Jaret Martens' Eating Sarah: Where asking WHY can get you eaten!

 

 

 

Pages:  

250 (estimated)

Synopsis:

Ever since Sarah was young, all she could dream about was participating in The Hunt -- a monthly event in which her people sneak into the nearby cities and villages to gather food. And in Sarah's world, the food they feast on most is human flesh.

In the deep forests of the Rocky Mountains, Sarah lives in a community of man-eaters. With Fall ending and hunger running rampant, Sarah and her cannibalistic community are forced to change the rules of their Hunt. And with these changes come new risks. When her first Hunt ends in catastrophe, and one of her only friends is lost, Sarah is sentenced to work in the slaughter shack.

Among the dead and dying, Sarah is introduced to Troy: a man she knows she will be forced to kill. As her life crumbles around her, her feelings for Troy grow, along with the knowledge that, if anyone discovers her secret, she will find herself in his place.

Boundaries are pushed, allegiances broken, and the very question of what it means to be human is called into play.

 

The Review:

 One of the most disturbing, skin crawling reads I've read in years! 

Sarah just followed the rules. That was all she'd ever known--eating people. It wasn't as bad as you think it is, or that's what her normal was anyway. Then, accusations start flying and she's caught in the cross fire.

Imagine yourself in a world where you hunt for your survival. I mean really, you have to hunt to live. Sarah was so excited when the age was lowered and she would be able to capture her first human to eat! Nothing about her first hunt went as she planned it in her mind for so many years. Death, family and friends murdered. The town they were hunting came for retaliation. 

Her parents suddenly were monsters, she had only thought she knew. Her whole life was turned upside down in less than a week. Friends dying, council members corrupted; her world became a living nightmare. Escaping wasn't an option, and now she was sentenced to the slaughter house. 

I don't want to give too much away, but a page turner to say the very least! I was revolted and intrigued at the same time. I wanted to stop reading, but couldn't put it down! The first work of fiction I've read about cannibalism and I'm blown away! I had never thought of NEEDING to eat humans as a means of sole survival.

Martens describes things so well, you can hear the popping of flesh, the smell of the rotting bodies. This is by far one of the most interesting reads I've came across. A job well done!

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