The town of Gilson Creek has been quiet until the Full Moon Monster returns one fateful night, murdering several people. We fast forward to whenever Spiderman 2 came out (seriously, I forget the year, but that movie gets mentioned over and over again). Stan changes and runs off to murder people in his old hometown. The story pulls no punches and waits no time in giving us the first transformation, which is the bread-and-butter of werewolf books. The story starts in 1997 when Stan sneaks out of a mental asylum. The main reason to read this book is because it has that old-school werewolf horror feel ala Silver Bullet and The Howling. Blood and Rain has the good–the gore, the slick pace, the scares–but also the bad–thin characters that never develop beyond cannon fodder. Often, the characters feel unoriginal and under-developed. That said, I hate some of the character tropes in horror. The jump scares, the mysteries, the blood, the massive body counts…more, please. Oh gory horror novels, how I love you but am so picky about which ones of your lot I read.
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