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A review by soobooksalot
You Can't Take It With You by Marcus Hawke
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
"In Aeternum Vive."
You Can't Take It With You is a story of aging, mortality, a life lived, and a life lived again in another form.
Thank you to author Marcus Hawke and Hawke Haus Books for my gifted ARC for review!
I have now read a number of books by Hawke, and You Can't Take It With You ranks up there next to my favourites Grey Noise and Acts Of Violence.
Hawke brings nonagenerian and eventual vampire Montgomery Nolan alive (sorry, I said it), from his early life, time with true love of Françoise, not-love-but-wife Ellen, to the seduction of eternal life in New York City.
It's a fascinating portrait returning to the desires and functionality of an earlier life, but also the new craving for blood.
Horror fans, don't miss this sanguinous Christmas story!
Released on Nov. 26
You Can't Take It With You is a story of aging, mortality, a life lived, and a life lived again in another form.
Thank you to author Marcus Hawke and Hawke Haus Books for my gifted ARC for review!
I have now read a number of books by Hawke, and You Can't Take It With You ranks up there next to my favourites Grey Noise and Acts Of Violence.
Hawke brings nonagenerian and eventual vampire Montgomery Nolan alive (sorry, I said it), from his early life, time with true love of Françoise, not-love-but-wife Ellen, to the seduction of eternal life in New York City.
It's a fascinating portrait returning to the desires and functionality of an earlier life, but also the new craving for blood.
Horror fans, don't miss this sanguinous Christmas story!
Released on Nov. 26