Dempsey's Demise
by A.B. Thomas
Rating: **** (4 stars)
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Paranormal, Horror
Book Length: 104 pages
Dempsey's Demise reads like a prequel to another series. It is a beginning story. The beginning of this story happens to be how Harriott becomes a vampire. Perhaps it would be better to describe her as a hate filled, bitter, vengeful vampire. What else would happen when you are turned at fourteen years old.
This novel will capture your attention and take you for a ride. Although that ride may be more of a freak show or haunted house at a carnival. The story is not for the faint of heart. It is pretty gruesome. While the descriptions themselves are not overdone, leaving my dinner safely in my stomach, it is evident that the author has no qualms about throwing anything gruesome in is novels. It makes for one fantastic story that left me more emotionally involved than I expected. I was hooked - in the same way that you can't stop looking at your festering wound.
I do not usually enjoy a story where I do not relate to the main character. Harriott has major emotional issues. Maybe it wasn't as concerning because she has legitimate excuses for them - not that slaughtering everyone in her path is truly excusable, but it is a vampire novel.
While I enjoyed Dempsey's Demise very much there is sometimes where the person narrating the story would change within the same section. This was confusing and did not add to the story. There were also sections that seemed to switch from showing the story to just telling about it. Usually, it was to sum up longer periods of times but it was a bit jarring. It didn't stop the flow of reading, though. I ended up reading most of the novel in one sitting.
Dempsey's Demise is not a book for everyone. It is something different to pick up if you are into the darker side of Urban Fantasy. The language is pretty clean but the content could be a bit disturbing. It also does contain sex scenes. It flowed with the narration rather than dominating the story and were not erotica graphic.
***This book was given to me for free in exchange for an honest review.***
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