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A review by deearr
Night-Blooded Boys by Sam Witt
4.0
The third installment of the Pitchfork County novels picks up the tale of Night Marshal Joe Hark and his family. Although author Sam Witt includes references to the back-story, this novel may be read independently from the rest of the series.
Hark is once again challenged by the monsters of the night, straining his talents and efforts and requiring the help of his family to even have a chance of winning. This is classic horror meshed with the modern-day procedures of fracking. More than crude oil is being brought to the surface, and evil threatens to make Pitchfork County its base and expand from there.
The pace is steady through the first half of the book before taking off like a rocket at the end. Pacing in the beginning is acceptable as a new character is introduced and Hark’s family allows us access to their thoughts, thus clearing the way for the action to take center stage. As usual, Mr. Witt offers pulse-pounding scene after scene, delivering what his readers have come to expect: a ton of descriptive action and visceral passages that cling to you long after you stop reading.
This book is not for everyone. If you are not a fan of horror and do not like novels filled with violence, Pitchfork County is not the place you want to visit. The author writes with a heaping helping of grit, and vulgarities abound. While I would expect his characters to speak in the manner they do, if language offends you, be warned.
Although this book did not grab me the same way as “Half-Made Girls” and the scare-a-minute “Ghost Hunters,” this is a solid effort and worth your time. There is a teaser at the end inviting readers to Joe Hark’s next challenge, but “Night-Blooded Boys” does not contain a cliffhanger and has af definite ending. Also included is a link to a free copy of the fourth Pitchfork County installment (a novella), “Witch Hunt.” Anyway you slice it, horror fans can’t go wrong with this book. Four stars.
Hark is once again challenged by the monsters of the night, straining his talents and efforts and requiring the help of his family to even have a chance of winning. This is classic horror meshed with the modern-day procedures of fracking. More than crude oil is being brought to the surface, and evil threatens to make Pitchfork County its base and expand from there.
The pace is steady through the first half of the book before taking off like a rocket at the end. Pacing in the beginning is acceptable as a new character is introduced and Hark’s family allows us access to their thoughts, thus clearing the way for the action to take center stage. As usual, Mr. Witt offers pulse-pounding scene after scene, delivering what his readers have come to expect: a ton of descriptive action and visceral passages that cling to you long after you stop reading.
This book is not for everyone. If you are not a fan of horror and do not like novels filled with violence, Pitchfork County is not the place you want to visit. The author writes with a heaping helping of grit, and vulgarities abound. While I would expect his characters to speak in the manner they do, if language offends you, be warned.
Although this book did not grab me the same way as “Half-Made Girls” and the scare-a-minute “Ghost Hunters,” this is a solid effort and worth your time. There is a teaser at the end inviting readers to Joe Hark’s next challenge, but “Night-Blooded Boys” does not contain a cliffhanger and has af definite ending. Also included is a link to a free copy of the fourth Pitchfork County installment (a novella), “Witch Hunt.” Anyway you slice it, horror fans can’t go wrong with this book. Four stars.