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Sorority Trilogy #1-3
The Sorority
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Expected 2 Jan 79Eve.
She's the perfect pledge. A sweet, innocent, golden-haired cheerleader, Eve has so much to gain by joining Gamma Eta Pi - almost anything she desires. But only a select few can enter the sorority's inner circle - or submit to its code of blood, sacrifice, and sexual magic. Is Eve willing to pay the price?
Merilynn.
Ever since childhood, Merilynn has had a sixth sense about things to come. She's blessed with uncanny powers of perception - and cursed with unspeakable visions of unholy terror. Things that corrupt the souls of women, and crush the hearts of men. Things that can drive a girl to murder, suicide, or worse...
Samantha.
Journalism major Sam Penrose is tough, tenacious - and too curious for her own good. She's determined to unearth the truth about the sorority. But the only way to expose this twisted sisterhood is from within...
She's the perfect pledge. A sweet, innocent, golden-haired cheerleader, Eve has so much to gain by joining Gamma Eta Pi - almost anything she desires. But only a select few can enter the sorority's inner circle - or submit to its code of blood, sacrifice, and sexual magic. Is Eve willing to pay the price?
Merilynn.
Ever since childhood, Merilynn has had a sixth sense about things to come. She's blessed with uncanny powers of perception - and cursed with unspeakable visions of unholy terror. Things that corrupt the souls of women, and crush the hearts of men. Things that can drive a girl to murder, suicide, or worse...
Samantha.
Journalism major Sam Penrose is tough, tenacious - and too curious for her own good. She's determined to unearth the truth about the sorority. But the only way to expose this twisted sisterhood is from within...
464 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
About the author
Tamara Thorne
61 books297 followersTamara Thorne has collected ghost stories, true and fictional, since she saw her first Twilight Zone as a tot, and continues to this day. In addition to writing novels and stories of the paranormal, she also writes non-fiction and is an active ghost hunter. She makes her home in southern California with her husband and their feline family and when she’s not writing, can be found haunting ghost towns, phantom-filled hotel rooms, and other spooky places. Tamara loves to hear from her readers. Whether you have questions or comments or would like to share your own ghostly experience,come visit her at her website www.tamarathorne.com.
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January 27, 2022
This is another story set in Thorne's 'Thorneverse' of Southern California, where everyday life is colored with strange and otherworldly creatures and such. The location for this fest is Greenbriar University in SoCal, found in a small town along with a cheerleading and football summer camp. For some reason (financial I am sure) this was originally published by Kensington Press as three novels (under the Zebra label), but really it is one story. I am glad Kensington finally published the 'omnibus' edition as I cannot imagine enjoying any of the stories as stand alones.
While there is a wide range of characters, the story is largely told from the POV of three young college students, all members of the same Sorority-- Gamma Eta Pi. The three first met about 8 years before the main story kicks off when they went to the cheer camp one summer. Only Eve would go on to become a cheerleader, however, as Merilynn just came to the camp due to the numerous ghost stories that surrounding it and the town, and Samantha wanted to do a story (she was a fledgling journalism wannabe). Together, they had an adventure on the lake the camps are situated on, really a reservoir that, when created, flooded an old town. On certain nights, it seems you can see the ghost lights of the former town, and that night, they saw that and even something more...
The story unfolds at a nice pace (as usual for Thorne) and covers basically the fall term at the university. It also slowly comes to light that there is a secret society within the sorority, but what exactly it is and does is reserved for later in the novel. We are treated with life as young college students in a small college town at first, going through rush, taking classes and such, but along side this somewhat idyllic picture, nastier tales of serial killers, missing students and ghosts that haunt the lake and the abandoned church in the nearby woods come to light...
Enough with the set up; Thorne has a real knack for portraying normal existence populated by the strange and eerie, like the mysterious faerie 'people', ghosts and such. That, and she can be wonderfully campy at times. In this, for example, we have Merilynn (who has some magic power, but no more without spoilers) cursing the seniors in the sorority with nasty gas ('that could kill a cow at 10 paces') and all the cheerleaders at the sorority with their monthly 'flow' at the same time while sabotaging their 'sanitary products'. Yes, their is some pettiness among the sorority sisters and such, but some arguments lead to death!
All in all, a fun read by Thorne. Not sure why she does not have a larger audience, but perhaps not everyone enjoys their horror laced with camp humor as much as myself. She also plants some easter eggs here from other novels set in 'Throneverse' which is fun. Definitely read the omnibus or at least all three novels together as I cannot imagine each part as a stand alone; there will be no conclusion/resolution otherwise. 4.5 outrageous stars!!
While there is a wide range of characters, the story is largely told from the POV of three young college students, all members of the same Sorority-- Gamma Eta Pi. The three first met about 8 years before the main story kicks off when they went to the cheer camp one summer. Only Eve would go on to become a cheerleader, however, as Merilynn just came to the camp due to the numerous ghost stories that surrounding it and the town, and Samantha wanted to do a story (she was a fledgling journalism wannabe). Together, they had an adventure on the lake the camps are situated on, really a reservoir that, when created, flooded an old town. On certain nights, it seems you can see the ghost lights of the former town, and that night, they saw that and even something more...
The story unfolds at a nice pace (as usual for Thorne) and covers basically the fall term at the university. It also slowly comes to light that there is a secret society within the sorority, but what exactly it is and does is reserved for later in the novel. We are treated with life as young college students in a small college town at first, going through rush, taking classes and such, but along side this somewhat idyllic picture, nastier tales of serial killers, missing students and ghosts that haunt the lake and the abandoned church in the nearby woods come to light...
Enough with the set up; Thorne has a real knack for portraying normal existence populated by the strange and eerie, like the mysterious faerie 'people', ghosts and such. That, and she can be wonderfully campy at times. In this, for example, we have Merilynn (who has some magic power, but no more without spoilers) cursing the seniors in the sorority with nasty gas ('that could kill a cow at 10 paces') and all the cheerleaders at the sorority with their monthly 'flow' at the same time while sabotaging their 'sanitary products'. Yes, their is some pettiness among the sorority sisters and such, but some arguments lead to death!
All in all, a fun read by Thorne. Not sure why she does not have a larger audience, but perhaps not everyone enjoys their horror laced with camp humor as much as myself. She also plants some easter eggs here from other novels set in 'Throneverse' which is fun. Definitely read the omnibus or at least all three novels together as I cannot imagine each part as a stand alone; there will be no conclusion/resolution otherwise. 4.5 outrageous stars!!
July 26, 2023
sex magick, ghosts, small dicked men giving legendary cunnilingus, sorority initiation rites, ancient forest entities, public humiliation by way of spanking, sleep paralysis, sapphic femdom, this book has it ALL 💗
July 24, 2014
Oh my gosh, you guys. This book.
I can't even begin to tell you why I bought this. It was vaguely horror and looked amusing. For some reason, it caught my eye. Once I got to the ridiculous chapter about a professor's tongue prowess, I was hooked. I will worn you all that it is not a great paragon of feminist literature. It's thoroughly guilty and a little trashy. There's absurd sexual situations, stereotypes, bitchy sorority girls, silly plot points, and FARTS. Seriously, the last sixty pages of the book almost are filled with fart humour. And added into this mix is some Arthurian nerdery.
So why read it? It's a ridiculous, utterly entertaining guilty pleasure, and I very seldom read actual guilty pleasures. I laughed aloud multiple times.
I can't even begin to tell you why I bought this. It was vaguely horror and looked amusing. For some reason, it caught my eye. Once I got to the ridiculous chapter about a professor's tongue prowess, I was hooked. I will worn you all that it is not a great paragon of feminist literature. It's thoroughly guilty and a little trashy. There's absurd sexual situations, stereotypes, bitchy sorority girls, silly plot points, and FARTS. Seriously, the last sixty pages of the book almost are filled with fart humour. And added into this mix is some Arthurian nerdery.
So why read it? It's a ridiculous, utterly entertaining guilty pleasure, and I very seldom read actual guilty pleasures. I laughed aloud multiple times.
February 12, 2020
What a glorious read! I'm not even going to try and summarize the plot, but if you love... sinister sororities, Pagan rites, mysterious deaths, oodles of sex, noxious farts and talking chipmunks (yes, really... well, sort of), bound up in a book that you can devour in two days, Tamara Thorne delivers.
At its heart, The Sorority is another in that rare, but so satisfying vein of modern horror novels that reach back to the days of seventies trash in the very best sense. Meaning, the characterization is no stronger than it needs to be, the action is sufficiently intense that even the chapter breaks don't provide any respite, and the body count is through the roof. Particularly if you count all the ones in the lake.
In fact, there are moments - especially towards the end - when you wonder whether even the author can keep control of her characters, so much is happening at once. That she does is another tribute to this book's mad brilliance, while the ending will seriously leave you awaiting fresh installments. After all, if the full tale was originally one trilogy, why can't we have another?
At its heart, The Sorority is another in that rare, but so satisfying vein of modern horror novels that reach back to the days of seventies trash in the very best sense. Meaning, the characterization is no stronger than it needs to be, the action is sufficiently intense that even the chapter breaks don't provide any respite, and the body count is through the roof. Particularly if you count all the ones in the lake.
In fact, there are moments - especially towards the end - when you wonder whether even the author can keep control of her characters, so much is happening at once. That she does is another tribute to this book's mad brilliance, while the ending will seriously leave you awaiting fresh installments. After all, if the full tale was originally one trilogy, why can't we have another?
January 26, 2018
what a weird and crazy ride this book was.
Farts, menses, demonic fornication. This one had it all.
Along with the most convoluted conversations in history.
Readable but utter bollocks
Farts, menses, demonic fornication. This one had it all.
Along with the most convoluted conversations in history.
Readable but utter bollocks
May 6, 2020
I enjoyed the story and I would have rated this collection higher....but the typos (SO MANY TYPOS; who edited these books?!) and inconsistencies in the story took me out of it a lot. For example (SPOILER), at the end, when Martin meets Kendra and Sam...they say that it's nice to see him again, but they NEVER met in the story. Most scenes were unimportant (Sam and Kendra's scene at Thai Gonzales after searching for Merilynn), while scenes that should have been included were not (Martin meeting Sam and Kendra or the rushed help from McCobb).
Also, changing a character's last name between books was a huge pet peeve, i.e. Art Caliban turns into Art Caliburn.
The author also used ë in weird places. I tried to Google why they would be used in front of a word, but could find no answer. It seems like a really weird typo. And it was done A LOT.
And this sentence. This sentence made my eye twitch - "The music came from within in the forest - directly within."
I know that I've pointed out a lot that I didn't like or thought could have been better, but I did enjoy the book overall and would be open to reading more from Tamara Thorne.
Also, changing a character's last name between books was a huge pet peeve, i.e. Art Caliban turns into Art Caliburn.
The author also used ë in weird places. I tried to Google why they would be used in front of a word, but could find no answer. It seems like a really weird typo. And it was done A LOT.
And this sentence. This sentence made my eye twitch - "The music came from within in the forest - directly within."
I know that I've pointed out a lot that I didn't like or thought could have been better, but I did enjoy the book overall and would be open to reading more from Tamara Thorne.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 22, 2021
After a forbidden outing to Applehead Lake’s supposedly Haunted island at cheer camp scares the daylights out of three young girls, they went their way and years later meet again at college. Amazingly enough, it’s pledging in the college’s oldest, and creepiest, sorority.
A rewritten twist on a trilogy from early 2000, Tamara Thorne has hit it out the park again. With quips and scares well placed, you won’t wanna put this one down till the ending you couldn’t predict coming hits you.
I enjoyed the hell out of it!
A rewritten twist on a trilogy from early 2000, Tamara Thorne has hit it out the park again. With quips and scares well placed, you won’t wanna put this one down till the ending you couldn’t predict coming hits you.
I enjoyed the hell out of it!
September 30, 2017
More sexy than scary.
June 15, 2024
Has the makings of a good horror trilogy. As a standalone, it sucks you in pretty quickly. Probably could have been one larger book, but not bad at all.
December 28, 2013
Eve
The beautiful cheerleader who has it all but is so close to cracking. Years ago she saw these horrible green eyes that have haunted her to this day. Now 8 years later she's making a new start at greenbrier university, where she pledges as a gamma eta phi sister. Only one problem, the sorority is full of secrets, secrets to do with what she saw that night and the house president Malory isnt what she seems and has a whole other idea for Eve.
I got as far as 45% but even this far into the book I was confused and bored outta my mind. Definitely not the book for me. There wasn't any flow and there's was just too much going in to understand and follow.
Therefore I mark this book as unfinished.
The beautiful cheerleader who has it all but is so close to cracking. Years ago she saw these horrible green eyes that have haunted her to this day. Now 8 years later she's making a new start at greenbrier university, where she pledges as a gamma eta phi sister. Only one problem, the sorority is full of secrets, secrets to do with what she saw that night and the house president Malory isnt what she seems and has a whole other idea for Eve.
I got as far as 45% but even this far into the book I was confused and bored outta my mind. Definitely not the book for me. There wasn't any flow and there's was just too much going in to understand and follow.
Therefore I mark this book as unfinished.
January 22, 2015
The Sorority was a good trilogy (Eve, Merilynn, Samantha), a very engaging story. If you read only part 1, you would feel 'left hanging.' My copy was the complete trilogy, and I enjoyed the story development, arc, humor, tension, and passion of the characters. The ending was satisfying, too!
September 3, 2015
I think the computer's going to explode so I better step away from it for a while. In this book you have sorority girls, cheerleaders, magic, sacrifices, and wacky hijinks ensue. If you're in the mood you can check out the possibly strange, terrifying or possibly funny review I just posted at my site.
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