I was unable to read it for long periods at a stretch, yet I could not put it away completely. I found Lost Souls to be profoundly disturbing and also fascinating. When the do come together, the mix of personalities both vampiric and human are explosive.īrite has created a world where no one is quite what they seem, and everyone has something to learn about themselves and their loves. All of these people are fated to come together, first in Missing Mile, then in New Orleans. His best friend Steve is determined to drown himself in liquor and guilt, following the breakup with his girlfriend, Anne. Ghost is psychically sensitive, and can tell that something is about to happen.
Meanwhile, in Missing Mile, North Carolina, the band Lost Souls has its own problems. Infatuated by the music of a band, Lost Souls, Nothing is determined to find them. His name is not Jason, but Nothing, and he is determined to leave behind those parents and people in the small town that is boring and draining at the same moment. Christian leaves the baby on a doorstep.įorward fifteen years - a young boy discovers the truth of his heritage. However, an evening of Chartreuse and debauchery leaves Christian caring for Jesse, a young girl impregnated by Zillah. Christian is older than the trio, and more sedate. They visit New Orleans and the bar of Christian, a fellow vampire. These three travel the world, causing havoc, hunting and drinking blood.
Vampires can breed with humans, but the birth always kills the mother. Zillah, Molochai and Twig are vampires, belonging to an ancient species, akin to humans, but not human at all. A young author whose writing garnered her critical acclaim, Brite leads the reader into a world of despair, drugs, sex and blood a world where magic and mystery are both impossible and most likely. Lost Souls is a graphic, intense, sexy novel by the High Priestess of weird horror, Poppy Z.
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