Review: Reviewed by Read2Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2013
The story begins in a bar where Charlie, the MC, is reflecting on the dire last days of his parents' lives. When I first started reading I thought `okay another character-building story where man sees hot woman sitting in the bar across the way and man then decides to approach woman for quickie sex. Boy was I wrong! Right about the time I read this sentence: "He was an angel of no mercy" I knew I was in for a special kind of reading treat.The next few paragraphs validate my thinking. And I begin to fear for the three women that have been targeted in the book. Plus, being a sucker for gorgeous writing (at least one or two metaphors here and there) I was totally sucked into this brief story. The author has a skillful way of foreshadowing brutality without giving too much away as he did in this sentence: "The sheep herded into their casket." at this point in the story, I was screaming at the women, telling them to watch out.After that, the story goes the path of true old-fashioned horror. Not terror, but gut wrenching, gives you chills horror. This is not a story for the faint of heart. The only thing I didnt really like was the length. True, Charlie wasn't just evil without a cause, but I'd like to have had the chance to find out what happens after the ending scene. If you're going to read horror then you should be aware that sometimes endings aren't always tidy and clean on either the physical or the emotional level. This isn't fantasy. This is a story that explores the darkest side of the human mind. And sometimes that means a not very happy ending.I'd recommend this short story to any horror fan. 4-stars.