Blood Games - Richard Laymon

I have just read this book for the second time in the last year because I enjoyed it so much. Richard Laymon is a fantastic American writer of horror stories and has published a number of successful books over the years. This book is about a group of college friends who meet up once a year to to recreate the good times they shared in college. Each girl takes it in turns to decide the trip and this year its the turn of Helen, the horror fanatic!. Throughout the book you get to read flashbacks of how they met and things they have done over the years. It is all explained excellently and at just the right time in the story and gives you the chance to see how the group me and ...  Read the complete review

I Love Richard Laymon and this is one of his better novels. College friends Cora, Finley, Helen, Vivien and Abilene have made a pact on their last night at college. The friends decide they will meet up once a year for a week and will go on an adventure of one of the girls choice, no men or children will be allowed. The book tells us the history of the girls relationship through college and also tells us the past two years adventures. Full of sexual references as is usual with Laymon we are taken to the Totum pole lodge the disused and rundown hotel that has been the scene of a gruesome mass murder, this is where the girls will stay the ...  Read the complete review

If you've ever read any of Richard Laymon, you will know he could be quite graphic and violent in his writing style. Blood Games isn't one of his tamest, but at the same time you will be able to read this on your own at night. The novel is set around five friends, Helen, Cora, Vivian, Finley and Abilene. Set in America as all Laymon's novels are, these friends always meet up once a year to spend a week together in search of adventure. Each year they take it in turns to choose the place to stay. This year it's Helen's turn and she has chosen a deserted hotel in a very desolate area. Totem Pole Lodge was once a fancy hotel, but has been empty for ...  Read the complete review