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Lesser Dead
Lesser Dead | Christopher Buehlman
Christopher Buehlman's Those Across the River delivered "an unsettling brew of growing menace spiked with flashes of genuine terror."* Now, the World Fantasy Award-nominated author stakes a bloody claim on vampire mythology... The secret is, vampires are real and I am one. The secret is, I'm stealing from you what is most truly yours and I'm not sorry... New York City in 1978 is a dirty, dangerous place to live. And die. Joey Peacock knows this as well as anybody--he has spent the last forty years as an adolescent vampire, perfecting the routine he now enjoys: womanizing in punk clubs and discotheques, feeding by night, and sleeping by day with others of his kind in the macabre labyrinth under the city's sidewalks. The subways are his playground and his highway, shuttling him throughout Manhattan to bleed the unsuspecting in the Sheep Meadow of Central Park or in the backseats of Checker cabs, or even those in their own apartments who are too hypnotized by sitcoms to notice him opening their windows. It's almost too easy. Until one night he sees them hunting on his beloved subway. The children with the merry eyes. Vampires, like him...or not like him. Whatever they are, whatever their appearance means, the undead in the tunnels of Manhattan are not as safe as they once were. And neither are the rest of us. WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S BEST HORROR NOVEL OF THE YEAR *New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson
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Nalbuque
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Wow I didn‘t expect to like this book as much as I did. Loved the plot and “side stories”, interesting ending, and a great mix of light humor and darker topics throughout

TheLudicReader I read this book a few months ago and absolutely loved it. So glad to see someone else has read and enjoyed it. 11mo
Nalbuque @TheLudicReader this was actually a free book with an audible membership (they convinced me to go back for a dif free book *sigh*)… and honestly, I can‘t wait to read more of him! 11mo
Reggie I felt so stupid in the end of this book. He tells you in the very beginning not to trust him and then I forgot. Lol, I loved this book and his other books are great. Not many people have 1 great vampire book and this guy has 2. 11mo
Nalbuque @Reggie oh yeah!! What do you rec reading next from him? 11mo
Reggie The Suicide Motor Club, Between Two Fires, and Across the River are all good. 11mo
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JoeMo
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Hot damn…this was the first time in forever I got completely lost in a book. This officially replaces Bunnicula as my favorite vampire book! 🤷‍♂️😜 This built well on vampire lore with the author putting his own creative spin on things. This had a creepy,engaging plot and the author did well with creating interesting characters and with world-building. Oh and those last two chapters and ending!😵😂 I‘ll be reading a ton more Buehlman! 4.5/5

TheSpineView Fantastic 1y
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🦇🧡 1y
Addison_Reads I loved this one too. Great review. 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
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JoeMo
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Another form my TBR….This is a story about vampires in NYC in the late 1970s! I‘m not much of a vampire fan but want to give this a try after being impressed by Between Two Fires.

#scarathlondailyprompts #vampire #scarathlon #teammonstermash
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StayCurious cool cover! 1y
Reggie It‘s sooo good! And he has another vampire book just as good. 1y
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TheLudicReader
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If vampires are your thing, this book is a winner: gruesome, creepy, funny and heartbreaking. I loved it.
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤📚 🧛🏻‍♂️ 2y
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Angeles
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My spooky October read. So far a great audio book and a crazy love letter to NYC and its subway, with a lot of bloodshed and attitude 👍

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TheLudicReader
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I loved this story of 14-year-old Joey Peacock, a vampire in 1978 NYC. He lives with a group of vampires in the subway tunnels and they have rules about how they conduct themselves. Then a new gang of vampires show up and they are not rule followers. At all. This book is funny, gross, and sad. I loved it.

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TheLudicReader
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#sorrynotsorry #bookhaul All for school except for tagged book.

valeriegeary 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y
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Addison_Reads
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Catching up on some reviews.

I highly recommend this book to any fans of dark, bloody books full of vampires. You won't find sparkly vampires in this one though, but you will find one hell of a plot twist at the end.

BookMaven9 Try those who cross the river as well by this author. This one is really good too. 3y
Reggie OMG, what kills me is in the first paragraph he tells you AND I still felt like a dumbass for thinking oh that‘s nice he and that girl go to California. Lololol and then you find out nope that‘s not what happened. Those kid vampires were horrible!!! I loved this book and glad you enjoyed it! 3y
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AudiobookingWithLeah
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This book is dark & bloody, with scary-ass vampires.

Joey Peacock, what a dandy name for a blood-sucking vampire, his wit and candor rival that of Damon Salvatore.

If you think you've conceived vampires in every possible way...and this couldn't add anything to the genre...you're wrong.

See my full review here: https://audiobookingwithleah.blogspot.com/2020/10/audiobook-review-lesser-dead.h...

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Jadams89
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Holy plot twist, Batman!!! I wasn‘t too sure about this book, but the last 1/4 reached out and grabbed me!

Now I‘m enjoying #TeamHarkness appropriate beer while I start The Wicked Deep.

+176 #Scarathlon2020 #Screamathon2020 #Gothtober #ReadLikeHellathon #AnUnfortunateReadathon

Clwojick WHAAA! I want to try that beer! 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Thank you for reminding me to make a trip to the store to see what seasonal brews I can find. 3y
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Reggie
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We follow Joey Peacock, a perpetually 14 yo looking vampire, in late 1970‘s NYC as he tells us about his family of vampires who live in abandoned subway tunnels. How his community goes on high alert when they discover these new on the block vampire children who threaten their exposure. This was well written. NYC is a huge character in here with plenty of tendrils into history that had me googling things. Even though I felt like I got slapped 👇🏼

Reggie in the face by the end of this book, it is still very much a pick! (edited) 4y
Cathythoughts Amazing cover & picture 4y
vivastory I will definitely be checking this out! 4y
vivastory I watched a reading over zoom moderated by Buehlman a few weeks ago. Katsu, Tremblay, Malerman and more read. It was pretty remarkable! They said they will be doing more in the future, if I find out the info I'll tag you 4y
Reggie @vivastory pls do!! I think you would like this. 4y
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Reggie
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So far, this book about a gaggle of vampires living underneath the NYC subway system in the late 1970‘s is kinda wonderful.

purpleshelfclub I really love that quote! 4y
Rissreads Fantastic quote! ❤️ 4y
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LitDrivenGirl
The Lesser Dead | Christopher Buehlman
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"As much F. Scott Fitzgerald as Dean Koontz." -Patricia Briggs || I was looking up which Patricia Briggs books my library app had & this came up. I've never read Koontz or F. Scott (though I know the tone of the latter enough to know it when I hear it). Buehlman narrates his own book & is superb at weaving you into the atmosphere & time of his gritty Vampire story. I'm almost half way through & if you like your Vampires honest/gruesome, try this!

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athorne
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I got over halfway in and it felt like nothing exciting was happening. Oh well.

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theandydavidson
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Really digging Buehlman's vampires. Finished this one up and jumped right into SUICIDE MOTOR CLUB. Great prose that reads so fast. My new favorite adjective for a good read: "propulsive."