Little Heaven

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In fact, the novel does tend to borrow from Stephen King’s classic but only from a structural point of view (time periods going forward and backward). This hard to believe bond takes them to a religious commune and eventually a confrontation with a misshapen creature in the wilderness. Flashback to 1966 and how these three troublesome killers met-up, and then banded together as hired guns sent into a secretive religious compound, Little Heaven, to rescue a young boy from Bible thumping crackpots. rounded up because i freaking love nick cutter, but this one falls into that particular brand of horror i've just never been able to get into, which is my own taste-fail, not the book's fault.

It doesn’t exactly help the tension for the bulk of the story to know how key players turn out beforehand, but I must say that as things went along this didn’t actually bother me much. There were some truly unique and hideous elements here that stood out well, so I was very conflicted as to why I didn't enjoy the book as much, overall, as I felt I should have. Then we are treated to Micah's current life where he wakes up one morning to find his daughter Petty has been kidnapped by a Long Walker and only he and his gang of misfit bounty hunters know what must be done to save her.

Oh, and I almost forgot, there are some truly awesome illustrations in the novel so because Goodreads won't allow 1/2 stars, and because of the Cutter's imagination, and given the great pictures, I'm giving "Little Heaven" a weak 3/5. There is the bounty hunter, Minerva, an English mercenary named Ebenezer and a family man with a shady past named Micah. The remaining occupants are forced to take a stand and fight back, but whatever has cast its dark eye on Little Heaven is now marshaling its powers. I could go on and on about why I enjoyed this book, but also want to limit what I give away to potential readers. While the aphid fed on the sugars deposited in the roots, something else curled up from the blackest recesses of the earth and slipped inside the aphids body.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the chance to read this novel in exchange for an honest review.Whenever I found that happening, some piece of writing or creative incident would set me right back on the path. As well, the alternating timelines feel largely useless — they come across as an effort on Nick Cutter's part to make the story seem more complex and daunting than it really is. That’s what Cutter tries and succeeds to convey in this novel (adorned by reproductions of some pivotal scenes by famed artist Adam Gorham). One of them, Minerva, plans to kill another, a British black man named Ebeneezer, to fulfill a wish for revenge.

It pits the coolest and most unlikely bounty hunters against an old time religious cult and the ickiest creation this side of John Carpenter's The Thing.I did a small happy dance when I finished this book (who am I kidding, I was thrilled) but not for the obvious reasons. The constant throughout this see-sawing are three mercenaries who gives us very little to like about them. I also thought the end was pretty terrifying and if I hadn't been so thrilled to get to it and be done, I probably could have really enjoyed it.