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Currency Of Souls by Kealan Patrick Burke
5.0
“All of us have been, and will continue to be, slaves, not to God or the Devil, but to ourselves, to our innate need to make things right, to attain what our lives tell us we cannot have, and do not deserve.”
Reading Kealan Patrick Burke is like snuggling in a warm, cozy blanket. Granted, that blanket may come alive and strangle me to death but that's really a chance I'm willing to take. His writing is so familiar, so beautiful, so haunting. He may be categorized as a horror author but he is so much more than that. Currency of Souls is much more than horror; it is an exploration of sin, forgiveness of sin, love, grief, and sacrifice.
I had previously read Saturday Night at Eddie's in Burke's collection of novellas, Milestone, (if you haven't read it, please do. It's amazing) and fell in love with this dying town full of dirty little secrets. I was ecstatic to read Currency of Souls and find my way back to Milestone (as you won't find it on any map). Milestone might just be more messed up than Derry, Maine. It felt like a homecoming to be back at Eddie's with Tom and the gang; given the events that transpired at Eddie's and the train wreck after train wreck that occurred after Eddie's, that may be a weird thing to say. But that's Burke's writing for you - gripping, engaging, it draws you in and doesn't let go nor do you want it to. Throughout the novel, my mind was trying to come to terms with how something can be so beautiful yet so horrific.
There are a lot of moving parts and a fairly large cast of characters but the plot never became muddled and everyone had their place. I honestly don't think the story would have been the same had one character been omitted. I felt the most sympathetic towards Tom and was really rooting for him. However, overall I fell in love with Iris. She has her own story to tell and I'd love for Burke to write it for her!
I would love for there to be more Milestone stories! I really can't get enough of this horrible little town.
YOU ARE LEAVING MILESTONE! HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR STAY! ...IN HELL
Reading Kealan Patrick Burke is like snuggling in a warm, cozy blanket. Granted, that blanket may come alive and strangle me to death but that's really a chance I'm willing to take. His writing is so familiar, so beautiful, so haunting. He may be categorized as a horror author but he is so much more than that. Currency of Souls is much more than horror; it is an exploration of sin, forgiveness of sin, love, grief, and sacrifice.
I had previously read Saturday Night at Eddie's in Burke's collection of novellas, Milestone, (if you haven't read it, please do. It's amazing) and fell in love with this dying town full of dirty little secrets. I was ecstatic to read Currency of Souls and find my way back to Milestone (as you won't find it on any map). Milestone might just be more messed up than Derry, Maine. It felt like a homecoming to be back at Eddie's with Tom and the gang; given the events that transpired at Eddie's and the train wreck after train wreck that occurred after Eddie's, that may be a weird thing to say. But that's Burke's writing for you - gripping, engaging, it draws you in and doesn't let go nor do you want it to. Throughout the novel, my mind was trying to come to terms with how something can be so beautiful yet so horrific.
There are a lot of moving parts and a fairly large cast of characters but the plot never became muddled and everyone had their place. I honestly don't think the story would have been the same had one character been omitted. I felt the most sympathetic towards Tom and was really rooting for him. However, overall I fell in love with Iris. She has her own story to tell and I'd love for Burke to write it for her!
I would love for there to be more Milestone stories! I really can't get enough of this horrible little town.
YOU ARE LEAVING MILESTONE! HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR STAY! ...IN HELL