Review: A grusome edge of your seat story!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2013
This review first appeared on Books i View.Shadow of Wrath is one disturbing and gruesome story. Let me just warn you this book is not for everyone especially for those with queasy stomachs as there are many detailed fight scenes with lots of gore. I should also mention is that this is a YA book with mature elements and is definitely something boys/guys would love. No sappy love story or sparkly vampires in this one!Despite the grisly plotline I still found myself sitting on the edge of my seat and rooting for Dog during these fight to the death matches. It took me a while to get over the sheer volume of kids dying in this book and how they died. But once I did I was hooked to the story and kept on turning those pages as fast as I could.Patricks managed to create the best worst villain ever. I mean this guy Ryker in the book was just plain evil, no if's and's or but's about it. He was the most sadistic evil horrifying character I have ever read and I loved hating him at every turn of the page.What I didn't like much about this book was the first half of the went way too slow and then when you think the story is finally going somewhere you skip two years into the future. What happened during those two years? How did these characters develop under these horrid conditions?What I loved about this book was it was horrifying, haunting and just different from anything I've ever read before.In the end this was a good read. It has lots of gore and a sad ending, you have been warned! I would recommend this to read, especially to teen boys.