They Feed by Jason Parent REVIEWED

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yesssssssss.

They Feed is exactly the kind of book I want to read. It's books like this that make me incredibly stoked to run this blog. I can't really see any reason why this won't make my best of 2018 list.

I've read Jason Parent before, just a few months ago, with the Bloodshot Books re-release of his debut, What Hides Within. That novel showed promise and They Feed, while an entirely different book, delivers on that promise.

This is a balls-to-the-wall, fat free, straight up, creature feature that cuts to the chase immediately and never once looks back.

Exactly the books I needed, at exactly the right time. No huge literary twists, no flowery prose, no try-hard bullshit. Lean, mean, gory, creature filled fun with all the right fixings.

I loved it. And I'm confident just about anyone, who's expecting (and enjoys) this type of thrill ride experience, will love it too. Slow burn types, need not apply.

It's clear that Parent is an author who has cinematic influence, as that is what permeates his writing, and the result is a perfectly presented love letter to films like Night of the Creeps, Evil Dead, and the best segment of Creepshow 2, The Raft.

The plot is easily engaging, simple to follow, but zesty enough to keep the reader on their toes. Tyler has spent six years in prison for manslaughter on account of a hunting accident at a Kansas State Park. But Tyler and, soon, a slew of others, find out, first hand, he's not the killer. Something else is...and they feed. On human flesh of course.

Throw in a strong, vengeful heroine, a bunch of people who you can't wait to see bite it and just enough atmosphere to keep it interesting...you've got a winning mix.

I can't possibly endorse a book more. They Feed is out now from Sinister Grin Press and you need to buy a copy. Do so here. Now. Now. Now.

A definite 5/5.

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