I'm not really sure how to classify the third book, Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A.E. Moorat. It caught my eye while browsing through the books at QPBC and I planned to get it for my daughter, more as a joke than anything else. Once it arrived, I decided to read it myself.
Not to be taken seriously, it is an entertaining story filled with blood, gore, entrails and plenty of zombies (revenants), wearwolves and demons. There are exciting battles with fancy weapons, horrifying tools of torture in the depths of the Tower, a creepy visit to Bedlam and an outrageous occurance in the House of Commons. Despite all this, it doesn't completely stray from historical accuracy. It left me wanting to do a little more research to see just what truth there was (aside from the fantasy of members of the Royal Family being demon/human half breeds!).
If you don't mind a little horror, especially with a good dose of humor mixed in... I would recommend this book for something different.
8 comments:
Wow, Kelly, you've really been mixing it up! All the books you mentioned sound great. I'm going to add them to my list. Ray and my oldest sister love horror & sci-fi, too. Blessings!
Eww, I dislike horror books. I am currently reading a 1943 oldie "science fiction" if it can be called that... "Perelandra" by C S Lewis.
Marion, bet your family would like the these, especially the first two (if they don't mind the profanity).
WhiteStone...I read C.S.Lewis' "sci-fi" trilogy when I was in college and loved them. I'm thinking 'Perelandra' was the second. Did you also read 'Out of the Silent Planet'?
There seems to be a lot of these books around, historical fiction with a fairly modern, horror element added to them. I'm really looking forward to reading Queen Victoria. I can only hope I find it more enjoyable than Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Reading your review I'm sure I will.
Well, now, those certainly sound juicy and compelling!!!
Icky. Horror and Queen Victoria. Vampire books.
I don't like sushi either. I'm not "current". :)
quid
Kelly,
Although I appreciated your post,
I think that the blood, gore and entrails combined with Queen Victoria
would seriously turn me off from
reading this title.
Raven
I actually have "Infected" on my bookshelves ... I've had it on there for a long time. Maybe I'll bump it up now!
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