Book Review: Let Me Die
By Elizabeth Suggs
Let Me Die by Virginia Babcock is a mixture of romance and gothic horror in the theme of Frankenstein, but this book isn’t just any Frankenstein story. This is a tale of love and loss and so much more.
There are two different perspectives in this novel, one being of Petre, who had been one of the meanest, toughest guys in the Net family crew, and the other of Nicoleta, who just relocated to Romania with her father. Nicoleta is still dealing with the trauma of her mother’s death when she’s given an antique bus that is more than meets the eye.
Babcock is skilled at writing complex, three-dimensional characters, in strictly romance settings and in something much darker. She has published more than twelve different works, but this novel is her first dive into the macabre, and I hope it won’t be her last!
My favorite quotes:
The disembodied mind fought reality.
They gushed and flowed, filling his consciousness like blood from a severed artery…
If you want to explore what more a Frankenstein tale has to offer, then read this. Babcock also plans to write more paranormal and horror in the future.
I previously reviewed her contemporary romance novel No Strings.
Elizabeth Suggs is the founder of the LUW Romance Writers Chapter, co-owner of the indie publisher Collective Tales Publishing, owner of Editing Mee, and is the author of a growing number of published stories, two of which were in a podcast and poetry journal. She is also a book reviewer (EditingMee.com), popular bookstagramer, and cosplayer (@ElizabethSuggsAuthor). When she’s not writing or reading, she’s playing video and board games or making cookies.