I loved that about this story-I felt like a fly on the wall here. I think part of the charm of good Western storytelling is helping the reader feel transported to the dusty plains or a dimly lit saloon. Several chapters lead with a descriptive paragraph of the landscape or the weather, and I enjoyed this. I'll also note here that Ennenbach emphasized setting in his tale a little more than book 1. I loved the later introduction of some female characters and with their presence, some much needed sarcastic, playful banter, and romantic interests. There's one scene in particular that I loved where there's a group of characters having dinner together and the conversation turns to sharing various different stories about monsters and demons.
There are also some problematic editing issues, which I normally don't mention because I'm usually too emotionally invested to notice things like that, but since I had trouble getting started with this one, I noticed.Īs soon as the 'monster hunter' Karl Beck shows up on the pages, things got more exciting for me. The men on the cattle drive seemed a bit too on the nose with certain dialects and slang. I felt like all the "savages" this and "redskin" that wore on me. I struggled to stay interested/connected to the first 20% of the book. Staying true to the genre label, Splatter Western, our creature goes on a gore-fueled rampage before the story winds up in the modest town of, Duncan. The story begins with some cattle drivers who are crossing through Native American Territories and already sleeping with one eye open as they encounter a malevolent, supernatural creature that feeds on human flesh. While Young's book is a revenge story where men are monsters, HUNGER is a creature-feature. Is a tough act to follow but it's my opinion that Ennenbach held his own. The first book, THE MAGPIE COFFIN by Wile E. Ennenbach is the second book in the AH-MAY-ZING Splatter Western Series published by Death's Head Press.
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