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Bethany's Sin
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A family moves to a small town dominated by a murderous cult Despite its eerie name, Bethany’s Sin is a pleasant place. After a life of grim poverty, this new community seems like heaven to Evan Reid and his family. With its quaint shops, manicured lawns, and fresh summer smell, the town charms the Vietnam veteran, his wife, and their daughter like nowhere else they have ever been. But beneath that cheerful façade lurks something deadly. As soon as they enter their new house, Evan is consumed by fear. He can’t place its source, but there is something about the town’s mayor, Kathryn Drago, which makes him uneasy. By day she is a harmless retired archaeologist. But at night she leads an Amazonian cult whose next ritual calls for a secret ingredient: the blood of Evan Reid.
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Robert McCammon
ROBERT McCAMMON is a New York Times bestseller best known for Swan Song and Boy’s Life, both still in print after two decades. He is a frequent nominee and winner of the Bram Stoker Award and has won several World Fantasy Awards. McCammon resides in Birmingham, Alabama.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I can't remember now how I ended up with it, but I've had this used copy of Bethany's Sin sitting unread (by me) on my shelves for over fifteen years, probably closer to twenty. When I finally plucked it from its comfortable perch last week to read it at last, thinking it might be a fun Halloween read, I checked McCammon's Wikipedia page and read that the author himself has taken it (along with three other early novels) out of print as it didn't measure up to the quality of his later work.Well. I can't speak for the other three novels, nor can I speak with much authority on the quality of McCammon's other books (I've read only The Wolf's Hour; it was several years ago, and I remember enjoying it). As far as Bethany's Sin is concerned, though, I'd say he was right to order it buried. Absolutely dreadful. The characters were flat, the dialogue was wooden, the plot was ridiculous. I mean, I know it's a horror novel and a certain level of contrivance is to be expected, is probably even necessary, but this was just stupid throughout. I kept hoping it would get better until I was about halfway though; then I knew it wasn't going to happen, but plugged away to the end anyway because I hate to leave anything unfinished once I've started.I still have one more McCammon novel sitting on my shelf - Boy's Life, which I've read good things about, even from others who hated Bethany's Sin. So I'll give him another chance with that one at some point.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I usually love McCammon's books but I could not get into this one at all.Back Cover Blurb:When Evan Reid brought his wife and small daughter to Bethany's Sin it seemed the perfect setting. A small village, far from the noise and pollution of the city, it was quaint and very peaceful.Too peaceful. There were no sounds at all.....almost as if the night had been frightened into silence.Then Evan noticed there were very few men in the village, and that those he knew of were crippled. And sometimes he thought he heard the sound of horses galloping in the dead of night.Soon he would know the superhuman secret that kept the village alive. And he would watch in horror as Kay and Laurie underwent a hideous transformation right before his eyes. He would know the terror that happened at night - and only to men....in Bethany's Sin.The place where no man walks the streets after nightfall.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I hoped to like this more than I actually did. Just a mediocre horror story. I felt sorry for the main character. His wife was not supportive at all. A town where all the women are in charge, all the men are victims and any men left alive are kept as sperm donors.
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