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Blood Beast puts
readers back
into modern
day, about 1000
years after
where
Bec left
off. It is
another Grubbs
Grady novel, so
the ongoing
storyline is the
constant
awareness that
something inside
Grubbs is
changing…and it
has absolutely
nothing to do
with the
hormones of a 15
year old guy.
The Grady family
lycanthropic
curse has
claimed every
member of the
Grady bloodline
before they’ve
reached their
prime. Grubbs
has always been
aware that his
time is possibly
limited, but
he’s been in
more immediate
danger facing
Lord Loss and
his minions,
making
werewolfism seem
like no big
deal. The fear
and possibility
that he has the
curse returns in
Blood Beast
— Grubbs is
feeling
something waking
inside of him,
something
causing him to
walk in his
sleep, to have
lucid dreams of
carnage and the
hosts of hell.
He’s becoming an
animal.
Readers are
held in Shan’s
grip, kept in a
state of
constant
pressure even
though a good
chunk of
Blood Beast
takes place on
the earthly
plain. We are
treated to more
details
concerning
Grubbs’ daily
life at school —
friends, girls,
teachers, etc.
For a while, one
may even forget
they’re reading
about a guy who
has
witnessed more
of hell’s fury
than Sam and
Dean Winchester
(yes, I’m a
Supernatural
mark!). Worry
not — in
Blood Beast,
exciting
discoveries invite
more death
and a character
from
Slawter (book
three). A figure
from Grubbs’ and
Dervish’s past
comes to Carcery
Vale whose
motives will
remain unclear
to all of us.
This volume’s
end will have
American readers
contemplating
paying the
shipping cost to
have book six,
Demon Apocalypse,
sent from
across the pond.
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