A review by squidxiii
The Brink by James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth

1.0

I received a copy of Brink included in the My coffee and a book club subscription. The theme of the box is supposed to be horror. Brink isn’t a horror story it’s a international thriller with monsters. Brink the sequel to awakening. Which means that getting brink in a box subscription is getting the second book in a series. I don’t know why the authors would want readers to start the story on the se one book rather than the first, and also be included in a horror box when the book isn’t a horror story but a thriller. The story is interesting and follows a global response to a terrorist using monsters to get 2% of each countries yearly income. Nothing is particularly scary or horrific in the book. The origin of the monsters isn’t explained much in Brink, I assume much of the background for characters was included in the first book. It’s unfortunate that book was included in the subscription box. Feels like a way to recoup losses when’s box doesn’t sell well. Over all the book is an interesting thriller. But I was not expecting to get a thriller when I subscribed to horror. The book isn’t scary, character development is extremely thin. Again the book starts in the middle of a story, where some characters have backstories we’re probably included in the first book. Biggest problem with the story is the absolute blandness of the characters and their motivations. What confused me the most was why the monsters have telekinetic powers at all. I mean their monsters that act like animals hunting and killing. But someone know when to freeze the bad guy and stop the world from blowing up. What’s the point of all the characters running all over the world when the monsters would stop the mad scientist all on their own. Huge plot and logic gaps in this story. I also find it frustrating that the what they monsters look like isn’t described much in this book. They have claws and tails and black skin. That’s it.