Review: Regret by Gabrielle Faust

Title: Regret

Author: Gabrielle Faust

Pub­lisher: Dark Regions Press

Date (to be) Pub­lished: Octo­ber 2010

Syn­op­sis: (from pub­lisher)

Where Did It Come From?

Gabrielle sent me a pre­view copy to review.

Why Did I Choose It?

I love her writ­ing and couldn’t wait to read some­thing dif­fer­ent from her.

My Review:

This was one that I didn’t really know much about prior to Gabrielle approach­ing me to review it.  I read her blurb about it and thought, I love her other books, I’m sure this will be just as good, even if it’s not about vampires.

I was not to be dis­ap­pointed.  Regret is another stun­ningly beau­ti­ful yet dis­turb­ing book by Faust.

The story of Mar­cus, who meets Desiderium, the Demon of Regret, and in an inter­est­ing twist, takes the place of Desiderium, leads the reader through var­i­ous parts of Hell, and forms of Hell on Earth.  Fol­low­ing a ‘newer’ demon through his duties, watch­ing him become accus­tomed to his new form, and life, such as it is, reveals much about the mythos of our var­i­ous demons.  Mar­cus encoun­ters a hand­ful of demons, of vary­ing ranks and power, mak­ing a pact with one, and irri­tat­ing another, all while try­ing to obtain the one soul he truly feels is his to take.

The story is haunt­ing and beau­ti­fully writ­ten, yet another book to add to my col­lec­tion (and if you so desire, you can pur­chase a gor­geous copy for your col­lec­tion as well from the publisher’s web­site above.)

Since dis­cov­er­ing her about a year ago, I find myself want­ing to devour her books with vorac­ity, but find that I savor them, draw­ing out the expe­ri­ence far longer than nec­es­sary.  I have an insa­tiable desire to read any­thing that Faust releases, but know­ing that she doesn’t put out a book just to get the next one out, but delves into her story and her char­ac­ters, only increases my desire when a book is finally released.  I highly sug­gest you check out her books if you have not already done so and if you need some other prompt­ing, check out her web­site or any of the other reviews of her pre­vi­ous books here on my website.