Review: Old-School Horror Reinvented
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
Jane is a photography model who has just found out that she is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend. While she makes plans to seclude herself from the modeling world during her pregnancy, she accepts a job as the model for a book cover, portraying the author's mother. But something strange happens during the shoot, and her own personality begins to alter. While the child inside of her grows, she tries to uncover what connection the book's author has to the strange events happening to her.This is the second book by Gary Fry that I have read, the other being Lurker, and in both he shows a gift for bringing his female main characters alive and sympathetic to the reader. I especially liked the character of Jane in this book, and she is set into a very compelling story that builds in suspense. If I have one criticism of Menace, it would be the ending, which, although good and satisfyingly unequivocal, reminded me a little too much of many horror movie endings that I have seen (one in particular). Jane's reaction to what happens may be the one unique factor there. Still, I like Gary Fry's writing style and enjoyed reading it.