Damnation Books, 2010
ISBN: 9781615720798
Available: Used and New
Written from the viewpoint of the main character, Nightwalkers tells the story of a teenage boy who has lost his parents and is living with an aunt he dislikes. Loneliness surrounds him and practically consumes him. He finds some relief from this sad life by going out into the darkness of the night and walking. One night, he runs into a girl he is instantly attracted to, but does not find out her name. She only tells him that if he returns the following night, he will find her once again. This causes him to start going out every night, and eventually he meets others that he comes to know as the “Nightwalkers”. Here, in this “other world” he finally finds that he can fit in, but is it a real or imaginary world?
Nightwalkers was a very hard read for me, and honestly, I only ended up reading half of the novel. Page after page, I stumbled upon typos; either misspelled words or words left out of a sentence completely. I can forgive a few typos throughout a book, but the frequency within Nightwalkers really distracted me from the story. I was hoping that the storyline itself would keep me involved enough that I could glance over these errors, but unfortunately I found the story dull and lacking as well. It seemed like there was potential for a great story with Kekic’s idea, but it fell short somewhere. Maybe things picked up in the second half of the book, but I don’t plan on picking it back up to find out. Others may read this book up and enjoy it from cover to cover, but for me it was a struggle to read it as far as I did.
If given another round or two through the editing stage, it might be worth picking up, but if the first edition is the only one available, I’d pass it by for one of many other great horror books out there today.
Contains: Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence
Reviewed by: Rhonda Wilson