Liquid Soul, The Book

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Amazing!
by astucity
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August 20, 2009: Mr. Carter's first novel not only is an impressive offering to the Psychological Thriller genre but is so well written and believable that you almost feel you are reading a nonfiction recounting of events by the actual perpetrator. Very few authors I have read actually succeeded in getting inside the psyche of a serial killer with any amount of believability.

Meet the man with no discernible name, with no discernible features, in no discernible location. He is any man that you may see walk down the street and merely glance over without a second thought. This man however is special, he is addicted to something he calls Liquid Soul.

He starting getting addicted to Liquid Soul when he was mugged and in self defense pulled his pocket knife and cut the man. The moment his blood reached his hands he felt the man's soul leave his body and join with his giving him not only a glimpse into moments in the man's life, but the feeling of becoming the man during the experience.

He knew then he couldn't stop. He had to find others. He had to see what man people tic.

Then came the celebrity, the mother, the boxer, the bodybuilder, the CEO, the child, the old man, the policeman, the psychopath, the homeless man, among a few others. He decided to build his own family, make them apart of something since they shared themselves with him, he had to give something back.

After all, they were still kind enough to talk to him after they died and be apart of this glorious new world he was building with his new found gift.

This book will make your skin crawl and disturb you in ways I can guarantee you that you haven't been before no matter how many other authors you had read in this genre. The only question I have after closing the back cover is when will Mr. Carter thrill me with another offering?

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Bridget's Review
by bridget3420
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August 03, 2009: As you all know, I'm a sucker for scariness. I'm not sure why but I'm attracted to the darkness. I'm always looking for books that will creep me out. I guess because I've been reading supposedly "scary" books for as long as I can remember, so they don't affect me the way they used to. This book creeped me out. Thank you Matt! You've done your job:)

Liquid Soul is about a killer who gets his thrills from seeing a piece of his victims souls. In order to accomplish this, the blood of his victims has to touch him. Once the high has worn off, this killer is filled with sadness. He can never recreate that moment, so if he saw something he really liked, he is haunted by the memory of what he will never again experience. He doesn't know until the blood is shed what the victims soul will show. His experiences are a complete surprise. If he begins feeling something horrible, he cannot escape it until he is thrown back into himself.

If you are addicted to freaky books, I suggest you pick this one up. You can follow this killer's and victims lives and if you have a vivid imagination, you can feel what he feels.

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A Delight, July 19, 2009
By Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas) - See all my reviews

Carter, Matthew. "Liquid Soul", Outskirts Press, 2009.

A Delight

Amos Lassen

I love dark fiction and "Liquid Soul" is very dark. It is a story of murder told from the killer's point of view--a journal of a man with a secret and he is no ordinary killer and he way he kills is unusual..
After an encounter with a mugger, our killer realizes that by touching someone else's blood, gains the ability to live for a short while as his victims did; he is able to experience their thoughts, remember their past, and understand their psyches. He becomes addicted to this and he soon finds himself searching for victims so that he could have their experiences. He feels that when someone else's blood flows over his hands, he is able to tap into their life force. He feels that he frees people from the pain of their lives and as he searches their souls he becomes obsessed. He hopes that this knowledge will lead him to find his place in the world. He feels he has no past and no future and that his own life force is liquid soul. It was an uncontrollable addiction and he soon understood that his victims were his friends.
As strange as this may sound, this is a fun read and the author allows you to feel what the killer feels. It is quite a book!

Liquid Soul

Liquid Soul, The Book By: Matthew Carter. Liquid Soul was published in 2009 and is available for purchase at Amazon, Barns & Noble, Borders, and A1 Books.

From Kelly Jackson 's review of Liquid Soul - 'This book will make your skin crawl and disturb you in ways I can guarantee you that you haven't been before no matter how many other authors you had read in this genre. The only question I have after closing the back cover is when will Mr. Carter thrill me with another offering?'

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