Regardless, I will continue to read Chapman's work, he's definitely got the goods to produce an exceptionally horrific tale, this one just didn't quite knock it out of the park for me. But it all comes together to create a really well-written and great horror novel that I highly recommend.

Rife with body horror and hallucinations, some of which may get a bit too trippy for some, the narrative sucks readers into its dark, disorienting world.Later, Bakhos would proclaim him as leader of the beastmen tribes, investing him with his authority, but Ghosteater took the other gathered leaders to talk amongst themselves, confirming that he wanted to unite them for themselves not to serve the Blessed Ones.

The problem is, she just wanted to see ONE ghost in particular, that of Silas, her ex boyfriend who had a huge emotional hold on her and their friend group. The warriors of Minata frequently contend with lost spirits of the Taumatan people that haunt their shattered lands to this day. When her friend Tobias suggests a new drug, Ghost, that allows its user to communicate with the dead, Erin jumps at the chance in hopes of seeing Silas one more time. Think of your mind as a doorway to the other side, but it’s locked and our ghosts can’t get through.

Almost the entire time I was listening to Ghost Eaters it kinda made me want to throw up from how gross it was, and though it isn't something I will ever reread, it is in its own league as far as uniqueness and plot. Also from the synopsis, you know that they take a haunting drug that causes crazy side effects, but that doesn’t happen until over 50% of the way in.

He and his herd were granted the honour of being in the vanguard of the attack but he quickly realised they were being used as little more than fodder but he and his ghosts also saw the trap being laid for the forces of Chaos and withdrew, saving an armoured champion as he did so. By the time we abandon campus and hop the wrought-iron fence surrounding Hollywood Cemetery, the four of us are all well on our way to peak fry. However, unbeknownst to Erin this drug has unimaginable side effects and you can’t come back from it. Tobias then tells her of a new drug, ghost, that enables you to see the dead, they all takes it with devastating consequences as once you take it nothing is ever the same again.

McLeod Chapman has instantly become my new “author to watch” and I have immediately TBR’ed all of his past horror novels (with a close eye on anything new he releases). Not gonna lie, at some parts I was a bit confused as to what the hell was going on, but that could be a me problem. When Silas begs Erin to get him out of rehab yet again, Erin puts her foot down and finally decides to set some boundaries.