Dreadful Skin, By Cherie Priest
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Dreadful Skin is without a doubt my favorite novel so far this year. Cherie Priest is a fabulous storyteller with a gift for southern gothic. She paints a vivid picture of post Civil War west. Her characters are compelling. Most notably Eileen Callaghan, Irish nun turned Lycanthrope hunter truly came alive for me; she is witty, determine and surprisingly human throughout. Dreadful Skin manages to ask some big questions regarding good & evil, faith and free will, all the while telling a frightfully captivating story and never once tripping my fairly low gross-out threshold. I was fortunate enough to get the hardcover edition before it sold out. The paperback version is not out yet but it is available for pre-order from Amazon. I would have included the links, but Amazon seems to be functioning as well as twitter right now.
Update – paperback is out and linked
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I didn’t know you had a blog! Loved the pics of Josh cleaning. He’s absolutely adorable. How old is he?
And you write? (Didn’t know, not that I’m surprised or anything.)What? (Sorry, am incredibly nosey.)
Thank you. He will be 17 months tomorrow. Lately I haven’t written much of anything, but when I can find a balance and actually make time for writing it is mostly speculative fiction/urban fantasy.