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Breed

Chase Novak

Start date: December 12, 2012

Finish date: December 31, 2012

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Nov 22, 2019 Midu Hadi rated it it was ok

Shelves: singles, reviewed, organ-on-cover, 2012, us-author, 300-400-pages, read-in-november, black-and-red-cover, read-in-2019, nbrc-2019

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The author did their best to make the main characters unlikeable.
The lead couple seemed shallow and haughty. They looked down their noses at everyone — and the wife didn’t even come from old money the way the husband had. Even when their kids entered the picture — and the parents wanted to eat them — I couldn’t connect with them.

There was a whole lot of sexist crap thrown in.
When the lead couple turns atavistic, the husband gets to kee ...more

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Jan 17, 2018 Nicole rated it it was ok

Shelves: kindle, 200-in-2018

It should be noted that this was on my kindle for so long that the cover changed. The first cover was creepy because it had the bloody silhouette of a pregnant woman. This cover is creepy because it has a quote from Stephen King about how good it is.
Alex and Leslie live in New York, pretty close to being in the 1%. While he's older, she's a trophy for sure. They have seemingly everything perfect in their lives--except for a baby. But while modern western medicine yields no results, the couple go ...more

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Feb 19, 2013 Jess rated it liked it

Shelves: new-2-u-author-challenge, read-in-2013, tower-teams-team-c

Breed is a horror tale revolving around two parents desperate for children, and later shifts forward in time to when their twins are ten years of age. I feel like the horror aspect of this book was more evident in the first half, and that it kind of tapered off in the second half into a more fast-paced, action ordeal that drained away all the spooky atmosphere that the first part of the book spent building up.

The twins, Adam and Alice, are likeable enough. They’re young but sharp, and pushed to ...more

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