Just got approved on #NetGalley for the upcoming Adrian Tchaikovsky collection from Subterranean Press!

This was not good. The world is barely an outline of an idea, there is zero character development, huge chunks of the story are flat-out skipped, and there's a couple of pages of completely out of nowhere 100% gratuitous nudity. I will not be reading the second volume.

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Calling this book The Return of Moriarty isn't particularly accurate as he is largely a supporting character. The inclusion of a famous character, the needlessly convoluted structure, and the contrived plot twists all read as attempts to distract from the fact this is actually a middling novel.

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The hive could have been replaced by a human cult and the story would not have been substantively different.

#horror #bodyhorror #overrated

I usually don't like it when authors seem to have swallowed a thesaurus, but it kind of works here—probably because Moore actually knows what the words he's using mean.

A good old-fashioned vampire horror novel! With vampires that are dangerous monsters and not emotionally stunted pretty boys!

My enthusiasm for the monstrous monsters aside, Coffin Moon is an exceptional horror novel. Keith Rosson gives great care to developing his characters, which makes their pain all the more visceral.

This is the first book I've read by this author, but it will not be the last.

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