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Kin
by Kealan Patrick Burke
Confrontation is usually where the fear ends. Confrontation is where minds meet, conversations happens, realities are understood and peace is brokered. Burke's book opens with the bilious scene of Clare escaping from torture and cannibalistic defeat. At once we are awed by the grim bleakness, the pale colorless scenery and the overriding grip of maniacs salivating to tear her asunder.
Kin hooks you with a premise, where a lot of horror books end. The characters are charged up, and emotionally intense, and descriptively brilliant. Burke's vocabulary is gorgeous, flowing in a very rich and involving way.
Horror generally has a way of reducing us to our most basic emotions - fear, restlessness, and jumpiness. Burke elevates the genre, filling in a brutally moving story that is charged at every turn.
Kin hooks you with a premise, where a lot of horror books end. The characters are charged up, and emotionally intense, and descriptively brilliant. Burke's vocabulary is gorgeous, flowing in a very rich and involving way.
Horror generally has a way of reducing us to our most basic emotions - fear, restlessness, and jumpiness. Burke elevates the genre, filling in a brutally moving story that is charged at every turn.