Lost Souls
Books | Fiction / Horror
4.1
(162)
Poppy Brite
Vampires . . . they ache, they love, they thirst for the forbidden. They are your friends and lovers, and your worst fears.“A major new voice in horror fiction . . . an electric style and no shortage of nerve.”—BooklistAt a club in Missing Mile, N.C., the children of the night gather, dressed in black, look for acceptance. Among them are Ghost, who sees what others do not; Ann, longing for love; and Jason, whose real name is Nothing, newly awakened to an ancient, deathless truth about his father, and himself.Others are coming to Missing Mile tonight. Three beautiful, hip vagabonds—Molochai, Twig, and the seductive Zillah, whose eyes are as green as limes—are on their own lost journey, slaking their ancient thirst for blood, looking for supple young flesh.They find it in Nothing and Ann, leading them on a mad, illicit road trip south to New Orleans. Over miles of dark highway, Ghost pursues, his powers guiding him on a journey to reach his destiny, to save Ann from her new companions, to save Nothing from himself. . . . “An important and original work . . . a gritty, highly literate blend of brutality and sentiment, hope and despair.”—Science Fiction Chronicle
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More Details:
Author
Poppy Brite
Pages
384
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published Date
2010-11-03
ISBN
0307768287 9780307768285
Ratings
Google: 5
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Vicki S.
"Awesome book to"
Alicia Barczak
"{4.75/5}<br/><br/>CW: violence, gore, body horror, some others<br/><br/>In a series that’s felt bloody and gross the whole time, this one came across weirdly sterile by comparison. <br/><br/>It’s been 2 years since the storm that ended the fight in New Orleans, but Victor Frankenstein isn’t dead. And it looks like he’s finally making another move.<br/><br/>There’s only so many ways I can say ‘I love this series’ without it becoming repetitive but, like….I love this series. There’s so much wit and insanity dumped into a story that would otherwise be just extremely creepy. And make no mistake, the series as a whole does ‘creepy’ really well, but this book in particular has embraced the creep factor to the fullest extent. While books 1-3 focused primarily on rage and violence and gore, this one (while still exhibiting plenty of those characteristics) has veered into a more lurking, ‘something’s watching me’ vibe, a la the ‘not deer’ legends we see in some of the U.S. mountain communities. It’s also got a more sci-fi feel than the first books in the series. <br/><br/>If you didn’t need the backstory for the characters that we get in the first three books, I’d almost be inclined to say that this one could start its own series, that’s how different it feels in comparison. And yet, despite the definitively different cause, the book is still a terrifying psychological monster that hits all the right buttons for me. Seriously, if you like these sorts of stories, you’re going to want to get in on this action."
Bevin West
