An Absolutely Bizarre Book (That I Liked)

4 out of 5 stars

First and foremost – this is my first Kealan Patrick Burke book.  I want to start by saying it won’t be my last.  It was an absolutely bizarre book but I enjoyed every second of it.  Every time I thought I could figure out what was going on I was way off.  And every time I guessed the ending – same thing – I wasn’t even close.  Burke was able to write a book that confused and enthralled me throughout.

The premise, if I can get that right – is there are a group of people who live in Milestone. They all go to the same watering hole and all do basically the same thing every week. At eleven, the reverend will come in and one of the patrons will be told to drive. They’ll also be given a name or names of someone. Tonight will be different for the first time in three years.

There was a lot going on here under that surface – family issues, self-doubt, anger related to death, death, and more death.  Along with the craziness that was actually going on in this town (Dean Martin’s ghost visits, there are crazy deer attacking a house, and a dead wife who will come out when a specific song is played).

I wasn’t sure when someone was going to wake up and realize it was all a dream – but that didn’t happen.  I thought all of this was going to be some crazy drunken misremembering.  It wasn’t. It was an absolutely crazy story where every word, sentence, and paragraph were necessary to move the plot forward.

 

Book Description:

Currency of Souls by Kealan Patrick Burke
Narrator: Rich Miller
Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
Series: Milestone #1
on June 1st 2018
Genres: Horror
Also by this author: Sour Candy
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