Review: Real life horror with a Matt Shaw Twist
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2014
Matt Shaw does it again in this ‘sort of’ sequel to Art. If you haven’t read Art, what are you doing!? Go out and read it. If for some strange reason you don’t want to read Art, Seed will still work as a standalone novel.Seed is a hard novel to write a synopsis without giving away too much. Our story opens up with something horrible happening but Matt Shaw isn’t going to let us know what was going on right away. The story takes place in multiple flashbacks for our main characters, newlyweds Mark and Becky. Becky has a horrifying secret and these flashbacks take you back to what happened with Becky and afterwards for how this couple deals with it.Seed is a slow burn novel and is different from other books I’ve read from Matt Shaw. As the reader, you are given more and more pieces of the puzzle until the horrifying picture is complete. Mark and Becky are very complex as characters. As I read, I felt kind of dirty and voyeuristic. This couple is dealing with a major problem that could destroy their entire marriage. As with most Shaw books, sometimes the content can be disturbing. There is some gore but most of the disturbing content is in the very dark closed doors conversations between a husband and wife. Worst of all, some of these issues are all too common in the real world. Matt Shaw does a good job and bringing the reality to his horror.As for the whole sequel part, Seed also has another main character that is trying to help this couple. This character was featured in Matt Shaw/Michael Bray’s Art. This is a good follow up for the character to seek redemption since Becky closely resembles……I’ve said too much. Just read the book.I would suggest reading Art, Seed, and Protégé (to be released). Seed isn’t the cat and mouse killer/detective novel that Art is. Art was beginning of this storm. I would say that Seed is the calmer eye of the storm.  When Protégé finally hits, this reader is wondering what destruction will be left in its wake.