The One You Feed

A small town. Stories about the monsters that lurk in the woods. Best friends, who become enemies. Does this perhaps sound familiar to you? If you're thinking that it sounds rather similar to a good old fashioned horror movie, you'd be right! The One You Feed made me feel like I was watching an 80's horror movie, and I'm not going to deny that I ate it up. Be prepared for some blood and gore.

Toby was my favorite character, hands down. We meet him at an extremely low point in his life, and are allowed to watch as he slowly pulls himself out of the abyss. The unfortunate part is that Toby is really the only fully fleshed out character. Most of the others pop into scenes when they're needed, but not very much is revealed about them as whole. I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to know Rachel better. I think she would have been my favorite otherwise. Perhaps we'll learn more about the others in the next book?

I do have to admit that the plot was fairly slow at times, which was one of the reasons this garnered a lower rating from me. James Drummond writes a very to-the-point fight scene, and there were plenty of instances of torn off limbs and spilled entrails. Did I mention you shouldn't read this if you are squeamish? Point being, each time something exciting happened I was engaged. Then it would go back to being slow again. Since this is the first book a series, I understand the need for back story. I just hope things pick up from here on out.

Although The One You Feed doesn't really bring anything new to the table in terms of werewolf lore, it does put a pretty nice shine on what's already there. I would have liked to see more information about the origin of the werewolves, but it was okay overall. If you're a fan of horror novels, you might want to give this a shot! I can definitely say that I liked Toby enough to come back for more. The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger, so I'll be back to see what happens next.

Merged review:

A small town. Stories about the monsters that lurk in the woods. Best friends, who become enemies. Does this perhaps sound familiar to you? If you're thinking that it sounds rather similar to a good old fashioned horror movie, you'd be right! The One You Feed made me feel like I was watching an 80's horror movie, and I'm not going to deny that I ate it up. Be prepared for some blood and gore.

Toby was my favorite character, hands down. We meet him at an extremely low point in his life, and are allowed to watch as he slowly pulls himself out of the abyss. The unfortunate part is that Toby is really the only fully fleshed out character. Most of the others pop into scenes when they're needed, but not very much is revealed about them as whole. I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to know Rachel better. I think she would have been my favorite otherwise. Perhaps we'll learn more about the others in the next book?

I do have to admit that the plot was fairly slow at times, which was one of the reasons this garnered a lower rating from me. James Drummond writes a very to-the-point fight scene, and there were plenty of instances of torn off limbs and spilled entrails. Did I mention you shouldn't read this if you are squeamish? Point being, each time something exciting happened I was engaged. Then it would go back to being slow again. Since this is the first book a series, I understand the need for back story. I just hope things pick up from here on out.

Although The One You Feed doesn't really bring anything new to the table in terms of werewolf lore, it does put a pretty nice shine on what's already there. I would have liked to see more information about the origin of the werewolves, but it was okay overall. If you're a fan of horror novels, you might want to give this a shot! I can definitely say that I liked Toby enough to come back for more. The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger, so I'll be back to see what happens next.