Ten years plotting. Ten years of waiting. Ten years of patience and planning. Finally, he would have his revenge.
But--there is another side. A dark side. Revenge can cloud your judgement. Revenge can take over your life. Revenge can take away the one thing you really want.
After the murder of his partner, Mick, and watching his Stormy yanked from his grasp, all Nutter could think about was making Bender hurt. He wanted to show him more than the pain he lived with each and every second of the day, he wanted Bender to be nothing but pain.
Without Mick by his side, Nutter expected to feel alone, without purpose--but something wonderful happened, instead. He found his focus. He found his Kitten, the one woman who could match his intelligence and his appetite for killing. Together, they could rule the world. All they had to do was fulfill Nutter’s plan for revenge.
M. Stratton is an International Amazon bestselling author in the romantic suspense and mystery suspense categories for her Storm Series and Bender. She lives in Arizona, which is a big change from where she grew up north of Chicago, Illinois. As an only child she learned to tell herself stories to make the long winters go by quicker while dreaming of summer vacations. Now as an adult she still makes up stories to pass the time, but now she writes them down to share with other people. Stratton is a self-proclaimed dork who loves to make people laugh. Her inner rock star is always on stage performing to a sold out crowd, but she quiet and shy on the outside. She spends her days plotting new ways to surprise her readers.
I am not usually one for dark stories but Revenge by M. Stratton may make me change my mind and read more. I found the character of Nutter fascinating in warped way. Ms. Stratton does a wonderful job of creating not only one perfectly deranged psychopath, but two. She also shares with the reader enough of the backstory to remind the reader of the events that took place in the previous book, Bender. The saying goes, “revenge is a dish best served cold,” and I defy the reader to not get a shiver or two while reading this book. Nutter is not only a cold, calculating killer; he has immense patience, waiting years to put his plan in motion. He doesn’t rush his revenge on Bender and Stormy, his princess, preferring to make them paranoid about when he will strike. While in the mental facility he met his soul mate in Kitten. She is not only his equal intellectually but also psychopathically. Waiting years to exact his revenge, Nutter and Kitten begin to systematically begin to exterminate those that did Nutter wrong. His ultimate prize would be his princess but Bender is determined to not let her be Nutter’s victim again. This book is delightfully dark and twisted, and there are enough surprises to keep the reader guessing. The depth of plotting and scheming by Nutter is fascinating. The reader is drawn into the story, waiting for the other shoe to drop. The characters are well developed and the story is well paced. I look forward to the next book by this author; her imagination intrigues me.
Revenge, is the follow up to Bender and it follows Nutter 10 years later. Revenge is just as crazy and gruesome and as amazeballs as the first. It was so good to catch up with Bender, Stormy and the kids. And to see what being locked away did to Nutter. Who knew that there was a female version of Nutter out there, Kitten is just as creepy and shudder inducing as him and together, they are bloody (literally) awesome. Once again, there are scenes that leave you saying "She wont go there...yep, she went there" but she writes them in a way that are entertaining and not just eewww (even though they are eww) I really hope that Kitten gets her own book, I want to get into mind of her
Just when you thought no one could be nuttier than Nutter...along comes Kitten and man does she have claws. Chick is straight up certifiable.
I enjoyed this short story as it read more like a super extended epilogue for me on life after Bender. I love a good dark and twisty and M. Stratton knows how to deliver.