Succulent Prey (Leisure Fiction)
by Wrath James White
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Author: Wrath James WhiteEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12
ISBN: 0843961643
Number of pages: 307
Publisher: Leisure Books
Book Reviews of Succulent Prey (Leisure Fiction)
Book Review: I Still Haven't Stopped Thinking About It.
Summary: 5 Stars
I finished reading this book last year and I still haven't stopped thinking about it. I'd been hearing about Wrath and his work on and off over the last year or so, read his blog a few times and have been meaning to read his work. You know how that one goes. Luckily, the fine folks at Leisure made this one a Featured Book for December, saving me from at least a few hours of peaceful sleep.
Succulent Prey is Wrath's first release through Leisure books, though it made its debut through Bloodletting Press. Joe Miles was victimized by a serial sex killer as a child and was the sole survivor of the madman's crimes. He himself develops deviant tendencies and, as a college student, develops a theory that the predatory nature of serial killers is transmitted like a virus. During his search for the source of his `infection' he becomes a blood-crazed, insane cannibal. And that description doesn't even begin to give an idea of what this the book's about.
Succulent Prey made me SQUIRM. There are only two other books that have made me do this. I read horror for FUN. Most of it doesn't scare me one bit; it's just entertaining to read about monsters and killers and such. Makes me feel better about my peaceful, easy life of year-long deployments, time-consuming children, demanding wife and such. This book was entertaining, but at a price. Succulent Prey grabbed me by the throat and squeezed. I wanted to skip through parts. I didn't, but I wanted to. Instead, I just read through them as fast as I could while still getting the effect. And then for some wierd reason, I read over those parts again. I can think about them now and still feel queasy.
Other parts broke my heart. I'm not being hyperbolic about this. The things Wrath's cannibal killer does to a lonely librarian who takes a chance on a younger guy that creeps her out a bit are just awful and couldn't have happened to a more undeserving victim. The relationship between Joe Miles and Alicia is just plain twisted, and how it ends... well, that's the part that kinda hurt a bit to read.
Find a picture of Wrath on his website, MySpace or whatnot. The guy's a pro fighter and HUGE. I have this theory that the best horror books are written about things that might actually scare the writer (this is also why I haven't written a novel yet; I'm still trying to find that subject). If this is true, and Succulent Prey is about what makes Wrath squirm, I wouldn't want to piss this guy off.
Because I have this compulsion towards being fair and balanced in my reviews, I'll point out the only thing that occasionally pulled me out of the twisted environment of Wrath's story: his tendency to switch POV in an instant, during the same scene. As an editor, I can't stand it when writers do that and hopefully Wrath's next release will be as hard-hitting without that one (perceived by myself, at any rate) flaw. But it's definitely not a reason to pass up the book.
If you're jaded by most horror and actually want to feel horrified again from reading a book, pick this one up. Immediately. Without delay. And if you can finish it on Monday without still thinking about it on Friday... check your pulse.
Summary of Succulent Prey (Leisure Fiction)
Could serial killers be victims of a communicable disease? Fifteen years ago, Joseph Miles was attacked by a serial child murderer. He was the only one of the madman?s victims to survive. Now he himself is slowly turning into a killer. He can feel the urges, the burning needs, getting harder and harder to resist. Can anything stop him?or cure him?before he kills the only woman he?s ever loved? Or before he infects someone else?
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