![]() ![]() ![]() That's a bit of how I felt about CHILDREN OF THE DARK, though I think Janz handled that with much more finesse than a lot of horror writers out there. Ostensibly, that's also what creature books are "about" as well, but sometimes the human characters are little more than fodder for the big, bad, "scary" monster. For example, the best ghost stories aren't about the ghosts themselves but about the people who are haunted by them. For me, the story should ALWAYS come first. There's nothing wrong with books about monsters they're just less interesting to me than other types of horror. I dunno if "boring" is the right word, but it's the closest I can come to right now. I tend to like my horror more on the literary or cerebral side, and I often find books about monstrous creatures to be a bit. ![]() This was my first Jonathan Janz book, and while I wasn't blown away by it, I enjoyed it quite a bit anyways. He could read from a phone book and I'd be hooked. My only *complaint* (if you can call it that) is that sometimes he uses the same or similar voice for several characters, but honestly, that's not much of a criticism in my book because having unique voices for EVERY character in a book with a lot of characters is HARD. I could, and frequently do, listen to him speak for hours on end. His voice is interesting and captivating. The narrator, Matt Godfrey, is hands down one of my favorite audiobook narrators. I received a free copy of the audiobook from the audiobook narrator in exchange for an honest review. Great narrator, fun coming-of-age/monster story ![]()
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