Review: Matt Drabble has a gift of horror storytelling!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
Abra-Cadaver is the third book by Matt Drabble that I have read. While I thoroughly enjoyed Gated and Asylum-13 Tales of Terror, I have to say, he really knocked my socks off with this book. Abra-Cadaver is about a group of 12-year-old friends celebrating their friend Tommy's birthday and anxiously awaiting the arrival of the party's entertainment - a magician! The curious kids find themselves snooping around the magician's van and messing with his equipment. What unravels is a magic trick gone wrong and a dead magician's assistant. The kids are emotionally scarred by the incident and go their separate ways. The magician is sent off to prison and then to a psychiatric facility.Matt Drabble has written a brilliant tale of greed, horror, and revenge. He catapults readers into the thrilling story with the magician's escape from the mental ward and deadly journey to seek revenge on the town that sabotaged his trial and threw him to the wolves. As the dead bodies pile up, the group of friends are battling to stay alive.I was impressed with the thick plot and never-ending action. Just when you think you have an idea of "what, who, and why," Drabble drops another surprise in your lap. I couldn't put the book down until the very last page. Abra-Cadaver is well written, nail-biting, funny, and will not disappoint fans of the horror and thriller genre. I give this 5 stars all day long!