Review: This is not a children's story... unless you want to give them nightmares!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2013
Review originally featured on Bookluvrs Haven.This is a horror novella.That's right.This is not a kid's story. Not unless you want to give your kids nightmares when they go to sleep at night.It should have given ME nightmares!Lucretia enters a nightmarish land where one of her allies is a girl with no jaw. (I was actually going to post a pic to illustrate, but my stomach turned when I did a google search. I will spare you that and just leave it to your imagination.... It's too damn gross. I was trying to eat a sandwich too...)There are also dangerous zombie like guys that run around chasing her as she searches for her best friend, Sunny, who mysteriously disappears. Meet the Kroons. Not nice to meet you.Throw in some flying rats that will tear you to pieces, and weird landscapes, and it feels like our girl Lucretia is on a horrible acid trip.And to summarize..... Why haven't I heard of this author before now? I would definitely pick up another of his books.His level of originality and creativity didn't go unnoticed. And for all the dark imagery and characters, it was actually surprisingly touching. Because Lucretia is really hurting over her best friend's terminal illness. I shed a few tears, I will admit, as Lucretia fought to find Sunny in this nightmarish land, and fought equally hard not to let her go.Were the Kroons and this horrid land real? Or a young girl's imagination fueled by her intense emotional struggle with potentially losing her best friend? You are going to have to brave this book to find out."Being young doesn't protect you. Horrors come for kids, too."How very truthful that saying is, in 'Lucretia and the Kroons', and in real life.*I received a eBook copy of this book for free to review from the author/publisher; this in no way influenced my review, all opinions are 100% honest and my own.*