I want to thank Roxie Vorhees for the opportunity to read The Longest Thirst.
MY REVIEW
When I woke up this morning, I didn’t expect to be killing my father by sunset, but here we are.
That’s the first sentence of the book and the hook was set. I thought this might be a good one, but I wasn’t prepared for how good. I love the dark side of life, but if you are a bit squeamish, you might want to think twice. We have brutality, racism, rape, torture…
Lillian had had enough when she took her father’s life. She rescued the woman tied to the stake, and has been on the run ever since. I love her thought, ‘I am so sick of men sticking their penis where it isn’t welcome.’ I would think twice, if I were a man, about putting it in an unwilling woman’s mouth. Could you resist the temptation to give him a what for?
I cringed, laughed and was shocked at the the levels of depravity…and that ending… WHAT…WHAT…marvelous, simply marvelous. Roxie Vorhees doesn’t hold back. It’s a short book, at 111 pages, and you won’t want to quit once you start.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of The Longest Thirst by Roxie Voorhees.
GOODREADS BLURB
he Quick and the Dead meets Carmilla.
When Lillian killed her father, getting the blood out of her dress was the least of her worries. The young Native woman to her left would soon prove to be a blessing or a curse. Just as hope is all but evaporated on the cracked earth of the Mojave, a beacon of light beams in the center of Calico.
Born into the rigidity of classism, Lillian struggles to trust the welcoming hospitality of the town and its inhabitants. Convinced this respite is brief, Lillian prepares to return the woman to her people, and flee from her crime. Even so, Calico softens her heart and Lillian soon feels truly at home.
But a stranger gallops into Calico. His presence commands obedience and soon he finds what he is looking for, Lillian.
And they have unfinished business.
- Genre: Fiction, Horror, Splatterwestern, Western
- 111 pages, Kindle Edition
- Expected publication September 26, 2023 by Book Slayer Press
ABOUT ROXIE VOORHEES
Roxie Voorhees (she/he/they) is a tangled threesome of Gag me with a Spoon, Welcome to the Darkside, and Catch me Outside. When she isn’t writing, she is hyperfocusing on whichever of the many hobbies her ADHD demands.
A California native, he resides with his service dog, Bellatrix, in Little Rock, where he refuses to use the word fixin’, battles pollen, and fantasizes of using a public bathroom without it being a political stance.
They are the co-editor of MINE: An Anthology of Body Autonomy Horror published by Creature Publishing and READER BEWARE: A Fear Street Appreciation Anthology to be published October 2023, by DarkLit Press.
Instagram: @the.book.slayer
Twitter: @theb00kslayer
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Website: www.roxievoorhees.gay
Roxie has come out as gender fluid! She prefers any pronouns and doesn’t mind being included in women specific lists, but asks you please note their fluidity.
LOL Love your review, Sherry! And this book sounds right up my alley!