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A review by beckykphillips
The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Keith Rosson has masterfully woven together all of the threads from Fever House and some fantastic new ones in The Devil by Name. This is an incredible sequel to Fever House taking place 5 years after The Message induces an apocalyptic event via telephone call turning a large portion of the world's population into fevered (zombies). Fever House and The Devil by Name are some of my absolute favorite horror novels. These stories have stuck with me and are absolutely some of the most gruesome novels I've ever read and I will keep coming back for more of his writing.
The careful world building makes everything feel tangible and Rosson's use of multiple narratives results in a well-rounded view of the entire catastrophe. We see the world through everyone from a ragman, an itinerant salesman, to the co-founder of the megacorporation that is attempting to bring civilization back to America. We of course also revisit our main characters from Fever House, Katherine Moriarty and John Bonner. In one particularly memorable scene, John is dropped into a giant mess of fevered in Portland in a bag, and I won't go into more detail but my palms were sweating all the way through that.
I highly recommend this book to any horror lover and could not have dreamed of a better follow up to Fever House. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Random House for the eARC.
The careful world building makes everything feel tangible and Rosson's use of multiple narratives results in a well-rounded view of the entire catastrophe. We see the world through everyone from a ragman, an itinerant salesman, to the co-founder of the megacorporation that is attempting to bring civilization back to America. We of course also revisit our main characters from Fever House, Katherine Moriarty and John Bonner. In one particularly memorable scene, John is dropped into a giant mess of fevered in Portland in a bag, and I won't go into more detail but my palms were sweating all the way through that.
I highly recommend this book to any horror lover and could not have dreamed of a better follow up to Fever House. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Random House for the eARC.