Lately I've gotten into the habit of reading two books at the same time: a physical book and an eBook on my phone. Basically something to read at any time. Plus naturally the style and content will differ which gives me the option to change things up if I desire. This time while reading VORACIOUS, I was also reading DEPRAVED. I'm not sure which was more intense or graphic or violent.

The story in VORACIOUS starts with Lelani Simms, runway model who was once voted one of the most beautiful women in the world. At the start of the book though, Lelani is famished. Starving beyond belief. She's already emptied her refrigerator and working on the uncooked canned food. As she's eating some canned cat food, her kitten comes into the kitchen. Suffice to say, Lelani can then go back to the canned cat food since there's no one else alive in her apartment that will eat it. The readers are then introduced to several other starving people experiencing similar hunger pains and taking similar atavistic actions to satisfy their hunger, including self-cannibalism. Just before the gore and violence gets too repetitive, we meet the two individuals at the source of the problem. From that point on, the story continues at an even faster pace until the logical end.

Wrath does a great job of writing a tight and engaging story. The first part had me enjoying the violence and intensity of what was happening. Then at the point that I was beginning to wonder "why" and imagine a bunch of zombie or alien infection type of reasons, Wrath gave me a plain simple explanation that made sense. A bit extreme of an explanation but logical enough to feel that my zombie idea was too radical. About the only complaint that I had with the book was that I lost track of some of the side characters. I had to look back to earlier in the book to see who they were again. Fortunately they were all side characters and died quickly so I didn't have to worry about them for long. If you like extreme horror, then you'll enjoy this book. ( )