Book Review: I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me
A villain origin story! Count me in!
Jamison Shea has brought out all the stops with their debut novel, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me (also, best feeling finding this title mentioned in the book!).
From the minute we meet Laure, the reader can feel her passion, anger, and determination to find greatness pouring out of her. I loved the way that Shea created this character and the ballet world that she inhabited was just as powerful of a character for the story. The ballet company is filled with a cast of secondary characters that fuel the reader to understand and side with Laure’s feelings to the point where you become compassionate to her desire for revenge. There are some genuinely awful and annoying people in the company and I loved reading about every single one of them.
And let’s not forget to talk about the pulsating river of blood that Laure casually brings into her life and all the madness and monstrousness that descends from this encounter in the Catacombs. The imagery is absolutely perfect and Shea writes so vividly that I could easily picture everything happening.
The ending definitely left things open for a potential sequel and should that happen, I will be hitting pre-order!
Jamison Shea has brought out all the stops with their debut novel, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me (also, best feeling finding this title mentioned in the book!).
From the minute we meet Laure, the reader can feel her passion, anger, and determination to find greatness pouring out of her. I loved the way that Shea created this character and the ballet world that she inhabited was just as powerful of a character for the story. The ballet company is filled with a cast of secondary characters that fuel the reader to understand and side with Laure’s feelings to the point where you become compassionate to her desire for revenge. There are some genuinely awful and annoying people in the company and I loved reading about every single one of them.
And let’s not forget to talk about the pulsating river of blood that Laure casually brings into her life and all the madness and monstrousness that descends from this encounter in the Catacombs. The imagery is absolutely perfect and Shea writes so vividly that I could easily picture everything happening.
The ending definitely left things open for a potential sequel and should that happen, I will be hitting pre-order!