Review: Thrilling Paranormal Horror  Novella
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
I read the "Witching House" immediately after reading the free prologue (they call it a prequel but it's not) "The Girl from the Blood Coven."  The story begins with a reasonable medium pace ascension that is necessary for character building then zooms you through a nightmarish and thrilling tale. Granted the premise isn't a particularly original one.  However, Brian infuses the tale with his unique writing style, vision and slightly warped imagination that resulted in a chilling and entertaining literary experience.  The novella is only 103 pages but I was so caught up in the maze of titillating horror, action and suspense that the story actually felt longer.  I must admit that when reading I can become easily bored.  Therefore, if a book is over 500 pages and/or readers' reviews indicate that the pace is slow I generally avoid it like the plague with the exception,of course, of literary epics like the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Game of Thrones Series.  In fact, although I love many movies and series based on Stephen Kings' books, I have never read any of his book because the page length is too long but more importantly even his devout fans say that he is long winded, excessively descriptive and verbose in his writing.  It's really too bad because there are several of his books that I would love to read.Sorry, I digress!  This was a good read and I plan to look up some of Brian's other books as soon as I finish this review.  There  are witches, of course, and other ghastly beasties and There Will Be Blood (sorry, couldn't resist the pun, i.e. the movie of the same title) but interestingly the depictions aren't particularly graphic.  This tale is by no means gory in the usual sense despite being a horror novella also there is little or no profanity.  Although I'm not bother by profanity in books, I know that some readers are.  I high recommend.  Enjoy!