Review: First Kiss, Last Breath- Lee Mather

Title:First Kiss, Last Breath

Author: Lee Mather
Release Date: October 8 2012
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Genre: Paranormal/ YA- Top Pick
Rating: 5 Hoots
Reviewer: Tiffany
Buy From: Amazon/ Barnes and Noble

Sum It Up! This is a short, gruesome and fantastic tale coming out just in time for Halloween.

 

A better man would act.

Andy Rowly fears the demon in his painting is real, but the very real fear of being totally alone makes his existence hell.

Death and darkness torment Andy, and his descent into madness seems inevitable until he meets Nor. Bold and funny, she is everything he is not, and offers him a chance at a life filled with love and light.

But before they can share their first kiss, he must overcome his demon, lest the demon overcomes him first.

WARNING: Moderate scenes of gore and violence.

A Lyrical Press Young Adult Horror (Goodreads)

Review:

Lee Mather gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'the pen is mightier than the sword', for in this case, it’s more dangerous as well.

Andy Rowly has lost everyone he has ever loved; his parents' died when he was very young and just recently, his grandfather who took over raising him as well. While this is enough to make anyone depressed and maybe a little crazy, what if it made that person not be able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality? It seems as though everything Andy draws becomes manifest and usually in a tragically gruesome way but is this real, or is it all in his head?

Then along comes Nor, the only light Andy has ever had in his short, miserable life. If he allows himself to love her, what will happen to the demon he created in his mural, the demon who is no longer in said mural? Will they're first kiss equal Nor's last breath? Or is there really a demon at all?

 This is a short, gruesome and fantastic tale coming out just in time for Halloween. Mather sucks readers in from one page to the next and keeps them guessing from the beginning to the end. While Andy questions his sanity, so will the reader.