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Blood Lust
A small sleepy country town in southwestern Missouri has awakened in bloody terror. Emily Knox has just lost her mother to a horrid death, and found her mother is not actually in the ground where she was buried but has found her killing her father in a feverish horrifying bloodbath turned incestuous as Dad's sister joins in . . .
And a yawning St. Louis suburb across the state has been awakened in this horrifying hungry passion when Reverend Warren MacDonald loses his wife to an unknown stranger who brings her an hour of ecstasy and a grisly death . . . and now, as the mystery horror grows in exploding screams, Warren and Emily join with a Bible thumping holy roller minister with a horrid secret and stand against a hideous vampire and the legion of followers he is building . . .
And a yawning St. Louis suburb across the state has been awakened in this horrifying hungry passion when Reverend Warren MacDonald loses his wife to an unknown stranger who brings her an hour of ecstasy and a grisly death . . . and now, as the mystery horror grows in exploding screams, Warren and Emily join with a Bible thumping holy roller minister with a horrid secret and stand against a hideous vampire and the legion of followers he is building . . .
- GenresHorror
272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 3, 1990
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April 20, 2024
I've been using Ron Dee novels as examples of what not to do so that I can educate myself when writing good novels. This is not only inspired by my desire to explore as much of both good and bad writing as I can, but is also inspired by a Quentin Tarantino quote making the point that hating bad movies (or books in this instance) is pointless. Most Ron Dee novels are absolute trash, and I was expecting trash with this novel, but I actually KIND OF enjoyed it.
Here we see an early effort of Ron Dee making an effort to put together an active plot. And yes, this plot follows the basic rules of vampire vs. religion storytelling, and leaves room for a little erotica. But there's significantly less erotica than before, and the vampire dialogue is disturbing in the horrific Stephen King way, and not the pervy way most Ron Dee novels go for. And the prose? Actually quite decent. I'm a speed reader, and I got through this in one day, but I took some time to enjoy the prose just out of respect for the fact that Ron Dee actually HAS skill. Too bad he doesn't use it often enough.
Basically, Blood Lust is still vampire fodder for vampire fodder fans, but it boasts some of Ron Dee's best writing. This is the only one of his novels I'd currently recommend. Typical plot, OK characters and good dialogue and prose for the most part.
Here we see an early effort of Ron Dee making an effort to put together an active plot. And yes, this plot follows the basic rules of vampire vs. religion storytelling, and leaves room for a little erotica. But there's significantly less erotica than before, and the vampire dialogue is disturbing in the horrific Stephen King way, and not the pervy way most Ron Dee novels go for. And the prose? Actually quite decent. I'm a speed reader, and I got through this in one day, but I took some time to enjoy the prose just out of respect for the fact that Ron Dee actually HAS skill. Too bad he doesn't use it often enough.
Basically, Blood Lust is still vampire fodder for vampire fodder fans, but it boasts some of Ron Dee's best writing. This is the only one of his novels I'd currently recommend. Typical plot, OK characters and good dialogue and prose for the most part.
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