Overview;
In a fog David Rucker awakens in a wet dark pool of carnage. Slowly his mind he makes sense of the images
and sensations around him. The body
parts belong to his in-laws, and he does not know how this happened.
“A spray of blood and bone fragments sailed over the
partition and splashed on the sizzling oven…”
Review;
Bryan Smith has created a visceral tale of seduction. The seduction is not of a sexual nature, but
to live a life without conscience or guilt. The vampire Narcisa has offered an existence without the pains of
guilt, and David has accepted.
Bloodrush
begins with David in a pool of carnage, and then as he remembers how he came to his current location, the
reader joins David on this journey.
Smith’s
writing follows in the splatterpunk tradition, and the story is stronger for
it. Cutaways from the violence would
lessen the impact of David’s emotional changes. Despite the graphic unrelenting
violence Smith never loses the sense of his characters in this bloody mess.
Bloodrush
also connects the appeal of violence as a manner to feel powerful and in
control. This is a basic psychological premise
that is rarely explored in violent literature.
In the End;
Bryan Smith’s Bloodrush is an elegantly straightforward
horror tale of the seductive appeal of power.
The reader joins David Rucker on his journey from average decent human
being to vile narcissistic creature.
Smith never cheats the reader and still manages to create terrific plot
twists. The end was perfect and added immensely
to the entire reading experience.
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