MISFITS by HUNTER SHEA
Publication date: SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Pages: 288
FLAME TREE PRESS
**I requested and received an eARC copy of this from NETGALLEY in exchange for an honest review**
During the height of the 90s grunge era, five high school friends living on the fringe are driven to the breaking point. When one of their friends is brutally raped by a drunk townie, they decide to take matters into their own hands. Deep in the woods of Milbury, Connecticut, there lives the legend of the Melon Heads, a race of creatures that shun human interaction and prey on those who dare to wander down Dracula Drive. Maybe this night, one band of misfits can help the other. Or maybe some legends are meant to be feared for a reason.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
This is my first Hunter Shea book and it will, definitely, not be the last. I freaking enjoyed this book. That opening chapter is written masterfully, it sets up the mood and lets you taste what the book is all about without spoiling the rest.
Written in third person narrative around five friends as they battle against a humanoid monster called Melon Heads. A quick Google search will tell you that, yes, this is actually true in the American folklore of Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, and Connecticut. Which adds more depth and atmosphere to the story.
Action sequences after action sequences. The five main characters are up against an Urban Legend and fighting for survival. Not only for themselves, but for their families as well as to the whole town.
Bloody. Gory. Graphic details of body horror. You name it and this book delivers. So, of course, TRIGGER WARNING for these. As well as sexual assault!!!
I highly recommend it!
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