Review: Blood Tithe II. Fantastic Series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 23, 2013
Ok. I have to admit it. It has been over twenty years since I slipped, but this time, this time, it really wasn't my fault.I know. I consumed the first free blood sample, it was my choice and no one made me do it. I take full responsibility for that episode.However, I'm blaming him for the other three slips and right now he has left me hungering for the 5th. Madness. Yes it is and I know it. He told me it was Madness and I know he is telling the truth.Still, I wake up every morning since I finished the 4th, aching to know the full story, wanting closure, needing just to know what happens next. "Where is the 5th?" I asked him. "Please. Hurry up. I want it now."I guess I should tell you what my weakness is and how I fell off the wagon. Books. My name is Jeanne Marie and I am addicted to good books. I devour them. Twisty, turny books, unique books that stand out from the crowd. If I get ahold of a good book, I won't eat, sleep or talk until I finish it and this time there were four books. I lost ten pounds and I have big blue circles under my eyes.Who is this man, this author?Glenn J. Soucy. He swept me off my feet with Blood Tithe, Blood Tithe II, Blood Tithe III and Blood Tithe IV. I read the free sample of Blood Tithe and as soon as I finished it, I bought those four books. His unique writing style and his unusual characters hooked me instantly.The last time that happened to me was when I read my first Dean Koontz book. I bought one used paperback and as soon as I finished it, I drove right back to the used book store and bought everything they had for sale by Koontz. I now own 90% of everything Koontz has ever written. I have not suggested that any writer could hold a candle to Dean Koontz since that day.However, I will now. Soucy holds his own when compared to Dean Koontz and although I read his four books in four days, I never lost interest. Quite the opposite. I just got in deeper and deeper. I never guessed where he was going with the story or felt any plot slacking or fluffy filler. No shortcuts.Each book was fully developed and fascinating. Each book could be a best seller and each book in the series would make an incredible movie or a season of television and it would be as addicting as "American Horror Story."I am not going to review each book separately because I inhaled them as a whole. I'll just give you a nibble and advise you to go read the free sample.The first book introduces you to Jeremy and his family. Soucy weaves back and forth through Jeremy's life seamlessly. You meet Jeremy as a young teen and then you meet five-year-old Jeremy. He has been sneaking into the woods behind his house by himself and then he brings his best friend Sammy to show him what he found. What five-year-old Jeremy has found is an off-limits military storage site in Maine, a facility that was supposedly closed down years ago.Jeremy falls through the ground and lands in slimy, brown and green water, water polluted with enough chemicals to change his life forever."Without warning the ground cracked loudly and opened up, swallowing me into a dark pit."Against the odds, he survives. Doesn't look so cute anymore but, he survives. Everything is not going to be okay. That's it. That's all I'm going to tell you.If you want to stay in bed reading for four days, buy this series. I can promise you one thing. You will not regret your purchase. After gulping down the free sample on Kindle, I would have bought all four books in hardcover at full price. Blood Tithe V? Hurry up Glenn!