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A review by michael_benavidez
Consumed - Volume 1: An Extreme Horror Anthology. by Kyle M. Scott
5.0
Here is a book that pours gallons of blood on you without apology. And yet leaves room to feel sympathy, and disgust, hope, and unrelenting bloodlust for the characters painted in each story. There are four, each with their own specific voice, and each with their own lifting of dread.
While the pages are soaked in blood, that isn't to say that it is just blood for the sake of blood. Each story is constructed beautifully to match the outcome, and detailed in ways that allows the reader to understand everything. In some of the stories, he gives the full horror of the blood letting, and in others he leaves it to the imagination of the reader. Each story is handled with care as though they are built from their own and not forced to fit a certain style.
While the pages are soaked in blood, that isn't to say that it is just blood for the sake of blood. Each story is constructed beautifully to match the outcome, and detailed in ways that allows the reader to understand everything. In some of the stories, he gives the full horror of the blood letting, and in others he leaves it to the imagination of the reader. Each story is handled with care as though they are built from their own and not forced to fit a certain style.