Tattooed_Mummy reviewed Kin of Cain by Matthew Harffy
Review of 'Kin of Cain' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Well! Unexpectedly this turned out to be much more my cup of tea than Matthew's other novels (which are a tad too blood thirtsy for my liking) This is a slight move away from that, though there is blood aplenty. I really enjoyed the supernatural feel to the story and the scary other worldliness of the dark marshy landscape. It reminded me a bit of The Company of Liars, in that you start to believe the weird old tales yourself, will the band of warriors find a monster or a man behind the mysterious slayings?....
spoiler: one tiny bit that I didn't like was the girl's reaction to her mum's death - which itself was over rather quickly - 'poor mother' that's it? that's all she gets? I'm going to reread that end bit in case I missed something but to me it felt a bit odd and bland after …
Well! Unexpectedly this turned out to be much more my cup of tea than Matthew's other novels (which are a tad too blood thirtsy for my liking) This is a slight move away from that, though there is blood aplenty. I really enjoyed the supernatural feel to the story and the scary other worldliness of the dark marshy landscape. It reminded me a bit of The Company of Liars, in that you start to believe the weird old tales yourself, will the band of warriors find a monster or a man behind the mysterious slayings?....
spoiler: one tiny bit that I didn't like was the girl's reaction to her mum's death - which itself was over rather quickly - 'poor mother' that's it? that's all she gets? I'm going to reread that end bit in case I missed something but to me it felt a bit odd and bland after all the carnage!
All in all a really good short story. And an interesting idea.