Review: The Fourth Whore by E.V. Knight @RDSPress @night_worms @ErinAlMehairi #nightwormsfourthwhore #nightwormsbookparty
The Fourth Whore by
E.V. Knight
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Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press
Publish Date: March 25, 2020
Paperback
226 Pages
Standalone
Genres: Horror, Dark Fantasy
Kenzi Brooks watched The Scribble Man collect her brother's soul after a hit and run when she was seven. He gave her a present that day--a lucky rabbit's foot. Sixteen years later, she no longer believes in The Scribble Man, she believes in survival and does what she has to in the slums of Detroit. When thugs kill her mother and beat Kenzi to near death, she accidentally releases Lilith from her prison within the time-worn keychain.
And Hell hath no fury...
Lilith is out for revenge. Revenge against God, Sariel (Angel of Death and Kenzi's Scribble Man), and all of mankind for relegating her to nothing more than a demoness for refusing to submit to her husband. She's put together an apocalyptic plan to destroy everyone who has forsaken her. Forget the Four Horsemen, Lilith is assembling the Four Whores.
Will Kenzi rise against her to save the world and The Scribble Man or will she become The Fourth Whore?
My Review:
Well, I went into this book not knowing what to expect but I wasn't expecting THAT! I'm torn between really loving the entirety of it all and confused on exactly what I read. Equal parts historical, biblical and mythological, this read is quite the doozy. Be warned that there are some graphic sexual and violent scenes. While these never seem to bother me, they may bother your sensitivities.
I love Lilith being a central character. THE goddess/demonness who is hell bent on getting her revenge. Is this revenge deserved? I guess it all depends on how you look at it. The creator, death and all the moving parts that make this world are not all innocent in the destruction that is about to be brought. While I partially am rooting for Lilith, she just may be overreacting a bit. And Kenzi being pulled in all directions because she can see into both worlds due to her heterochromia and bond with Enoch. Her character was the most interesting. Did she ever really have a choice? And what happens when she finally has to make one?
My favorite parts were the different tellings of certain biblical portions that happened within the book of Genesis. Definitely gives you a new perspective on what could've have actually happened. After all, isn't the Bible just a perspective based on the person who wrote it? Ok, ok - let's not get into that discussion. The point is, we have a new version here and I found it extremely fascinating.
For being under 300 pages, this reads like a full on epic dark fantasy in erotic biblical proportions. There are many elements to this that I really enjoyed. However, I did get into lulls as I was reading that made my attention wane so I wasn't as fully invested towards the last third of the book as I was throughout the beginning. I would absolutely read another book by this author and look forward to whatever is coming our way next.
★★★
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