This was a really good read completely out of my comfort zone not really my genre but I wanted too try new books and I really enjoyed it

The Unfleshed:Tale of the Autopsic Bride by Lisa Vasquez.
Young Morrigan, the daughter of a local aristocrat, is full of innocence and life. Angus Wulfe is an eccentric and devious doctor who stalks her while he cultivates a plan to win her affection. Their two worlds collide in a grisly twist of fate when the Plague arrives on the shores of their town. With no cure in sight, and bodies dropping incrementally every day, the doctor uses his influence, along with his reputation in medical advances - stemming from his clandestine and macabre experiments-to manipulate Morrigan’s father.
In return for her hand in marriage, the doctor would save her life. Clinging to life, Morrigan begins to feel a change. Has the doctor cured her, or did her father make a deal with the Devil?
This was a really good read. I loved the cover. Creepy. I really didn't like Angus. I certainly didn't see that coming. 4*.

This book was an icredibly fresh idea and a story i absolutly adored. I would highly recomend this book.

To be completely honest, I hoped to like this book, but I couldn't get into it. I ended up DNF'ing it after 5 or so chapters. I won't review on GR and amazon so I don't bring down the authors ratings. That's the reason why it's taken me a while to review this book. I personally don't feel comfortable reviewing books I DNF. It doesn't seem fair to the author.

But I was told that this was why my reviewing rating on Netgalley is so low, because I don't review the ones I DNF so I'm going through my list and giving this message to all the books I DNF'd in the hopes to bring up my score. I do feel bad about having to say I DNF'd the book. I guess it just wasn't for me after all.

Young Morrigan, the daughter of a local aristocrat, is full of innocence and life. Angus Wulfe is an eccentric and devious doctor who stalks her while he cultivates a plan to win her affection. Their two worlds collide in a grisly twist of fate when the Plague arrives on the shores of their town. With no cure in sight, and bodies dropping incrementally every day, the doctor uses his influence, along with his reputation in medical advances - stemming from his clandestine and macabre experiments-to manipulate Morrigan’s father.

In return for her hand in marriage, the doctor would save her life. Clinging to life, Morrigan begins to feel a change. Has the doctor cured her, or did her father make a deal with the Devil?



My Thoughts DNF at 8% 10/20/18
Why :



while it does have the creepiness, and the darkness as well as the gruesomeness in that I love about horror ,it's like I'm reading or trying to read a new take on Frankenstein ,which even though is a classical gothic horror , is not one of my favorite books to read. If I wanted to read or even re read Frankenstein I would and have .but this unfortunately has some things in that is Frankenstein has , but is a some what of a new take.On that note I'm not saying not to read it that's up to you but unfortunately this is not for me. Thanks Netgalley for letting me read and review it in change for my honest opinion.

I picked up The Unfleshed Tale because of its premise and because I perhaps misunderstood it to be a Frankenstein-like horror, but this book is much more a slasher type of story, which isn't my type. I appreciate the opportunity to read this and regret to say it wasn't for me. I definitely recommend it to those who like slasher movies and gore, because this book surely delivers on that!

The cover is so neat and creepy! That is what drew me in. Also, the concept and story seemed very unique and interesting as well.

The story follows a man during the plague who is a killer, but obsessed with this girl in town. Things happen and well...she becomes a monster like him.

There were a lot of historical errors that made it tough to get through, but I was intrigued and kept reading on. I was curious how this madman was going to be brought down. I felt bad for the girl. She did not deserve her fate.

I was immediately drawn to this book by the cover, I know you should never judge a book by its cover but it is a great cover!

Luckily the story lived up to cover and I read it in 1 sitting not wanting to put it down!
Lisa Vasquez has taken some interesting facts from our history and given them a distinctly evil twist and has staked her claim in the masters of horror genre.

There are dwindling numbers in new horror writers so when 1 does come along like this, every horror fan will soon become a fan of Lisa Vasquez as well.

I look forward to reading more from this author 🙂

If you love a good horror book – grab your copy now – seriously!!

The first thing I loved about this book is the cover, it is beautiful and haunting, made me want to read it even before reading the summary. I enjoyed this book thoroughly, even though I am not a fan of horror stories. Vasquez's book was disturbing and intriguing at the same time, the characters and the plot kept me reading into the night.

Oh my gosh. This book was awesome! I have been telling everyone I know about this book and how good it was. I was drawn in from the first page until the very last page. The characters were written so well. You got to know each of them and were sucked into the story. This is one I'll buy so I can read it again and again.

I received this book from #netgalley and Publisher for free in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to them.
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Just from the synopsis, I knew I wanted this book and wow, I am glad that Netgalley and the publishing company released it to me. This book was amazing in so many ways!! It was thrilling, dark and entertaining. The plot was so unique and dark. It is a fast read. I highly recommend this book!

3.5 stars**
Trigger warning for violence and rape.
This novel is not for the faint of heart.
The Black Plague wiped out thousands of people during the 14th century and this novel is no different. Angus Wulfe is the town's physician, although he has a bad reputation with his horrible bedside manner and creepy ways, because he is the only one in the town that can cure people of illnesses, he is able to be excused for this behavior.
Angus lusts after Morrigan, wanting her to one day be his bride. He will do anything to accomplish that goal, anything. When Morrigan falls ill and needs the doctor's help, he is there in a heartbeat, with his own concoction that is supposed to save her.

Rather than following Morrigan, the supposed damsel in distress, the novel turns and follows Angus for the majority of the novel. The reader can hear his inner most thoughts, many of which are disturbing and frightening.

This novel took a turn that I was not expecting, which I actually really enjoyed. It went from a creepy tale to one that became even more twisted and sinister, which I loved. It's rare that you find something that is this full of horror and twisted ideas.

A few things that, for me, were a problem was that at times there was no context of time passing, it would just be another paragraph and the reader had to realize that time had passed. Another problem was that, at times, one would not be aware of who was appearing in the story/ what was the past and what was present. It took a bit to follow, which did make the story less immersive.

I felt that when there was time passing in the novel, there should have been indicators of this time being passed. (This is done once in the novel when it says (2 days before) but otherwise, the reader has to figure out the passage of time.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookgosocial for allowing me to read this novel!

Angus is a sadistic but successful doctor completely obsessed with a wealthy woman named Morrigan. The Black Death spreads rapidly across Europe and threatens his love and his city as a whole. The Unfleshed is a novel that feels scattered and confused. I didn't know until late the book what era it was in and so much basic information about the time is wrong. Plague doctors were not trained doctors and were not effectual. The reigning theory was miasmatism that saw bad air as the cause of ailments. This wasn't even mentioned until very late in the book, which is weird since much of the novel is from the point of view of the doctor.

The main characters is Angus and all the other characters are flat and undeveloped compared to him. His driving force is to possess Morrigan and do all sorts of depraved things to her. I expected it to be more focused on Morrigan, the title character, who is not in the majority of the novel. She becomes a kind of Bride of Frankenstein amalgamation of other women because of Angus and barely makes a blip in the novel. Instead, Angus' history is delved into and his present as he tries to find a cure for death. He isn't the type of villain that can carry a novel because he's terribly unsympathetic and there are no redeeming qualities to him at all. I thought this would be much more of a horror novel overall and I was pretty disappointed.

Generally, I don't gravitate towards these type of dark stories, but I made an exception for this one, as it's based on the Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein story. This one was, however, was a lot darker than anticipated, and some things just didn't seem to truly fit into the story.

First off, the romance in this one - just no. Mostly, I don't much like sex scenes that are overly descriptive. What made this one worse is that it had some fairly sadistic depictions and it's extremely hard to wrap your head around the horrid scenery depicted in some parts of the story. I cannot say that this story would have been better without this concept, but it would have been a lot better in my opinion.

Also, there are so many unexplored ideas, that would have given this story so much more depth. Like the Doctor's history. There are a lot of flashbacks, but most of these are centred around everything that went wrong in his life, and there are no redeeming qualities to his character that make you feel sorry for him. I could not connect to his character at all.

The story was good. There are some errors in the book, and the format in which it was written can be somewhat confusing if you don't keep track of every 'voice' that is present. There are times when the narrative jumps between characters so fast, I had to read those parts twice to figure out how it fits and makes sense.

The ending - hell no! All that build-up for that horrible ending...

Overall, a good science fiction - horror for adults who enjoy the darker side of a classic tale. Not for younger readers at all!!

Like other reviewers have mentioned this book is rather on the gore side, and agree that it should come with some sort of warning label. I love scary books, but not like this. If you love Saw & Hostel movies then you may like this book.

I found this a bit hard going. The premise is exciting and it is well plotted but I don't really think it's for me. The writing is extremely well crafted and atmospheric and I so wanted to love this book but sadly I felt a bit flat. I would be interested in seeing more from this writer however.

Thankyou Lisa Vasquez for this book. It was amazing. I read it in one day because I just couldnt put it down.
And that cover, wow! After I saw it I couldn’t not read it. This book had everything I like in books, it was dark, thrilling and fast paced!
I really recommend this book!

Wow, this book was amazing in so many ways!! It was thrilling, dark and entertaining. The plot was so unique. I read it in one sitting! And the cover was down-right gorgeous!! I absolutely recommend this book!