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Editorial Reviews

The Washington Post
I can't help thinking of this diabolically entertaining novel as Rosemary's Baby's Parents. Not that Rosemary Woodhouse has been appropriated by the author, Chase Novak. But the basic situation is similar. A well-heeled Manhattan couple conceives a child in fraught circumstances. Result: horror…The best American horror novel since Scott Smith's The Ruins, Breed is redolent of Roald Dahl at his creepy best.
—Dennis Drabelle
Publishers Weekly
Advanced reproductive technologies prove just a new form of mad science in this timely, engrossing medical thriller from the pseudonymous Novak (Scott Spencer, Endless Love). Wealthy Manhattan couple Alex and Leslie Twisden are incapable of having children, it seems—until they avail themselves of the services of Dr. Kis, a dodgy fertility specialist in remote Slovenia. Dosed with a concoction of extracts from the tissues of several aggressive animal species (including a cannibal fish that feeds on its young), Alex and Leslie produce twins, Adam and Alice, though at the cost of horrific side effects to themselves.Ten years later, Adam and Alice run away from home, terrified of their parents, who subsequently seek out Dr. Kis in order to get some answers and save their family. Novak writes with an energy that propels the reader through the novel’s unlikely science and subplots. He also winks enough to suggest that this all could be a black comedy on modern parenting. (Sept.)
Kirkus Reviews
A cautionary tale about the perils of fertility treatments turns into a gore fest for the strong of stomach. Now that Stephen King has earned acceptance as a literary novelist, what has been published as the debut novel by Novak represents a turnabout--a literary novelist of some renown and commercial success tries his hand at becoming Stephen King. The publisher doesn't conceal that the novel was written under a pseudonym by Scott Spencer (whose A Ship Made of Paper, 2003, was a National Book Award nominee), but fans who appreciate his typical balance of thematic depth and storytelling will recognize the marketing wisdom of publishing this under a different name. While he remains a fine writer, this descent "into the medical hell of infertility" is most noteworthy for its shock value and for a few truly spectacular deaths (which should challenge the special effects within the movie to which this plainly aspires). Alex and Leslie have everything--luxurious Manhattan domicile, fine jobs, each other--except a baby. Leslie seems more willing to adopt, but Alex is desperate to try anything. If he weren't, he might have had second thoughts after they traveled to see the mysterious doctor in Slovenia and were greeted by a dog whose "eyes are imbecilic with avidity, and a smell of meat rises from his flanks and loins....But they have come too far, and gone to too much trouble to turn back now." Bad choice. The doctor's assistant proceeds to inform them that he has had "great, great success--using tissue from some of the most vigorous and fertile beings on earth." Another red flag, but they proceed at Alex's insistence, subsequently indulge in some spectacularly animalistic sex, have twins (or more?) and develop a taste for rodents, household pets, fellow human beings and perhaps even their offspring. The twins are a little weird (and they discover a tribe of similar mutants), but it's the parents who become monsters. There may well be a massive popular readership for this gruesome tale (but not Scott Spencer's readers).
The New York Times
If Mr. Spencer's name were not openly attached to Breed, it would still read like the work of a serious writer with keen antennas for sensory detail. But this is a gruesome book, a full-bore foray into the horror genre, so literary loveliness goes only so far. It is probably best avoided by anyone not wishing to know exactly what it's like to eat a baby pigeon. Above and beyond its fatality count Breed has originality on its side; the ending is a true shocker. The book sets out to convey what it is like to be "subject to the whip and rattle of unspeakable temptations." And it does.
—Janet Maslin
Booklist
"Smart and brutal, this joins the ranks of such elegant domestic shockers as Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk about Kevin, John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let Me In, and Justin Evans' A Good and Happy Child."
The San Francisco Chronicle
"...Will remind horror connoisseurs of Rosemary's Baby, another Big Apple tale of parenthood gone horribly awry. What Spencer shares most with Ira Levin is a darkly droll sense of humor... [BREED] matches the earlier book's propulsive narrative and satirical edge."
Bookpage
"An honest-to-goodness page-turner."
Brian Truitt
"Forget vampires, zombies and guys clad in hockey masks brandishing oversized machetes. Chase Novak unleashes truly scary literary horror villains in BREED: Mom and Dad. Novak...explores what happens when one's parents aren't quite the protectors they should be in this excellent horror novel. He probes emotionally deep and heartbreaking themes of family and friendship that seem fresh in a book that's a bit like a mad-scientist movie-or Frankenstein if the monster decided he needed some kiddos in his life.... The kids escape their domestic prison, which shifts gears in BREED from a psychological tale to a high-stakes adventure where your fingers can't flip the pages fast enough.... BREED doesn't need love triangles, twist endings or aspects of a gore fest to keep an audience enraptured. Instead, it's the simple conceit-how do you love parents who do more harm than good?-and a moving ending that make Novak's horror novel a thrill to read."
Joe Meyers
"Although the phrase 'I couldn't put it down' is used promiscuously in book blurbs (and reviews) it isn't often that I am so caught up in a novel that I have to finish it before thinking about doing anything else. Of course, the pacing and length of a book plays a big role in this phenomenon-once I raced through the first 100 pages of BREED in record time, finishing off another 210 pages was a realistic goal before turning in for the night.... The grabber...is in the set-ups that convince us we are in the 'real world' rather than some phony B-horror movie netherworld. We believe in the people we meet and the place where they live, so when ghastly things start happening, we have to know how the story will play out.... But the increasingly macabre and truly horrifying developments kept me in a vise-like grip.... BREED substitutes science for the religious mythology of Rosemary's Baby so it is, in some ways, more believable than the Ira Levin classic. Maybe too believable."
A.J. Kirby
"BREED is a daring, ultra-modern novel dealing with bleeding edge science and contemporary concerns. It's dark fiction, but not as we know it. An antidote to the anodyne paranormal romances, vampire horrors, and gory splatterfests littering the book charts, this is a truly original work. While transcending the modern, it also deals with universal themes populating literature since we first started telling stories around campfires. Ultimately, this is a novel about the dangers of science-bogus science in particular. It's a story of the Promethean folly of human beings. Written in urgent, vital prose that quickens the blood, it confronts. BREED is an intelligent, dark thriller dense with paranoia, yielding creative anxiety, a genetically modified rollercoaster."
Annalee Newitz
"...A delightfully nauseating read.... Chase Novak has hit upon the perfect blend of terrifying real-life topics.... [and] repurposed his literary flair for observation into grisly narrative schadenfreude.... There is a clever fable about class here, as the Twisdens' tumble down the evolutionary tree mirrors their fall down the economic ladder.... And it's the perfect dark fairy tale for these times, when more than a few readers might secretly find themselves wishing that the world's elites would be brought so low as to start pooping in their own posh living rooms."
Ken Salikof
"...A slice of shivering dread that won't allow you to look at in vitro fertilization, children running loose in Central Park or parents who find their children 'delicious' in the same way again."
Janet Maslin
"...A foray into urbane horror, chicly ghoulish, with a malevolent emphasis on family values.... BREED exploits the contrast between civilized and feral behavior. The grand furnishings of the Twisden homestead wind up clawed, chewed and torn as Alex and Leslie's conditions worsen; the cellar goes all Silence of the Lambs. And in a really fine set piece Mr. Spencer stages a long chase through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the relics of primitive times and the veneer of privilege always coexist.... If Mr. Spencer's name were not openly attached to BREED, it would still read like the work of a serious writer with keen antennas for sensory detail.... Above and beyond its fatality count BREED has originality on its side; the ending is a true shocker. The book sets out to convey what it is like to be 'subject to the whip and rattle of unspeakable temptations.' And it does."
Stephan Lee
"...Like a literary, contemporary version of Rosemary's Baby-a well-to-do Manhattan couple has everything they could possibly want, only they desperately want children. After trying everything treatment they can, they resort to a highly unusual procedure that's successful in that they conceive twins. But there are also some seriously nasty side-effects that lead to a creepy, bloody, hairy thrill ride."
Robin Abrahams
"Disturbing and funny and very visual..."
Stephen King
"The best horror novel I've read since Peter Straub's Ghost Story. By turns terrifying and blackly funny, BREED is a total blast."
Richard Price
"A page-turner, classic yet original, filled with detail both subtle and unforgettable, unnerving in its mad logic and genuinely frightening."
Russ Marshalek
"The definition of a literary horror novel."
Warren Ellis
"The most elegantly skin-crawling, gut-churning novel I've read in years."
Dennis Drabelle
"Diabolically entertaining.... Along with suspense and shocks, Novak delivers enough humor to make the mayhem palatable...with triumphant effect. The best American horror novel since Scott Smith's The Ruins, BREED is redolent of Roadl Dahl at his creepy best."
Sam Thielman
"There are passages during which BREED is really visceral."
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780316198561
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
  • Publication date: 9/4/2012
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 109,976
  • Product dimensions: 9.20 (w) x 6.10 (h) x 1.20 (d)

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  • Posted September 1, 2012

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    Great Horrific Thriller

    Breed is the story of the American Dream gone wrong, of having everything and it never being enough, of loving those who potentially hurt us the most, and ultimately of love conquering our darkest urges. I had heard amazing early buzz about Breed before BEA and I was so happy to receive a copy there. Let me tell you now, although Breed took some twists I didn't anticipate, I was by no means disappointed. I finished this book in one page-turning, hair-raising day and loved every minute of it.

    So, Alex and Leslie have a fairy tale romance. They love each other deeply, have great jobs, have more money and luxury than they could possibly need. They simply have it all...except...they want children, their own children and are unable to make them. Enter a last ditch effort at fertility through a shady connection and even more dubious doctor. Everything should work out just perfectly, right?

    Cut to ten years later and they have two beautiful twins Alice and Adam. They are gorgeous, brilliant, clever, loving...and being held prisoner in their beautiful Upper East Side home. In order to protect them from eminent danger, Alex and Leslie lock the twins up every night without fail. Leaving the adults to continue their descent into evil while keeping their precious darlings safe.

    The chase is on as Alice and Adam search for answers about themselves and try to save themselves from certain death. Breed is not for the faint of heart. (Pet lovers in particular, be prepared.) It is gory, messy and disturbing in all of the best ways. The mystery is compelling and the stakes are high.

    After finishing Breed I had two distinct thoughts: 1. This would make a great movie and 2. This book needs a sequel. As far as the first thought goes, it remains to be seen, but is probably very likely. And about that second thought, Breed didn't immediately scream sequel to me (I thought it was a stand alone novel) and the ending is not a desperate cliff-hanger (although very shocking). Breed stands very well on its own, but I wanted to know more. More about the minor characters, more about the fates of Adam and Alice, more about the impact of this fertility treatment on the rest of the world. Well, friends, my wishes are coming true. According to the NY Times, Chase Novak (AKA award-winning writer, Scott Spencer) has said he is indeed planning a sequel, Brood. I, for one, can't wait!

    6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 23, 2012

    Breed has been compared to Rosemary¿s Baby, but if anything, it¿

    Breed has been compared to Rosemary’s Baby, but if anything, it’s the opposite: innocent children are born to monstrous parents. Leslie and Alex Twisden are an affluent couple living in an immense townhouse in Manhattan, and have everything money can buy, except for one thing: a child. After countless fertility procedures and thousands of dollars, the Twisden’s are desperate and will do anything to conceive. One day they run into a couple they know from a support group. The wife, Jill, is hugely pregnant. Alex manages to talk the couple into giving up their secret, and before long, Leslie and Alex are on a plane to a small town in Slovenia to meet with a Dr. Kis, the miracle worker behind Jill’s pregnancy. Although Leslie is worried about the filthy doctor’s office and the wild and unkempt Dr. Kis, Alex convinces her to submit to some very painful injections. Back in their hotel room, the couple discovers they are ravenous for each other, and spend a long and unbridled night in bed together, during which Leslie conceives.

    But the couple’s joy begins to dwindle when they start to notice changes to their bodies: hair that grows in strange places and an insatiable appetite for red meat. Leslie’s pregnancy only lasts five months, at which time twins Adam and Alice are born. The story abruptly fast forwards to ten years later, as Adam and Alice have begun to realize just how dangerous their family is. The twins, who have been locked in their rooms every night for the past ten years, decide to run away. What follows is an extended chase scene through the streets of New York and Central Park as the children run for their lives.

    Novak has a perfect writing style for horror, and the horror in Breed is the kind that grows so gradually that it literally bludgeons you over the head when you aren’t looking. His writing is gorgeous and lyrical, and not the sort of writing one usually encounters in a horror novel. This lulls the reader into believing that things maybe aren’t so bad. But then the bad stuff inevitably arrives, and the reader is knocked out. Each horrific detail is absurdly and gleefully rendered. I’ve read my share of graphic and bloody horror, and I can tell you I wasn’t quite prepared for some of the scenes in this book. But the violence isn’t thrown in randomly. It’s calculated to illustrate just how horrible those fertility injections were, and it didn’t feel out-of-place at all.

    I loved the parallel between the parent’s descent into madness and the way their house gradually loses its shine. Every aspect of the story falls into disrepair as Leslie and Alex lose their humanity. I found myself sympathizing with them, even after witnessing the horrible things they do. Leslie and Alex truly want to be good parents and love their children, but there are circumstances beyond their control that prevent them from doing so.

    Breed accomplishes what the best horror stories set out to do: it makes us fearful about the most normal and mundane aspects of being human. It poses the questions “How badly do you really want to have children?” and “What happens when you can’t trust the adults who are raising you?” Its underlying message could be this: having children will ruin your life. If you are pregnant, and especially if you are trying to get pregnant, Breed might not be your best choice of reading material. But if you are looking for a beautifully written and terrifying piece of work, take my advice and grab a copy as soon as possible.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 23, 2012

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    As much as I was looking forward to this book, by the end I hate

    As much as I was looking forward to this book, by the end I hated it. No, hated it not a strong enough word. I loathed this book. This book was a perfect example of a great idea that was executed terribly.

    ***Warning: From this point forward this review may contain spoilers. Stop reading now to remain unspoiled.***

    The basic premise of this was intriguing. An affluent couple who is so desperate to have a child that they travel to an unknown part of the world to have an unknown procedure performed on them. Here is where I ran into my first problem. At one point Leslie decides not to go through with the procedure. I can’t argue with her, she’s in a country she’s never heard of, in a filthy office, about to be injected by a weird doctor with something and the doctor won’t tell her what it is. She starts hollering and the doctor orders her husband from the room…and he complies! For all he knows they are holding her down and injecting her against her will! I was furious on her behalf. But then I got furious with her. She just lets it go and proceeds on their lives together, including having sex with him that same day! I would have gotten a good divorce lawyer before I was out the door of the office after beaning the doctor in his skull with my foot! So that bothered me.

    Another huge problem I had with the beginning of the story was the POV. It was written in third person omniscient. So it basically read like a news report. We would see what was happening and how it happened. But we’d have no idea why it happened, what they thought or felt about what happened, or any of the details that make you care about the characters. For that reason I found that I didn’t really care about Leslie or Alex because the only things I could see about them were ignorant, selfish, and horrendously stupid.

    After the twins are born the POV shifts to third person close, which was slightly better than before but by that point I just didn’t care. I didn’t care about the characters, I didn’t care about the plot, I wanted something to happen. Yeah yeah, I get it the parents are monsters now. Gotcha, now let’s do something with it. What they did was that the twins ran away and spent most of the book running from their parents. Along the way they discover other kids that are like them and who have parents like them. Apparently there are hundreds of these people wandering around and yet…no one else in the world has noticed.

    We also learn a little bit about the original doctor and what was in the original shots. I was excited about that and expected this story to become a quest for answers. But it didn’t. We were still on some stupid chase from the parents which was boring and starting to drag. And THEN we go on a quest for answers back to the original doctor. All I could think was, “Why did no one think of this in the last 10 years?” But even that proved worthless because there were no answers to be had. The plot never went anywhere and then you reached the end and realized that you had spent several hundred pages on a pointless quest for nothing. This plot had so much potential and all of it was squandered. When I reached the end of the book I was mostly relieved that it was over. I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone. All that you’ll gain from it is feeling vaguely nauseous and then being angry that there was no pay off for the grossness.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 13, 2012

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    Horror is not a genre I often read. I used to read Stephen King

    Horror is not a genre I often read. I used to read Stephen King (Cujo), and Peter Straub's Ghost Story scared the heck out of me. I don't read any of the vampire/werewolf novels that are so popular now, so I'm not sure what drew me to Chase Novak's Breed.
    A cross between Rosemary's Baby (a classic horror novel I did read) and the vampire/werewolf genre, Alex and Leslie Twisden, two perfectly lovely Upper East New York City residents lead a wonderful life: fulfilling jobs, a happy marriage, an enjoyable social life. Having a baby would make everything perfect.
    Alex is heir to a fortune, and they live in his family's incredible townhouse. After trying for a long time unsuccessfully to have a baby, the support group they belong to is starting to grate on them. Throwing money at the situation hasn't helped, but when they run into a former support group couple on the street and see that they are pregnant, they beg the couple to share their secret.
    They get the name of a doctor in Eastern Europe, and off they go. When they get there, the situation is very scary and Leslie doesn't trust the doctor. But Alex convinces her to take the treatment and Leslie becomes pregnant.
    Fast forward ten years and we meet their twins Alice and Adam. Every night the children are locked in their bedrooms, and they hear frightening, animalistic noises coming from their parents room. As the noises become more disturbing, Adam convinces Alice that they must escape or something horrible will befall them.
    Leslie and Alex have been almost reclusive, unable to work, and their home has fallen down around them. The once beautiful showplace looks like homeless drug addicts live there. They live like animals, and any animals in their path had better scurry.
    When Leslie and Alex find their children have escaped, the chase is on. Adam makes his way to a trusted teacher's apartment, where Alex tracks him. Alice ends up in Central Park and finds a group of mysterious children who have some kind of connection to her.
    The children's ventures into the scary underbelly of New York made the hair on my arms stand up. Alex is always on the trail, one step behind them and when he finds them hell breaks loose.
    I wasn't really satisfied with the end of the novel, however. I wasn't sure how it would end, but the end seemed a bit abrupt to me.
    This is a violent, scary, disturbing, grotesque novel, one I never would have normally chosen to read, yet I couldn't stop reading. Novak (a pseudonym for writer Scott Spencer, who wrote Endless Love) knows how to keep the reader turning the pages.
    It's the kind of book where you find that you have to force yourself to breathe out, and any little noise will make you peer into the dark corner of the bedroom fearing what you may find. Read this one with the lights on.
    Although there are young protagonists in the book, this is not a book for young teens.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 10, 2012

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    Interesting plot but not for animal lovers

    Good plot line but a little too explicit for my taste. Hard to read if you're an animal lover

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted April 8, 2013

    The best horror novel I have read in a long time!!! Very well w

    The best horror novel I have read in a long time!!! Very well written.

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  • Posted January 30, 2013

    One very scary book.  Saw it recommended by Stephen King and he

    One very scary book.  Saw it recommended by Stephen King and he knows his scary!!  Such a quick read because you gotta know what's going to happen!

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  • Posted January 13, 2013

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    "...When I read the description of this book on LibraryThin

    "...When I read the description of this book on LibraryThing Early Reviewers and requested a copy, it sounded to me like a straight-up werewolf novel. I thought maybe the parents and/or the kids are werewolves, and they terrorize Manhattan and yadda yadda yadda. But no. Well, okay, there is some terrorizing going on, but it did not play out even remotely in any of the ways I expected...the pace of the book is fairly constant. I don't think I felt it ever slowed down, and since things aren't exactly resolved at the end, I still have a lingering sense of uncertainty and maybe a little dread. I think fans of Stephen King would probably not be disappointed with Chase Novak and Breed."

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  • Posted December 17, 2012

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    Reviewed by Anne Boling for Readers Favorite Alex and Leslie Tw

    Reviewed by Anne Boling for Readers Favorite

    Alex and Leslie Twisden had it all except a child. They had tried everything they could think of except adoption. Leslie had had enough and so she wanted to stop trying. She wanted to adopt a child but Alex would not hear of it. When Alex heard of a technique that worked for an acquaintance he was determined they would have one last try. They traveled a great distance to Slovenia and paid a great deal of money to Dr. Kis. His treatment was unconventional but had a proven success rate. The doctor neglected to tell the couple there were side effects to the treatment. The treatment was successful in that it produced children. The ten year old twins, Alice and Adam, were frightened of the increasingly loud violent noises they heard at night and could not understand why they were locked in their room each night. The children managed to escape and set out on a journey that would bring them disturbing answers to their questions.

    “Breed” is the prefect name for this horror story by Chase Novak. Readers beware, this tale is not for the faint of heart. The blood details are both violent and graphic. There were times when I had to turn off my audio book and picked it up a while later. I had chills as I read the details of what happened to the victims. In all honesty I would call everyone in this tale a victim. This book is shocking, riveting, nonstop action and downright bloody. Novak is a superior writer. He has more talent in his little finger than most writers have in their whole body. He made me feel as if I was part of the story. I was fearful for the children, animals and the general public. I was fearful for me. I kept checking behind me to make sure there wasn’t a hungry hairy person creeping up on me. Fans of horror, don’t miss this one. The format of my book was audio and was read by Peter Ganim. His voice was prefect for the narrative. He drew me in and did not let me go. The sound quality was superior. I highly recommend “Breed.” I recently read that Chase Novak is working on a sequel to “Breed.” I eagerly await the release of “Brood.”

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 30, 2012

    Loved it!

    I enjoyed this book very much. It was graphic in details making it that much more vivid

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 20, 2012

    WOW ! Great twist of fate story

    If you really want your steadfast heart's desire, be careful because you might get a lot more than you realize. This is an excellent story about just that very thing. A real gripping, ' got to see what happens next ' book. I highly recommend it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 26, 2012

    great for a change of pace- highly recommended

    I really liked this book for several reasons. It was so suspenseful and even funny at times, very different form the usual types of books I read. I would describe it as a Stephen King type of story.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 14, 2012

    Should be made into a movie

    Great book! Kept me totally hooked. Disgusting at times with the author being so descriptive.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Couldn't put it down

    This was really good. Scary, but good. A thriller in the true sense of the word.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 24, 2012

    The first book to actually frighten me in the past 5 years. It's

    The first book to actually frighten me in the past 5 years. It's Rosemary's Baby with a twist.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 22, 2012

    Great for horror fans, parents, and Occupiers

    Heard this one reviewed on NPR. A great read for an underrated genre. The novel is fast-paced and the characters interesting. Told in the tradition of Frankenstein and "Rappaccini's Daughter", it's a great read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 12, 2012

    Thumbs down

    To me it was not very good was disapointed in it i should have saved my money

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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