Review: Solid.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2011
Kealan Patrick Burke, <strong>Underneath</strong> (Amazon Digital Services, 2010)One can't really call <em>Underneath</em> a horror story, per se, not like most of Burke's stuff; this is more a romance story gone horribly, horribly wrong. Collegiate loser asks horribly scarred girl out on a date after being put up to it by the jocks, finds out he actually likes her and, well, you've read this story before, but Burke tacks on an ending that twists the knife just that much more. As is usual with Burke, what carries the story is his writing, crisp and shiny and with just that subtle undertone of wit that makes everything hurt a little bit more. Quite likable, if painful to read. ***