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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Book Review: Blood Red Riding Hood (Zombie Fairy Tales #4) by Kevin Richey

Blood Red Riding Hood (Zombie Fairy Tales #4)
By: Kevin Richey
After zombie wolves attack one of her admirers, Red Riding Hood fears the woods may never be safe again. But when the man returns from the wolves' clutches with deadly new appetites, she must take a dark new path to reach her grandmother's house—a path drenched with blood.

About Zombie Fairy Tales:
Blood Red Riding Hood is the fourth in a series of short stories set in a dark fairy tale universe plagued by zombies. Surreal and full of black humor, installments feature familiar childhood characters as they encounter a world of stark violence and horror—Cinderella is worked to death before the ball, Pinocchio is made from children's corpses, and Little Red Riding Hood finds more than wolves in the forest.

The series features overlapping elements, characters, and places for a more immersive experience for the dedicated fan, but can also be read as stand-alone entries in any order. Get infected now.


I’ve been reading horror stories for a long time and it is really difficult to impress me or create any type of visceral reaction, but Blood Red Riding Hood did. Damn! There is one image in the book I won’t be getting out of my head for a while <G>. This story clocks in at 12.5K so it is a quick read, but a powerful one.

The writing is excellent and Richey’s storytelling created suspense and an overall feeling of horror. The story follows some of the Little Red Riding Hood cannon, but he has recreated a whole new tale with unexpected twists. This isn’t just another zombie story.

Blood Red Riding Hood is clever and gruesome and I can’t wait to try some of the other tales in this series.




4.5 “don’t screw with grandma” Sheep






Sharon Stogner
About the Author:
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Kevin Richey lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Zombie Fairy Tales, a series of short stories set in a dark fairy tale universe plagued by zombies, and the forthcoming Unloved Ones series, a YA urban fantasy series about seven vampire siblings who have one year to reduce their family to a single member, by whatever means necessary.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds creepy and those covers would totally scare me at night!

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