h ...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

M.E. Smith and 1 other person liked Tony splatterpunk's review of The Taste of Blood:

"Genesis a thirteen year old attends a party with her boyfriend Bryce and gets a taste of blood and is told she is a vampire which she believes she is.
Together with her friend Aubrey she starts craving blood….
Vampire novels are not my normal read but " Read more of this review »

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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

M.E. Smith liked SeveredTherapy's review of Bray:

"Short story collections, especially splatterpunk or extreme horror, are one of my favorite things. I prefer the short bursts, twisting my stomach and making me question my life's choices.

This one starts out pretty tame (comparatively speaking) and j" Read more of this review »

M.E. Smith liked Allyssa Gaines's review of Bray:

"This was a great collection of stories! There’s no “theme,” just 5 splatterpunk stories, and I kind of love that. I loved how different each story was. I think my favorites had to be “Gay for Payback” and “A Hopeless Dark Romantic.” I felt for the mc" Read more of this review »

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Party Games
by Jon Athan (Goodreads Author)

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A get together with old friends turns deadly when a stranger arrives.

Party Games is Athan at his best. Compelling and believable characters, strong writing and unrelenting violence.

Chase is one of Athan's best characters. The way is slowly creeps h ...more