UNTIL SUMMER COMES AROUND is a perfectly executed story with a delicate balance of blood and love. The kill scenes are brutal and blood-soaked. It’s oozing with nostalgia, dead bodies, and blood addled vampires. I think I might need to watch the movie The Lost Boys again because this has those vibes. Did I mention I love it?! The carnival beach town, music, video games, and innocence (well vampire innocence) are just so RAD. Rolfe does a perfect job building these characters brick by brick and crafting a brilliant vampire story without going over-the-top. November has a family secret, and unfortunately for Rocky, he is under the spell of young love.Įvery detail from the beach setting atmosphere to the 1980s summer teenage love story, to the blood-lusting vampires is exactly what I needed right now.
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 countsmore, please.
I love the description in the synopsis: “When fifteen-year-old Rocky Zukas meets a mysterious dark-haired girl named November, his world is forever changed.” HOOKED. Blood and Rain by Glenn Rolfe Oh gory horror novels, how I love you but am so picky about which ones of your lot I read. I “summer breezed” right on through this entire book, and much like the vampires in this story, I was bloodthirsty for more. Glenn Rolfe’s UNTIL SUMMER COMES AROUND is an all-consuming, 1980s coming-of-age, nostalgic, vampire extravaganza of a story.
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