Review: Failed to deliver
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2012
As first novels go, it wasn't completely horrible.  Actually had potential that I felt it failed to live up to.  Started out as a Revolutionary War era version of "Pet Semetary," with echoes of "'Salem's Lot" later on.  That said, no where near as good as King.Poor editing resulted in more than a little confusion while reading, plus pulling the reader out of the story.  There doesn't seem to be a lot of impetus for a number of things in the book, other than the author apparently saying to himself, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if....?"  What characterization there is tends to be flat/stereotypical with characters coming and going as needed.  Only truly developed character was Major Pomeroy, and even he was mostly a stereotype.For a period piece, it just didn't give a real feel for the time...a little about loading muskets and conflict between the British and colonists that felt genuine, but that was it.I see that the author has another period set horror novel...mildly tempted to check it out based on the potential I saw in this book, but probably won't.