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A review by teaandtales1
Dark Corner by Brandon Massey
dark
tense
slow-paced
3.5
Horror sub-genre: Vampires, Small-town horror
Plot: David Hunter, the son of a recently, (presumably) deceased famous author, moves to his father's home town in hopes of learning more about the man he didn't know very well. At the same time, a vampire moves into the creepy house on the hill.
Review: ⭐⭐⭐1/2
Did the plot sound familiar to you? What if I told you that this young man met a young, scholarly woman in the park that instantly became his love interest and then the two of them met a kindly older man, and the three characters band together to fight off the new vampiric threat...? Am I actually describing 'Salem's Lot? No, which makes this a thinly-veiled plagiaristic attempt, a not-so-secret homage, or a surprise re-telling of the famous King book. I will say it veers off in the last third of the story, but I could not get past the blatant similarities without some criticism. I did end up enjoying it and liked a lot of Massey's character work, but the copycat nature and the fact that it was about 150 pages too long, made me dock it down to three stars.
Did the plot sound familiar to you? What if I told you that this young man met a young, scholarly woman in the park that instantly became his love interest and then the two of them met a kindly older man, and the three characters band together to fight off the new vampiric threat...? Am I actually describing 'Salem's Lot? No, which makes this a thinly-veiled plagiaristic attempt, a not-so-secret homage, or a surprise re-telling of the famous King book. I will say it veers off in the last third of the story, but I could not get past the blatant similarities without some criticism. I did end up enjoying it and liked a lot of Massey's character work, but the copycat nature and the fact that it was about 150 pages too long, made me dock it down to three stars.