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Bedbugs: Can you see them?
SYNOPSIS OF ‘BEDBUGS – CAN YOU SEE THEM?’
‘NIGHT, NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT AND DON’T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE’
In 1977, an alien spaceship crashed down to earth, landing deep within the soil in a small County called ‘Lemonsville’. During the night people were slaughtered, but the next day the killers disappeared.
In 2020, the area where the spaceship landed was levelled off and new houses were built over it. Many foreigners were now living in the UK, and so more houses needed building.
A small earthquake shook Lemonsville in the year 2050. This was the opening needed for the new creatures of the night to attack the living. Deep, deep down beneath the ground, the alien queen had given birth to a new killer. The earth tremor had produced an escape route for her new babies to hunt for food. Human food...
Now, a young boy has been brutally slaughtered by someone or something? His parents are accused of his murder. There are no clues to convince the police otherwise, and the parents aren’t talking. They are too shocked to say anything.
The murders are all being committed by a black mass, a mass that consists of many small insects, just like the household bedbug, but these bugs are not like the usual bloodsuckers we get on earth, these deadly creatures from another world are soldiers, like ants, and they have been ordered to find food by their queen who lies in wait inside the spaceship. She’s no strength to escape and after being stuck underground for 73 years is finding it hard to move around. Her original babies died hours after landing on earth in 1977, so the new breed of bugs have had to wait for an earth tremor to make a path for them to teleport out of the spaceship and up to the surface. She needs food and needs it quickly so she can be strong enough to transform back into her original body, the body of a warrior back on her planet.
Daniel Boone, the local police chief, must find a way to solve the mystery of why the poor boy was torn apart in his bed, and why people have gone missing from their homes.
As the days unfold and the nightmare continues, it takes Daniel back in time to what happened in 1977. He remembers a conversation he had with his Grandfather of a murdering spree that happened in Lemonsville for one night in the summer of 1977. His Grandfather was eight years old back then. Now Daniel is fighting against time to work out the link between the murders back then to the murders of now.
The police officers have to work overtime to crack down on what’s happening, and any clues are investigated, but all think that the murders are being done by a human and they have a target in mind, but when they go to arrest him, they hear him being slaughtered as they try to break down his front door.
The next day begins and one of the officers finds bugs stuck to the bottom of his work boot, but when he turns on the light they ignite and burn to a crisp. He thinks nothing of it, but eventually other stories of bug’s surface, and they all sound like the same kind of bug.
A rush is on to locate the bugs and to find out the story as to why they are here, so the chief visits his grandfather to listen to what he saw back in 1977. No one saw the bugs back then, but the murders were all done in the same way. This could well help the chief, but the queen is now strong enough to surface and she’s even hungrier than before. Her hunter instincts take over and she attacks human prey.
The police force need to eliminate the queen and then find out how to eliminate the bedbugs, the bugs that only appear at night.
Will Lemonsville suffer more heartache or will Dan and his officers succeed in their attempts at putting a stop to the misery of this town??
As each hour ticks by more victims are falling prey to the alien creatures, so will Dan work out the link and save the people of Lemonsville, or will he too fall down and be destroyed by the things that want to take over the WORLD...
‘NIGHT, NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT AND DON’T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE’
In 1977, an alien spaceship crashed down to earth, landing deep within the soil in a small County called ‘Lemonsville’. During the night people were slaughtered, but the next day the killers disappeared.
In 2020, the area where the spaceship landed was levelled off and new houses were built over it. Many foreigners were now living in the UK, and so more houses needed building.
A small earthquake shook Lemonsville in the year 2050. This was the opening needed for the new creatures of the night to attack the living. Deep, deep down beneath the ground, the alien queen had given birth to a new killer. The earth tremor had produced an escape route for her new babies to hunt for food. Human food...
Now, a young boy has been brutally slaughtered by someone or something? His parents are accused of his murder. There are no clues to convince the police otherwise, and the parents aren’t talking. They are too shocked to say anything.
The murders are all being committed by a black mass, a mass that consists of many small insects, just like the household bedbug, but these bugs are not like the usual bloodsuckers we get on earth, these deadly creatures from another world are soldiers, like ants, and they have been ordered to find food by their queen who lies in wait inside the spaceship. She’s no strength to escape and after being stuck underground for 73 years is finding it hard to move around. Her original babies died hours after landing on earth in 1977, so the new breed of bugs have had to wait for an earth tremor to make a path for them to teleport out of the spaceship and up to the surface. She needs food and needs it quickly so she can be strong enough to transform back into her original body, the body of a warrior back on her planet.
Daniel Boone, the local police chief, must find a way to solve the mystery of why the poor boy was torn apart in his bed, and why people have gone missing from their homes.
As the days unfold and the nightmare continues, it takes Daniel back in time to what happened in 1977. He remembers a conversation he had with his Grandfather of a murdering spree that happened in Lemonsville for one night in the summer of 1977. His Grandfather was eight years old back then. Now Daniel is fighting against time to work out the link between the murders back then to the murders of now.
The police officers have to work overtime to crack down on what’s happening, and any clues are investigated, but all think that the murders are being done by a human and they have a target in mind, but when they go to arrest him, they hear him being slaughtered as they try to break down his front door.
The next day begins and one of the officers finds bugs stuck to the bottom of his work boot, but when he turns on the light they ignite and burn to a crisp. He thinks nothing of it, but eventually other stories of bug’s surface, and they all sound like the same kind of bug.
A rush is on to locate the bugs and to find out the story as to why they are here, so the chief visits his grandfather to listen to what he saw back in 1977. No one saw the bugs back then, but the murders were all done in the same way. This could well help the chief, but the queen is now strong enough to surface and she’s even hungrier than before. Her hunter instincts take over and she attacks human prey.
The police force need to eliminate the queen and then find out how to eliminate the bedbugs, the bugs that only appear at night.
Will Lemonsville suffer more heartache or will Dan and his officers succeed in their attempts at putting a stop to the misery of this town??
As each hour ticks by more victims are falling prey to the alien creatures, so will Dan work out the link and save the people of Lemonsville, or will he too fall down and be destroyed by the things that want to take over the WORLD...
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209 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 29, 2012
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About the author
L.A. Taylor
3 books20 followersLee Andrew Taylor was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, in 1969. He moved to Bedworth, Warwickshire at the age of 9. All his life he's had a passion for creating things, whether it was new games to play with family and friends, drawing, or creating a story.
It was 1993 when Lee first dabbled in writing as an adult. He was at college when someone asked if he would enter a writing contest with other students. He agreed, and that's when the first idea for his killer rats novel - The S.T.A.R.S Project - came about. He wrote around 30 pages and kept the story safe. In 1999, at the age of 30, Lee bought his first computer from a friend. He immediately got down to writing a story that was growing inside his head from when he watched his first zombie movie as a child. CLIFTON FALLS - was originally finished in 2001, but over the years Lee had many problems with keeping the story saved. After many computer problems, floppy disc changes, and rewrites for an agent back in 2006, the final version of Clifton Falls was completed. Since then Lee has written - BEDBUGS (Can you see them?) - A story based on his childhood fear of the old saying - Night, night, sleep tight & don't let the bedbugs bite - Where he thought the bedbugs were really going to bite him if he didn't sleep tight.
Both novels are only available in Audio right now due to Lee re-writing them for a future release, preferably with the publisher he is with now, who has signed Lee's killer rats novel - The S.T.A.R.S Project - Yes, Lee finally re-wrote it based on his original idea from 25 years ago. It's due to be released in September 2018 in paperback/kindle from his publisher. But Lee wants to release the hardback/audio versions.
Lee also writes movie scripts now, with the likes of Elijah Wood's & Joe Dante's production companies' asking to read his scripts. At the moment his scripts are being passed around to a few producers etc, with the hope that Joe Dante's, (the director of Gremlins), production company likes his ideas enough to want to produce them into movies.
Lee is always busy with his ideas, with more to come in the future.
To date - Novels - CLIFTON FALLS / BEDBUGS (Can you see them?) / The S.T.A.R.S Project
To date - scripts - The cat that fetches (family based serial killer thriller) / Blood Twins (A vampire horror/dark comedy about twins taken as babies by two vampire cults) / The Devil's Diary (Horror, about a book left behind by the Devil 200 years ago, and inside are images of the souls he took) / The land at the end of the trees (A children's adventure story about a boy who finds a key that takes him to a cartoon world) / Attack on Dead Gulch (A zombie western where a sheriff, an Indian chief, and an ex-gunslinger now drunk must team up to fight a new enemy, an army of the recent dead)
Also, in script form are the 3 novels he's written.
To keep tabs on what Lee is up to, go to his Facebook author page & click LIKE....
https://www.facebook.com/mrwriterman/
It was 1993 when Lee first dabbled in writing as an adult. He was at college when someone asked if he would enter a writing contest with other students. He agreed, and that's when the first idea for his killer rats novel - The S.T.A.R.S Project - came about. He wrote around 30 pages and kept the story safe. In 1999, at the age of 30, Lee bought his first computer from a friend. He immediately got down to writing a story that was growing inside his head from when he watched his first zombie movie as a child. CLIFTON FALLS - was originally finished in 2001, but over the years Lee had many problems with keeping the story saved. After many computer problems, floppy disc changes, and rewrites for an agent back in 2006, the final version of Clifton Falls was completed. Since then Lee has written - BEDBUGS (Can you see them?) - A story based on his childhood fear of the old saying - Night, night, sleep tight & don't let the bedbugs bite - Where he thought the bedbugs were really going to bite him if he didn't sleep tight.
Both novels are only available in Audio right now due to Lee re-writing them for a future release, preferably with the publisher he is with now, who has signed Lee's killer rats novel - The S.T.A.R.S Project - Yes, Lee finally re-wrote it based on his original idea from 25 years ago. It's due to be released in September 2018 in paperback/kindle from his publisher. But Lee wants to release the hardback/audio versions.
Lee also writes movie scripts now, with the likes of Elijah Wood's & Joe Dante's production companies' asking to read his scripts. At the moment his scripts are being passed around to a few producers etc, with the hope that Joe Dante's, (the director of Gremlins), production company likes his ideas enough to want to produce them into movies.
Lee is always busy with his ideas, with more to come in the future.
To date - Novels - CLIFTON FALLS / BEDBUGS (Can you see them?) / The S.T.A.R.S Project
To date - scripts - The cat that fetches (family based serial killer thriller) / Blood Twins (A vampire horror/dark comedy about twins taken as babies by two vampire cults) / The Devil's Diary (Horror, about a book left behind by the Devil 200 years ago, and inside are images of the souls he took) / The land at the end of the trees (A children's adventure story about a boy who finds a key that takes him to a cartoon world) / Attack on Dead Gulch (A zombie western where a sheriff, an Indian chief, and an ex-gunslinger now drunk must team up to fight a new enemy, an army of the recent dead)
Also, in script form are the 3 novels he's written.
To keep tabs on what Lee is up to, go to his Facebook author page & click LIKE....
https://www.facebook.com/mrwriterman/
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March 2, 2013
Review of Bedbugs by L. A. Taylor
“Bedbugs” is a graphically violent and explicit horror novel, one which will certainly leave me screaming if I ever see another insect again, of any type. Wildly imaginative, the premise is not just ordinary Earth bugs, but alien “bedbugs,” enterprising and violent insects transplanted to Earth from another world, seventy-three years earlier. Their spaceship crashed, burrowing deep into the Earth, and the ruling queen more or less went into hibernation, after one night of violence in the tiny English town of Lemonsville, near where the ship crashed. Now it is 2050, and time for the Queen to rise up; but first her minions must teleport into the town and bring back food—human food.
“Bedbugs” has a similar ambience to those so-scary “B” sci fi invasion movies of the 1950’s, and I found the premise very terrifying. I rated this story 18+ for both the graphic violence scenes and for profanity (and minor sensual content).
I reviewed a complimentary e-book copy provided in return for my fair and impartial review.
“Bedbugs” is a graphically violent and explicit horror novel, one which will certainly leave me screaming if I ever see another insect again, of any type. Wildly imaginative, the premise is not just ordinary Earth bugs, but alien “bedbugs,” enterprising and violent insects transplanted to Earth from another world, seventy-three years earlier. Their spaceship crashed, burrowing deep into the Earth, and the ruling queen more or less went into hibernation, after one night of violence in the tiny English town of Lemonsville, near where the ship crashed. Now it is 2050, and time for the Queen to rise up; but first her minions must teleport into the town and bring back food—human food.
“Bedbugs” has a similar ambience to those so-scary “B” sci fi invasion movies of the 1950’s, and I found the premise very terrifying. I rated this story 18+ for both the graphic violence scenes and for profanity (and minor sensual content).
I reviewed a complimentary e-book copy provided in return for my fair and impartial review.
June 6, 2014
Bedbugs (Can you see them.) review. Just hearing the word bedbug makes me itch all over. And the idea of bedbugs having the ability to totally strip a human body of all skin, muscle, and organs in a very short time makes me want to run as far away as I can-- maybe a treehouse!!! Knowing what I just said may cause a slight chuckle, I'm telling you that there is some funny moments in the book. Light moments are necessary in this book.
Bedbugs (cyst) is a horror story that is very gory and scary. The bedbugs travel in a group like a black cloud. I have a pretty big floater in my left eye and several times it floated across my eye and caused me to look around the room. Also, several times I thought I could see a small cloud move across the room! Kinda freaky!!
L. A. Taylor's bedbugs are from space. Their ship crash landed 77 years ago. And due to a small earthquake, they are now able to escape their ship and find food for their queen and that food is humans.
You need to read the book to get the entire story-- itching and constantly looking over tour shoulder!
Bedbugs (cyst) is a horror story that is very gory and scary. The bedbugs travel in a group like a black cloud. I have a pretty big floater in my left eye and several times it floated across my eye and caused me to look around the room. Also, several times I thought I could see a small cloud move across the room! Kinda freaky!!
L. A. Taylor's bedbugs are from space. Their ship crash landed 77 years ago. And due to a small earthquake, they are now able to escape their ship and find food for their queen and that food is humans.
You need to read the book to get the entire story-- itching and constantly looking over tour shoulder!
September 28, 2024
Night, night, sleep tight, and don’t let the bedbugs bite.
Just a smidge under 4 stars. Lee Andrew Taylor's "BEDBUGS (Can you see them?): An alien flesh-eating insect story" (hey, that's the full title that copies over from my Kindle, y'all!) is a fun, gore-filled creature feature romp through a small English town. This small village finds itself ONCE AGAIN - after seventy-three years mind you! - beset by a series of killings at the hands, um, claws and mandibles of apparently alien creatures that - with the exception of the queen naturally - resemble bedbugs. OK, so I've explained the title thoroughly enough, let's get on with the rest of the review!
An eerie, dark shadow of a thousand tiny insects emerged.
Imagine if you will taking Simon Pegg' and Nick Frost's GENIUS "Hot Fuzz" and putting it in a blender with a good dose of "Attack the Block", along with, oh I don't know, a sprinkling of "Shaun of the Dead" (you can never go wrong with a bit of SotD in your recipes!). Heck, I'd even add a generous dollop of 2009's criminally underappreciated "Infestation" - co-starring Ray Wise, right? - because why not? Oh, do make sure and set your appliance for "classic B-movie flicks" and things will work out perfectly! Which gives you then a pretty good idea of what "Bedbugs" is like. Either that or you'll wind up with a really bizarre tasting milkshake…
The bugs stripped the skin from his hand like piranhas attacking their prey.
Taylor has created a good cast that have real feelings of caring for each other and their loved ones. Heck, they even manage to show an extremely reasonable amount of fear along the way, particularly as the constant witnessing of offal and viscera either being found underfoot or literally falling from the sky is liable to put a crimp in anyone's day! The story moves along at a good pace and while the editing is not perfect, the mistakes that occasionally pop up aren't as distracting as other books have been that I've read lately. Overall, if you're looking for an entertaining read that has lots of moments to watch folks and even a few pets go splat and kablooie, then you could do a lot worse than this! Is it Shakespeare? No, of course not, but if you're looking for that, well, you're in the wrong section of your favourite bookstore and/or library.
She shrieked with pleasure after swallowing the cat.
I do wish though that Taylor had spent more time on a couple of things that he at very least hinted at. First of all, the 'alternate reality' of "Bedbugs" sparked my interest. OK, we all understand that the entire Roswell UFO incident was real so we don't have to dwell on that. And hey, if the UK also had their share of alien crash landings during this stretch, that's copacetic with me, too. But we get hints that the world - or at least Asia - is just recovering from a massive war (I guess there aren't really any small wars to the people involved). Seems around 2015 the Chinese of all people asked other nations for help in dealing with the effects of global warming but in all-too-human-fashion, "instead of trying to solve the problem they ended up bombing the most troubled" populations. All we get then is that the number of people in the region went from billions to millions almost overnight. This though is only used to help explain the presence of Nini, a 30-something year-old immigrant from China who starts her career the same day this book starts. Fair enough.
A sharpness shot through the back of his head until his eyes fell from their sockets.
Oh and the cops have all kinds of neato new types of weapons which I enjoyed seeing. They carry gas masks (to help when they blast the bad guys and crawlies with gas, duh) and NVGs among other bits. And their torches (flashlights in dialect) can actually shoot flame or at least that's how I understood it. But the neatest of neato things is that guns with bullets are apparently passé. Instead, they now use what appear to be super tasers that despite needing some time to recharge can put a pretty good jolt into things. Especially when they decide to set their "phasers" to something beyond stun. Oh and naturally, Nini is a total martial artist bad-ass and wipes the ground with a couple of punk racists along the way. Which was very cool. And then naturally a couple of them got eaten. Which was very cool.
Creepy crawlies give me the willies.
However, despite all the bodies hittin' the floor (that's a song I think), Taylor sneaks in some really dry humour (note spelling) in spots… but not enough in my humble opinion. I thought there were opportunites for much more even if some folks might have found that tasteless despite all the (waves in general at the mess on floors, the walls, the ceilings, the entire countryside, the gutters, etc.). But come on: having the resident idiots of the police force named Ben Dover and Neal Down? Friends, that is classic wit. Still, if you were going to occasionally want to stop and have a wee giggle, I guess you have to pick your spots, right? Overall, still a very readable escapist tale with a super creepy ending that's perfect for these festive Halloween times! Have a blessed Samhain Season!
Just a smidge under 4 stars. Lee Andrew Taylor's "BEDBUGS (Can you see them?): An alien flesh-eating insect story" (hey, that's the full title that copies over from my Kindle, y'all!) is a fun, gore-filled creature feature romp through a small English town. This small village finds itself ONCE AGAIN - after seventy-three years mind you! - beset by a series of killings at the hands, um, claws and mandibles of apparently alien creatures that - with the exception of the queen naturally - resemble bedbugs. OK, so I've explained the title thoroughly enough, let's get on with the rest of the review!
An eerie, dark shadow of a thousand tiny insects emerged.
Imagine if you will taking Simon Pegg' and Nick Frost's GENIUS "Hot Fuzz" and putting it in a blender with a good dose of "Attack the Block", along with, oh I don't know, a sprinkling of "Shaun of the Dead" (you can never go wrong with a bit of SotD in your recipes!). Heck, I'd even add a generous dollop of 2009's criminally underappreciated "Infestation" - co-starring Ray Wise, right? - because why not? Oh, do make sure and set your appliance for "classic B-movie flicks" and things will work out perfectly! Which gives you then a pretty good idea of what "Bedbugs" is like. Either that or you'll wind up with a really bizarre tasting milkshake…
The bugs stripped the skin from his hand like piranhas attacking their prey.
Taylor has created a good cast that have real feelings of caring for each other and their loved ones. Heck, they even manage to show an extremely reasonable amount of fear along the way, particularly as the constant witnessing of offal and viscera either being found underfoot or literally falling from the sky is liable to put a crimp in anyone's day! The story moves along at a good pace and while the editing is not perfect, the mistakes that occasionally pop up aren't as distracting as other books have been that I've read lately. Overall, if you're looking for an entertaining read that has lots of moments to watch folks and even a few pets go splat and kablooie, then you could do a lot worse than this! Is it Shakespeare? No, of course not, but if you're looking for that, well, you're in the wrong section of your favourite bookstore and/or library.
She shrieked with pleasure after swallowing the cat.
I do wish though that Taylor had spent more time on a couple of things that he at very least hinted at. First of all, the 'alternate reality' of "Bedbugs" sparked my interest. OK, we all understand that the entire Roswell UFO incident was real so we don't have to dwell on that. And hey, if the UK also had their share of alien crash landings during this stretch, that's copacetic with me, too. But we get hints that the world - or at least Asia - is just recovering from a massive war (I guess there aren't really any small wars to the people involved). Seems around 2015 the Chinese of all people asked other nations for help in dealing with the effects of global warming but in all-too-human-fashion, "instead of trying to solve the problem they ended up bombing the most troubled" populations. All we get then is that the number of people in the region went from billions to millions almost overnight. This though is only used to help explain the presence of Nini, a 30-something year-old immigrant from China who starts her career the same day this book starts. Fair enough.
A sharpness shot through the back of his head until his eyes fell from their sockets.
Oh and the cops have all kinds of neato new types of weapons which I enjoyed seeing. They carry gas masks (to help when they blast the bad guys and crawlies with gas, duh) and NVGs among other bits. And their torches (flashlights in dialect) can actually shoot flame or at least that's how I understood it. But the neatest of neato things is that guns with bullets are apparently passé. Instead, they now use what appear to be super tasers that despite needing some time to recharge can put a pretty good jolt into things. Especially when they decide to set their "phasers" to something beyond stun. Oh and naturally, Nini is a total martial artist bad-ass and wipes the ground with a couple of punk racists along the way. Which was very cool. And then naturally a couple of them got eaten. Which was very cool.
Creepy crawlies give me the willies.
However, despite all the bodies hittin' the floor (that's a song I think), Taylor sneaks in some really dry humour (note spelling) in spots… but not enough in my humble opinion. I thought there were opportunites for much more even if some folks might have found that tasteless despite all the (waves in general at the mess on floors, the walls, the ceilings, the entire countryside, the gutters, etc.). But come on: having the resident idiots of the police force named Ben Dover and Neal Down? Friends, that is classic wit. Still, if you were going to occasionally want to stop and have a wee giggle, I guess you have to pick your spots, right? Overall, still a very readable escapist tale with a super creepy ending that's perfect for these festive Halloween times! Have a blessed Samhain Season!
January 6, 2014
This one took what could have been a brilliant premise and made it dull. There were also a lot of parts that were very awkwardly phrased.
November 24, 2022
“If you see it destroy it.”
This made my flesh crawl. “The bugs stripped the skin from his hand like piranha attacking their prey, the agony leaving Tommy almost swallowing his tongue.”
Lee Taylor weaves a horrific, bloody, and tense tale, written in the 1950’s tradition, that is a must for fans of creature-feature horror. With such colourfully written characters embarking on a mission to save the population from annihilation, it becomes a case of survival of the fittest, as a very dark, old mystery is brought to light. A brilliant, humorous, and action-packed adventure that will satisfy all horror/science fiction fans.
We award Bedbugs, by Lee Taylor, 4 stars.
This made my flesh crawl. “The bugs stripped the skin from his hand like piranha attacking their prey, the agony leaving Tommy almost swallowing his tongue.”
Lee Taylor weaves a horrific, bloody, and tense tale, written in the 1950’s tradition, that is a must for fans of creature-feature horror. With such colourfully written characters embarking on a mission to save the population from annihilation, it becomes a case of survival of the fittest, as a very dark, old mystery is brought to light. A brilliant, humorous, and action-packed adventure that will satisfy all horror/science fiction fans.
We award Bedbugs, by Lee Taylor, 4 stars.
March 2, 2022
If you were not scared of bugs before, you will be after reading this. Not for the faint of heart as it does have gore. I loved it.
December 10, 2012
“Bedbugs (Can You See Them?)” by L.A. Taylor
I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I think that this book may appeal to adult horror and science fiction fans. I rate “Bedbugs” an overall 3 STARS.
Of course I hate bedbugs, I mean who doesn’t right? The very idea of having bedbugs in my bed or anywhere near me is disgusting. So, imagining an army of alien bedbugs that literally tear apart humans and animals when they eat them, that just freaks me out completely!
As a reviewer, I feel that it is my responsibility to warn readers about this book. I honestly wish that I got a heads up when starting to read this novel. The very first chapter and opening scene was very shocking to me. The author definitely did a good job of getting a reaction out of the reader, but it personally was disturbing to me. I do not feel that I am giving any actual spoilers, but like I said – a warning. The first chapter is about a small boy that is brutally murdered by bedbugs on his birthday. I understand that children are mainly the ones afraid of the saying, “Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite,” but I think it was a little overboard with the details of this young child’s death. I believe it would not have been that big a deal to me if the boy’s death were more of a statement in the book compared to an actual gruesome scene. I would have dealt better with reading that a young boy died from the bedbugs, if I was learning it from say…a police officer’s statement. In my opinion, it would not have been as offensive if the detailed and brutal murder were that of an adult. However, it just struck me hard reading that scene of this child, maybe especially because I am a mother and an aunty of a boy about the same age.
One thing I thought was a little silly was the names in this novel. They were names that you would expect in a comedy, but “Bedbugs” was clearly a horror novel. However, I do think that L.A. Taylor had a great idea for a horror/science fiction story. If you enjoy gory details…you will definitely get that with “Bedbugs.” The author definitely hit the nail on the head when it came to freaking out the reader. That is what we want in a horror story right? To be scared! So, if you are looking for a scare, then I would recommend checking out “Bedbugs (Can you see them?)” by L.A. Taylor.
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I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I think that this book may appeal to adult horror and science fiction fans. I rate “Bedbugs” an overall 3 STARS.
Of course I hate bedbugs, I mean who doesn’t right? The very idea of having bedbugs in my bed or anywhere near me is disgusting. So, imagining an army of alien bedbugs that literally tear apart humans and animals when they eat them, that just freaks me out completely!
As a reviewer, I feel that it is my responsibility to warn readers about this book. I honestly wish that I got a heads up when starting to read this novel. The very first chapter and opening scene was very shocking to me. The author definitely did a good job of getting a reaction out of the reader, but it personally was disturbing to me. I do not feel that I am giving any actual spoilers, but like I said – a warning. The first chapter is about a small boy that is brutally murdered by bedbugs on his birthday. I understand that children are mainly the ones afraid of the saying, “Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite,” but I think it was a little overboard with the details of this young child’s death. I believe it would not have been that big a deal to me if the boy’s death were more of a statement in the book compared to an actual gruesome scene. I would have dealt better with reading that a young boy died from the bedbugs, if I was learning it from say…a police officer’s statement. In my opinion, it would not have been as offensive if the detailed and brutal murder were that of an adult. However, it just struck me hard reading that scene of this child, maybe especially because I am a mother and an aunty of a boy about the same age.
One thing I thought was a little silly was the names in this novel. They were names that you would expect in a comedy, but “Bedbugs” was clearly a horror novel. However, I do think that L.A. Taylor had a great idea for a horror/science fiction story. If you enjoy gory details…you will definitely get that with “Bedbugs.” The author definitely hit the nail on the head when it came to freaking out the reader. That is what we want in a horror story right? To be scared! So, if you are looking for a scare, then I would recommend checking out “Bedbugs (Can you see them?)” by L.A. Taylor.
Brianna Lee Book Reviews
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April 27, 2013
I love horror and especially horror stories with creepy creatures.
Most horror stories have large, menacing monsters or creatures, which I do love.
With Bedbugs, you get these teeny-tiny critters that are almost invisible to the naked eye. But wait, there’s more. These aren’t your ordinary pesky bedbugs. These bugs are from outer space, alien sentient beings. They work like a fine-tuned military unit, going about their mission.
Their mission is to collect food, which is us, and take it back to their queen. Being so tiny, they can’t collect the food by themselves, so they attack us in numbers, silently plotting and attacking. They are vicious and determined, chewing our bodies into sizable pieces with the precision of a surgeon.
Take a close look at the cover art for Bedbugs. It doesn’t matter that these bugs are tiny. They are nasty and their very design is for the purpose of rending and eating.
I loved this story. What a great idea and well plotted out.
It starts with an atmosphere of anticipation and quickly captures your full attention.
The first chapter is grisly and horrifying. What’s great is, the author lays out the plot for the story throughout the first attack, giving you an idea of what and why the bugs are here.
A surprise is their mode of traveling from one scene of attack to another. Never would have expected it and it really made me take these bugs seriously.
It just keeps getting better and I only stopped reading for the night when my kindle fell in my lap and woke me up. I had drifted off as it was late. Glad I woke up and had to move around a bit. Maybe that’s what kept me from dreaming about these bugs!
Most horror stories have large, menacing monsters or creatures, which I do love.
With Bedbugs, you get these teeny-tiny critters that are almost invisible to the naked eye. But wait, there’s more. These aren’t your ordinary pesky bedbugs. These bugs are from outer space, alien sentient beings. They work like a fine-tuned military unit, going about their mission.
Their mission is to collect food, which is us, and take it back to their queen. Being so tiny, they can’t collect the food by themselves, so they attack us in numbers, silently plotting and attacking. They are vicious and determined, chewing our bodies into sizable pieces with the precision of a surgeon.
Take a close look at the cover art for Bedbugs. It doesn’t matter that these bugs are tiny. They are nasty and their very design is for the purpose of rending and eating.
I loved this story. What a great idea and well plotted out.
It starts with an atmosphere of anticipation and quickly captures your full attention.
The first chapter is grisly and horrifying. What’s great is, the author lays out the plot for the story throughout the first attack, giving you an idea of what and why the bugs are here.
A surprise is their mode of traveling from one scene of attack to another. Never would have expected it and it really made me take these bugs seriously.
It just keeps getting better and I only stopped reading for the night when my kindle fell in my lap and woke me up. I had drifted off as it was late. Glad I woke up and had to move around a bit. Maybe that’s what kept me from dreaming about these bugs!
July 26, 2013
Not going to rate this just yet because I haven't finished it, BUT i do have to say now, if you are one of those types who love the old 80s monster style horrors with cool animatronics instead of computer generated graphics and gallons of blood. This will make horror fans delighted. I'm just lucky I haven't got a bed at the moment...although for these they may not need a bed...every time i pick up the book (yes I've got a print copy) i get really itchy...DAMN you Lee. Will update and rate when finished.
Ok finished and what fun. Seems to me he writes like a film fanatic and avid reader and gives you what you want.
Truly respect for such a fun, gruesome book!!!
And dare you not to jump if a bug lands on you as you read this!!!!
Ok finished and what fun. Seems to me he writes like a film fanatic and avid reader and gives you what you want.
Truly respect for such a fun, gruesome book!!!
And dare you not to jump if a bug lands on you as you read this!!!!
March 2, 2013
Thoroughly enjoyed 'Bedbugs: (Can you see them?)' by L. A. Taylor (8 Nov 2012). A horror/sci-fi novel with a great blend of blood, gore and guts, with a good dosage of humour. But don't let that fool you, this is not for the faint of heart. The story opens with a brutal beginning setting the premise for a entertaing horror read. The author has created an awesome read and deserves all the praise. Furthermore; the cover art is fantastic, and at £1.02 Kindle Purchase, a great bargin for 298 pages of gut wrenching horror and dark comedy. As an avid horror fan, be it books or film, I highly recommend this novel to like minds.
April 19, 2017
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review
First off, this is a science fiction horror type story. Secondly, it is extremely gory and horrific. It takes a story that was in the headlines (bedbugs) and turns it into something that has you wondering. It is about a small town that is overwhelmed with acts of brutality and cruelty that over taxes their small police force. The action takes off from page one and continues through the entire book and in my opinion, it describes actions taken by a police force that refuses to ask for help. A very good read.
First off, this is a science fiction horror type story. Secondly, it is extremely gory and horrific. It takes a story that was in the headlines (bedbugs) and turns it into something that has you wondering. It is about a small town that is overwhelmed with acts of brutality and cruelty that over taxes their small police force. The action takes off from page one and continues through the entire book and in my opinion, it describes actions taken by a police force that refuses to ask for help. A very good read.
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