What Vengeance Comes

<b>Creature Carnage!</b><br /><br /><b>Backstory:</b><br /><br />John Decker has come back to his home town and ends up taking the job of town Sheriff as he figures he will be not as busy and will just be dealing with small town crime, but he gets more than he bargained for when town citizens start becoming victims of a wild animal attack. <br /><br />When John starts investigating what kind of animal is laying waste to the townsfolk he finds out that "what" it could possibly be is really impossible as this animal shouldn't even exist except in myth and folklore, but he will need to come to terms with the otherworldly creature before it decimates the whole town!<br /><br />That is about all I can give on a backstory without giving away spoilers so if you want to know more then you will just need to read the book! <br /><br /><b>Thoughts:</b><br /><br />This was a great story that just drew me right in as the author's writing style just slowly pulls you into the storyline and leaves you there wrapped in mystery and suspense. The story moves along at a fast pace as when the creature appears then the story becomes faster as more things start happening with the towns people. <br /><br />I love the character, Decker as he just does what needs doing to get the job done. There was more of a body count though in this book and there was quite a bit of graphic gore descriptions as well which makes having a gore suit very handy. <br /><br />Looking forward to continuing the series to see what other situations Decker lands in and what he has to do to keep things under control. Giving this book five <b>"Creature Feature Folklore"</b> stars!

<strong>A Good Scary Story!</strong><br /><br />John Decker is a small town Sherrif who doesn’t believe in the supernatural. But something supernatural is happening in his town.<br /><br />Or is it just a large animal, maybe a bear? Whatever it is it’s definitely doing damage to some people.<br /><br />But nobody has seen it. What could it be? Is it something supernatural?<br /><br />

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This was an enjoyable horror story, based on a slightly different myth than I'd heard of before. I'll certainly be looking forward to the next book by this author.

Review: WHAT VENGEANCE COMES by Anthony M. Strong<br /><br />I loved this book! It's tremendously exciting horror and I kept a pleased expression of satisfaction throughout. Mr. Strong has a smooth writing style, and leads the reader subtly to the horrors. Not for him is the "throw the gore at the wall and watch it splatter" approach. Instead, while we are quite frightened (indoors, in daytime, I still kept glancing over my shoulder and watching behind me), we readers are also treated to excellent writing talent and an enjoyable story. I knew when I read THE APARTMENT that this is an author to watch.

This was a cozy, quick thriller/mystery and I really liked it!!! I’m a big fan of the paranormal and a big fan of the people and culture of Louisiana, my home state, and this book brought those together. I’m no stranger to the hoodoo witches of the bayous, so I was tickled that our villain was little old Annie Doucet, a verified witch and all around evil old hag. <br /><br />When Sheriff John Decker and the mayor show up at Annie’s shack to try and persuade her to sell her land to accommodate the impending highway, she hatched a dark and sinister revenge plot, and summons the Loup-Garou straight from Hell to help her exact revenge on everyone involved. <br /><br />Soon, a ravenous beast is terrorizing the town, viciously killing left and right, horrifying the unlucky people who find the maimed and eviscerated bodies. John Decker works alongside his deputy, who turns out to be an unmitigated ASS, to try and stop the beast and save the town. <br /><br />It wasn’t extraordinarily well written, very little character development, but the plot was decent and overall it was a quick read. Good old fashioned fun fiction with a side bonus of a little second chance romance!

Relied heavily on plot and formula, not much in the way of character development and had the usual tropes, having said all that it was well written. Probably will continue reading more of Decker in hopes things improve in certain areas.

Will that was a different an fun to read.

<strong>Just ok</strong><br /><br />I live in south Louisiana and found the facts and geography in this book to be way off. The basic plot was ok, but the writing was sophomoric. It read like a made for tv movie.

Amateur hour. Fast paced and easy. Too predictable. No depth to the characters.