Black Mouth

Black Mouth

Details:

  • author: Ronald Malfi
  • full title: Black Mouth
  • narrator: Joe Hempel
  • genre: horror
  • topics: #comingofage, #magictrick
  • publisher: Tantor Audio
  • publish date: 26.07.2022
  • timing: 12:13:00

My Rating of the Audiobook:

  • content: 💙💙💙💙
  • narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
 

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Excerpt from the Book:

In the summer of my eleventh year, a monster came to Black Mouth. It came in the night, slinking below the sightline of normal folks, destined to arrive at the threshold of my youth. Perhaps it sought me out the way a bloodhound tracks a scent. Or perhaps it was sheer happenstance, a flip of a coin, a flutter of distant butterfly wings. Events in our lives often have meaning because we choose to give them meaning. Whatever the case, it arrived in the way monsters sometimes do: as a creature in need.

My Thoughts: 

After many years, Jamie returns to his childhood home. His mother suddenly died, and he reunites with his disabled brother Dennis after a long time. At the same time, his two childhood best friends, Clay and Mia, are back in town. They are following the lead that is connected to some events from their youth. Events they will never forget.

I enjoyed Black Mouth, but I would only change some minor details in the last quarter of the novel. Not going into details because those are spoilers, of course. Otherwise, this novel is a very good read that will keep you on the edge, and you will want to know more.

Black Mouth is my second novel by Ronald Malfi. Last year I read his Come With Me and enjoyed it as well. Although I’m not a regular horror reader, I like his writing, that builds up the creepy atmosphere.

About the Author:

Ronald Malfi is the award-winning author of the novels Floating Staircase, Snow, The Ascent, and several others. Most recognized for his haunting, literary style and memorable characters, Malfi's dark fiction has gained acceptance among readers of all genres. He currently lives along the Chesapeake Bay where he is at work on his next book.