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| Title | : | Maneater (Maneater #1) |
| Author | : | Thomas Emson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2009 by Snowbooks (first published April 1st 2008) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Shapeshifters. Werewolves. Fiction. Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Supernatural. Paranormal |
Thomas Emson
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 3.65 | 197 Users | 29 Reviews
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3.5 stars in reality.From the back cover:
She's not sweet. She's not nice.
She doesn't fight evil. She doesn't protect the weak. She doesn't serve humanity. She doesn't work in an office by day and have a secret identity by night. She doesn't have friends and family who know nothing about her but when they find out they love her anyway. She's not cool. She's not clever. She's not kind to animals. She won't help children, the elderly, and those less fortunate than herself.
In fact, she doesn't care. But if you hurt her, she will kill you. Actually, she might do worse than that -
Meet Laura. She'll eat you alive.
Let me say what this book is not - that is not werewolf fiction that falls into the PNR category; if you like novels about weres that normally have a picture of a guy's abs on the front than chances are you won't enjoy this book. This is werewolf fiction set firmly in the horror/action genre. This means there's plenty of gore and general unpleasantness, and the author doesn't shy away from giving you the details. If this sort of thing grosses you out, then again you won't enjoy this book.
The story is basically about a long running feud between families, but there's also a couple of sub-plots confusing the waters, and the author drops the reader in part way through without any explanation and leaves you to sort it out as we go on(probably one of my favourite horror/UF tropes).
Laura is the FMC of the book; she may be as smart-mouthed as any other UF heroine, but the 'sassy and sexy' elements are thankfully missing. I found Laura an entertaining protagonist, if not an especially likable one. Her male counterpart, police officer John Thorn, is nice enough (thankfully there's no brooding, almost monolithic, alpha male in this), competent and tough without being absurdly overpowered. All the characters are drawn in fairly broad strokes; there are no subtle shades or delicate nuances here. The prose is also fairly basic; it does its job without any poetic flourishes.
This is the novel that introduced me to Thomas Emson's work, and I enjoyed it enough to buy his other novels, so yeah, I enjoyed it. If any of the things I've mentioned put you off then you might be best advised to avoid this novel. However, if you like the idea of a violent, fast-moving werewolf movie set in Britain (hurrah!), you may find this novel your cup of tea.
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| Original Title: | Maneater |
| ISBN: | 1905005849 (ISBN13: 9781905005840) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Maneater #1 |
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Ratings: 3.65 From 197 Users | 29 ReviewsPiece Based On Books Maneater (Maneater #1)
Thomas Emson is a British horror author. He has written eight novels, all published by Snowbooks in the UK. They include Maneater, Skarlet, and Zombie Brittanica. His Jack The Ripper novel Pariah was published by Tantor Media in the U.S.His collection of stories The Trees And Other Stories was published on Kindle and CreateSpace. He has also written How To Write A Novel In 6 Months, a how-to guideEnjoyed this book quite a lot.. you see a different and more explicit side of the now popular 'werewolf'
As a 'Horror' fan I often read books by authors I've not heard of before, I picked this up as a 'might as well check it out' from the library, honestly, Emson did not disappoint! Puts a new slant on the Werewolf genre and keeps the reader turning the page, (which is what a good book is all about yeah?), would easily recommend it! ;)
Laura has come to London to kill a man. Sir Adam Templeton had her family killed in one horrific night around twenty years ago. Their families had been feuding for thousands of years and now, on her side there was just Laura. One young woman against a family with infinite wealth and connections within the political arena. One young girl who could turn into a werewolf... She just wants to eat Adam Templeton up.I found this book fairly hard to get into I put this solely down to the very small
I was pleasantly suprised at how good this book was. I thought it would just be a dark manly type of book, but it was really good and heartfelt and you could understand where each character stood. I would love to see this as a movie! It would be excellent!
Point-of-view is all over the place in this book. It's not uncommon for random John Doe to narrate one chapter, as an outside perspective, and then never be heard from again. So what happened to John Doe? Who cares, he's clearly not important (although apparently important enough to narrate that one chapter). Occasionally John Doe will have two or even three chapters before disappearing, fate unknown. Let's be fair here: we never get to the point of head-hopping, and there are some secondary
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