First review appeared today at My Undead Mind

http://zombiecustodian.blogspot.com/201 … -hull.html



Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Review of "Last of the Kjett" by Harper Hull

***AS ALWAYS, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!!***

How can you go wrong with a story that involves Vikings, werewolves, and a Yeti snow god? Well, I’m sure you could. There are, after all, crappy writers out there (keep trying, though!). Thankfully, Harper Hull is not one of them.

“Last of the Kjett� is a chapbook, so it’s easily readable in one sitting… unless you’re me, who reads about half as fast as I type… Anyway, it’s pretty short. The thing about it is, this book packs a punch on nearly every page.

Without giving too much away, the book involves two clans of Vikings, one seeking revenge on the other. Both tribes hold a dirty little secret. Both secrets involve fur, claws and lots of screaming.

OK, so I pretty much gave them away in the first sentence of this review, but that’s OK. Like I said, the book is pretty short, and you get to see the wolves pretty quickly. The story is in the action and really the setup. It’s not the surprise of “Oh, my! They’re werewolves!� It’s more, “Wow, that’ pretty freaking cool that somebody did this.�

We never get to know the characters in depth, but that’s ok, because what we do find out is that they are badasses and they want revenge for the murder of their former king. And they have the chops to make it happen.

The scene with the female sacrifice, where she comes face to face with the yeti and her fate, is pretty intense, although fairly quick. The battle at the end of the book is awesome.

I couldn’t find this on Amazon to purchase, but through the website of the company that put out “Last of the Kjett�, The Penny Dreadful Company at thepennydreadfulcompany.com. For non-members, its 1.99 pounds, which is about 3 bucks US, which is more than fair. However, I’m not sure what kind of shipping you’re looking at… still, the story is good enough that it might just be worth it.

I give this book 4 and a half bloody mops out of 5, simply because it was too freaking short and I wanted more bloody Viking/werewolf/yeti carnage!
Posted by Matt "farmboy" Nord at 2:00 PM