Review: I wouldn't recommend this even to Mr. Dark
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2012
Goodreads Description- Matt seeks out a paranoid visionary who claims to have defeated an entity just like Mr. Dark. His quest takes him deep into the Michigan woods ? and into a bloody siege between warring, paramilitary factions in James Daniels? THE BEAST WITHIN. In Jude Hardin's FIRE AND ICE, Matt is trapped inside an industrial plant during a deadly shooting rampage. As the body count rises, the cunning Mr. Dark raises the stakes to horrifying new heights, putting thousands of lives at risk. Matt is working security on the midway in Bill Crider's CARNIVAL OF DEATH. But when violence breaks out and a fake fortune teller's dark prophecies suddenly begin coming true, Matt knows that Mr. Dark has arrived and it's not for the cotton candy? Buckle up...this is big ticket horror!?Ok so I read this book for a challenge.  I wanted to pick a random book with an author name of William or any form of that name.  So I searched my Williams, closed my eyes, and picked.  Wow...I couldn't possibly have picked a worse book.  First of all it is Volume 3 and I haven't read the books that come before this so I had no idea what the hell was going on.  However that isn't the books fault....its mine so that didn't effect anything other than if you want to read this series I would say start from the beginning.  Secondly the book just opened with no introduction whatsoever.  No reintroductions to characters or previous happenings.  So again that led to confusion for me.  Mr. Dark is not really explained at all except at the end when we learn that he is some kind of evil force that has attached itself to Matt Axton, the protagonist, and bad sh*t happens when Mr. Dark is around.  Third, I my humble opinion, there was just too much over the top gore.  It got to start feeling like a filler and some of it was quite distastful.  Not that I am a prude or can't stand violence, this just seemed like too much.  Also the protagonist name....Matt Axton is an alias.  I have no idea what his real name is or what happened to him other than that he is dead....I think?!?  As for his last name, Axton, he carries around an ax in his duffel bag to deal with Mr. Dark.I have to ask why do people pay for such crappy plots and horrible writing??  It jumped all over the place, which might be because it is co-authored, but still, there are a lot of co-written books out there that can do a much more passable job than this.So in summary, if you like super cheesy plotlines and lots of needless gore read this book from the BEGINNING of the series.  However, I wouldn't recommend it even to Mr. Dark!  1 star.  AVOID THIS BOOK!