I voted for this book in the Abraham Lincoln Book Award contest 2013. Rick Yancy was able to imitate a Victorian style without it seeming pretentious or snooty. It was well-researched and full of rich, intricate sentences. For people who are tired of the vampire/werewolf/zombie/fallen angel trends, the creatures in this story are the Anthropophogi, which are incredibly different and unique and terrifying. One character, the dapper English monster-hunter Jack Kearns, stood out as one of the most fascinatingly twisted heros (?) I've ever read about. The ending is amazing, there are lots of twists. There are insane amounts of gore and cringe-inducing descriptions, including an encounter in a Victorian insane asylum. The only con was that the book could get lost in its philosophical musings for a while, which I guess sets it apart from most slasher-violence horror books, but still slows down the story sometimes.

i didn't finish it. page 16. that should say something. snowball40 is correct.

Fantastic book. Yancy's style is beautiful, if a bit mature for a younger reader at times. The gore was pretty intense but not very scary. I really suggest teens read this book, but only if you can stomach people being ripped apart in the most gruesome ways. Someone also left little sticky notes in this book, talking to the readers. I found it a pretty funny addition.

IM IN LOVE WITH THIS SERIES!!!!!!!!!! as soon as i finished this book i started reading "The Curse of the Windego" can't wait till Rick Yancy writes a 4th book...........Please do! :3

It's a beautifully written book. Yancey is the same vein-of-writing as Anne Rice. If you like long-winded description this is your writer.

I loved this book!!!! I read it in a night because I couldn't put it down. I would recommend this book to older teens because, as said before, the death scenes are quite vivid.

Val was right, this is a great book. Gore, gore, gore, but also really strong, atypical characters.