The Horror at Pleasant Brook by Kevin Lucia

 

This Halloween, a malevolent, creeping horror invades a small, isolated town nestled deep in the Adirondacks. It cares nothing for this town’s secrets, prejudices, or flaws. Its only desires are to consume everything in its path and spread, until nothing else remains.

It is ancient, pitiless, and unstoppable. It is the horror at Pleasant Brook.

Then:

Lisa Owen just wanted the pain to go away. The loneliness. The ache for children that she will never have. The loss of love, trust, and intimacy that turned her marriage into a shell of what it used to be. What she sets in motion is horrific.

Now:

Squatters living in the old Owen house awaken an evil that had been dormant until Bobby Lee Haskel put on a mask that wouldn't come off. A mask that changed him into something else. Suddenly there are residents of Pleasant Brook going missing, and people are seeing menacing figures skulking around in the most repulsive looking masks.

One young horror movie obsessed teen, and the town's constable have discovered the truth, but they may be too late to save Pleasant Brook and themselves from a fate worse than death.

The Horror at Pleasant Brook is a gory, blood splattery, good time, with a diverse cast of characters, bucket loads of entrails, and suspenseful writing that will have you jumping at shadows and cringing at every unexpected noise. This is a book that I would love to see made into a movie, even though I might have to cover my eyes during the more grisly parts.

4 out of 5 stars

My thanks to Kevin Lucia

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