Book Title: Blood Lasts Forever by Jeff Gunhus
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 256 pages
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Seven Guns Press
Release date: November 2024
Content Rating: R. Blood Lasts Forever is a psychological thriller with supernatural elements and similar to a Stephen King novel. While not gratuitous, the story centers on an act of violence that could be disturbing to some. Could be PG-13 + M or R.
Not every death is a tragedy.
When fifteen-year-old Wyatt Bucks is found dead in the Sagasett River, the small town of Chambers breathes a collective sigh of relief. Wyatt was a troubled youth, feared and despised by many. But his death, deemed an accident by the local sheriff, leaves a chilling legacy that will haunt the town for decades.
Twenty years later, Mitch Ansel, now a middle school teacher, receives a call that resurrects the nightmares of his past. Alongside his old friends, the Fab Five, Mitch is forced to confront the dark secret they’ve buried for years—a secret that ties them to Wyatt’s death.
As the friends reunite at a remote cabin, they must navigate a web of deceit, fear, and violence. Each carries scars from the past, but none are prepared for the revelations that await them. Mitch’s terrifying visions of Wyatt and the relentless pull of their shared guilt threaten to unravel their lives and sanity.
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Review: Ever since high school, the Fab Five swore to never tell a secret. Now they all must meet again.
The Fab Five, now adults, were meeting at a remote cabin. Right away, this storyline grabs you from the start—literally from page 1. It gets you intrigued, especially when trying to figure out what this secret was.
In the beginning, we get the stories of individual characters—some part of the Fab Five in the present, some part of the Fab Five in the past it seemed, and some were even students, I think. To be honest, it really wasn’t too clear at times. Stories kind of went in different directions and my mind was spinning with questions. What was this big secret? Did the Fab Five murder Wyatt? But then how is Wyatt alive in some chapters? When was the Fab Five going to reach the cabin already? This wasn’t quite what I was expecting. It was mostly reminiscing and harping over the “murder” for a good chunk of the book. It started off well, but then it started going downhill. I really didn’t care for that dissected cat scene. I guess I was just expecting something different, something more exciting.
Still, this was a fairly nice read.
Rating:
3 stars
Jeff Gunhus is the USA TODAY bestselling author of thriller and horror novels for adults and the middle grade/YA series, The Templar Chronicles. The first book, Jack Templar Monster Hunter, was written in an effort to get his reluctant reader eleven-year-old son excited about reading. It worked and a new series was born. His books for adults have reached the Top 30 on Amazon, have been recognized as Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalists, Kirkus Top 100 Indie Books, and reached the USA TODAY bestseller list. As a father of five, he leads an active life in Maryland with his wife Nicole by trying to keep up with their kids. In rare moments of quiet, he can be found in the back of Old Fox Books in Annapolis, working on his next novel, or on JeffGunhus.com.
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Sounds like a great read. Reminds me of the movie “I know what you did last summer”.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your fascinating book Jeff.
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