A Forest of Corpses by P.A. Brown

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Reading the blurb of this book I was expecting to be immediately thrown into the middle of a camp adventure (no pun intended), the type of adventure where the All American family dream of camping together to bond and love, turn into a nightmare where apparently nothing of the modern technology is there to help you, and your world is turn upside down, you don’t know who to trust, if the next you meet will be your savior or your killer.

And instead P.A. Brown almost lulled the reader for more than half book in a odd family tale, the reassuring tale of how Jason, former outcast, is now living and loving Alex “Spider”, police detective and perfect Dom. There is not a tested relationship, after two months there are still moment where it’s awkard, there are still things to try and balance, but all in all they are good together. I had the feeling that Spider tries to be a badass, but he is fall over head for his young lover and he would do anything to please him, even going camping.

What should be their perfect week together, a prize for Jason for being able to straighten his life, turns into a punishment: Spider and Jason are separated, Jason has to go finding help, Spider’s life is seriously in danger and everything is on Jason’s shoulder, him that until some weeks before was not even able to find a decent place where to live.

I think the author wanted to prove to the readers, but also to Jason’s himself, that he would be able to succeed alone; not that he has to be alone, a family with Alex, home in a suburbs and dog in the front yard, is way better than not even know if he will have enough money to buy dinner, but letting Alex being his savior, thinking that without him nothing matter, is not healthy for Jason.

As in the first book, Geography of Murder, the author use the double point of view, each chapter seens by the point of view of Alex and Jason, almost a ping pong between them, that is sometime hard to follow but that indead allows the reader to never disconnect from them, even when they will be set apart, the reader will continue to be with both of them, as will do a very special dog, that will be link for the two men like the first point of view will be for the reader, almost as the dog, going back and forth between Jason and Alex was giving them the right to speak to the reader.

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Series:
1) The Geography of Murder: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/932059.html
2) A Forest of Corpses

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