Come Little Children eBook D Melhoff
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A hidden town. A paranormal rumor. A family secret.
The Nolan morgue is more than just an ordinary funeral home. When their newest employee uncovers a supernatural conspiracy connected to a string of child murders, she must use every shred of her intelligence to stop a new breed of serial killer and escape the morgue alive.
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After graduating from college, Camilla Carleton—a young mortician with a curious mind and a peculiar sense of fashion—moves to a secluded town in the Yukon for her first job as an assistant funeral technician.
The residence is beautiful. The pay is decent. The work is rewarding.
But the Nolan Morgue is more than just an ordinary funeral parlor. Within twenty-four hours of arriving, Camilla discovers the mutilated body of a six-year-old boy in the backyard of her new home soaking wet, stitched up like an autopsy cadaver—and still alive. When her employers refuse to address the incident, she takes matters into her own hands and starts scouring the town for information.
The consequences are catastrophic. A rumor involving paranormal activity connects the funeral home to a violent history of child murders, and when a shocking religious conspiracy is exposed, it triggers a horrific chain of events that threatens the entire town. Now, trapped in a hellish nightmare outside the realms of reason and science, Camilla must come to terms with her own dark past while struggling to outsmart a serial killer, save her family, and escape the morgue alive.
Set against the ghostly backdrop of the Yukon wilderness, COME LITTLE CHILDREN possesses a rich supply of chilling imagery, memorable characters, and incisive nightmares. Packed with horror and dappled with equal parts humor and romance, this gripping supernatural thriller ensnares readers all the way from its eerie start to its explosive, heart-pounding climax.
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Come Little Children eBook D Melhoff
It was sort of a cool premise, the idea of a goth girl mortician. That was what grabbed me. I was downloading books to my kindle for a flight the next morning, so I didn't have time to grab and read a chapter, I just went for it based on the plot summary. Even if I'd sampled the first chapter, I might have still bought it, because the subject matter (mortuary science, weird old family of morticians, oddball small town) was promising.Overall, though, the book reads like a first draft of something that could have been a much better book with a lot more research and editing. Some of the language was very well done, with unique descriptions and interesting turns of phrase. But the characters are flat. The main character, Camilla, shows questionable motivation from the beginning, choosing to stay with her new employers even though they're horrible to her with no good reason why. Flashbacks to her abusive childhood are confusing and seem thrown in for effect with no real explanation as to why they cause her to do the things she does. Her relationship with Peter goes from superficial interactions to true love within a couple of chapters, with no convincing explanation as to why. Her emotional life is poorly described, even though she had potential to be a really unique and interesting character. In the second part of the book, she becomes even less believable, transitioning (SPOILER) from someone who was willing to defy the laws of nature to bring her child into the world to someone who is resigned to killing said child with unbelievable ease. The rest of the Vincents, including Peter, are poorly drawn and one-dimensional, either stereotypically horrible people with no redeeming depth or so bland that you can barely keep them straight. The paranormal/horror aspects are handled poorly; no real explanation is given as to why the Vincents feel it's appropriate for them to bring people back from the dead. Other than a rather lame speculation that the apple tree grew from the core of the apple the snake gave Eve (and how it got to the Yukon nobody can say) there is little explanation as to how the magic even works. The "infection" that once terrorized the town, and which reoccurs because of Abby, is even less coherently explained…basically, your guess is as good as mine how it relates.
Also, the author obviously spent time researching the mechanics of mortuary science and the funeral industry very well…but then makes it embarrassingly apparent that he or she didn't bother researching anything else. Camilla's "infertility" is diagnosed by x-ray and her endometriosis (a crippling chronic condition) appears out of nowhere like appendicitis. Characters repeatedly run around the Yukon in the snow, in temperatures described at one point as negative 27 degree wind chill, without shoes or in improbable clothing. More than once, someone jumps into water that has been frozen over by ice and swims around long enough to retrieve bodies and fight monsters. Camilla gets "frostbite" on her face while walking to a neighbor's house, but spends multiple nights sleeping inside a crypt with no shoes and barely shivers. People dig graves in frozen ground using only shovels. Revolvers are referred to as "Glocks" and nobody ever has to reload a shotgun. FBI agents and police officers who have been looking for missing girls take a mortician's assistant's word that said girls died of natural causes, without an autopsy, and Camilla is able to hide the evidence of their obvious murder wounds (including the evidence of her attempt at resurrection and of caving their skulls in with an axe) using mortuary makeup. Even when the errors aren't glaring, they're noticeable enough to throw off the narrative. Camilla feels the cold wind blowing up her skirt, and three paragraphs later she's rolling up her pant legs. People "banned together" instead of "band together."
The whole thing comes off like an interesting idea handled very poorly. It reminded me of fan fiction executed by someone in junior high. I finished, because it was that or spend three hours staring at the Skymall catalogue, but by the time I got to the improbable ending I didn't care about any of the characters or really about the resolution of the story…I just wanted it to be over. It was cheap, and lots of reviewers have apparently really liked it. But I personally couldn't get deep enough into the story or invested enough in emotionless Camilla and the one-dimensional Vincent family to forgive the glaring errors and poor world building.
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Come Little Children eBook D Melhoff Reviews
Started out ok and I kept waiting for it to get better. The paranormal idea was pretty weak. To me anyway. Storyline just became too unbelievable even for supernatural. Good moments, true but overall not for me. Seems like a new writer trying to gel ideas and fit them together. Good description of action scenes.
Maybe it's just better for teens.
Fast pace, different, weird, bizarre, unusual. Unlike anything I have ever read before. Fat is there are not enough adjectives in my vocabulary to describe this one. Had similarities to Dr. Jekell / Mr. Hyde when it came to this town fixing it's problems. There was terrible sadness but yet through all the troubles there was love.
Morticians have normal lives....well sort of. This is a story of a family of morticisns who live in a small town in Alaska. A new employee joins their groupand is welcomed by some members and not by others. It is a wide roller coaster ride. If you are squeamish about detailed descriptions of behind the scenes details of a morticians job you may want to skip this one. Good ending and possibly a sequel. Hint hint hint.
I actually enjoyed reading this story, although it could have used better editing and research. Imagining people living in the Yukon and not suffering from bitter, sub-degree weather is a bit of a stretch. The story had a great beginning, but sort of took a nose dive in the middle. We all must remember that even in the world of books you get what you pay for.
This novel was very well written! I really appreciated how interesting the storyline was and that it changed throughout the story. I read a LOT! And this was a book I would quickly recommend. I am a big fan of anything scary, and thought this wasn't textbook scary, I still ended up waking from an unusual zombie-ish dream, that I had to attribute to reading this book. Definately a fulfilling mystery novel! It well worth the low amount you will spend on it. Let me know if you agree or disagree. ;-)
Come Little Children is the kind of tale that forces you to see it happening in your mind...Having a detective story feeling, while being a horror story,( including demonic undead children!) is put together very well . It was a page turner for me.
The first chapters of the book caught my attention and curiosity, despite the overuse of memory flashbacks and flowery language. The setting and overall premise had promise that quickly faded to choppy storytelling with no real flow. Suddenly we jump 8 years forward and by that time the storytelling hit rock bottom like an avalanche. What began as decent plot deteriorated rapidly into a farce. I couldn't wait to be done with it. This author should slow down and take much more time and effort for the next go around. He/she shows promise but it just feels like it was pounded out of over a long weekend between bottles of bad wine.
It was sort of a cool premise, the idea of a goth girl mortician. That was what grabbed me. I was downloading books to my kindle for a flight the next morning, so I didn't have time to grab and read a chapter, I just went for it based on the plot summary. Even if I'd sampled the first chapter, I might have still bought it, because the subject matter (mortuary science, weird old family of morticians, oddball small town) was promising.
Overall, though, the book reads like a first draft of something that could have been a much better book with a lot more research and editing. Some of the language was very well done, with unique descriptions and interesting turns of phrase. But the characters are flat. The main character, Camilla, shows questionable motivation from the beginning, choosing to stay with her new employers even though they're horrible to her with no good reason why. Flashbacks to her abusive childhood are confusing and seem thrown in for effect with no real explanation as to why they cause her to do the things she does. Her relationship with Peter goes from superficial interactions to true love within a couple of chapters, with no convincing explanation as to why. Her emotional life is poorly described, even though she had potential to be a really unique and interesting character. In the second part of the book, she becomes even less believable, transitioning (SPOILER) from someone who was willing to defy the laws of nature to bring her child into the world to someone who is resigned to killing said child with unbelievable ease. The rest of the Vincents, including Peter, are poorly drawn and one-dimensional, either stereotypically horrible people with no redeeming depth or so bland that you can barely keep them straight. The paranormal/horror aspects are handled poorly; no real explanation is given as to why the Vincents feel it's appropriate for them to bring people back from the dead. Other than a rather lame speculation that the apple tree grew from the core of the apple the snake gave Eve (and how it got to the Yukon nobody can say) there is little explanation as to how the magic even works. The "infection" that once terrorized the town, and which reoccurs because of Abby, is even less coherently explained…basically, your guess is as good as mine how it relates.
Also, the author obviously spent time researching the mechanics of mortuary science and the funeral industry very well…but then makes it embarrassingly apparent that he or she didn't bother researching anything else. Camilla's "infertility" is diagnosed by x-ray and her endometriosis (a crippling chronic condition) appears out of nowhere like appendicitis. Characters repeatedly run around the Yukon in the snow, in temperatures described at one point as negative 27 degree wind chill, without shoes or in improbable clothing. More than once, someone jumps into water that has been frozen over by ice and swims around long enough to retrieve bodies and fight monsters. Camilla gets "frostbite" on her face while walking to a neighbor's house, but spends multiple nights sleeping inside a crypt with no shoes and barely shivers. People dig graves in frozen ground using only shovels. Revolvers are referred to as "Glocks" and nobody ever has to reload a shotgun. FBI agents and police officers who have been looking for missing girls take a mortician's assistant's word that said girls died of natural causes, without an autopsy, and Camilla is able to hide the evidence of their obvious murder wounds (including the evidence of her attempt at resurrection and of caving their skulls in with an axe) using mortuary makeup. Even when the errors aren't glaring, they're noticeable enough to throw off the narrative. Camilla feels the cold wind blowing up her skirt, and three paragraphs later she's rolling up her pant legs. People "banned together" instead of "band together."
The whole thing comes off like an interesting idea handled very poorly. It reminded me of fan fiction executed by someone in junior high. I finished, because it was that or spend three hours staring at the Skymall catalogue, but by the time I got to the improbable ending I didn't care about any of the characters or really about the resolution of the story…I just wanted it to be over. It was cheap, and lots of reviewers have apparently really liked it. But I personally couldn't get deep enough into the story or invested enough in emotionless Camilla and the one-dimensional Vincent family to forgive the glaring errors and poor world building.
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