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Depraved 2 Kindle Edition

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SELECTED BY BRIAN KEENE AS THE SECOND BEST BOOK OF 2014 IN HIS ANNUAL TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR LIST.

"Bryan Smith is one of the most reliable and consistently entertaining writers working in the horror and suspense genres."--Ray Garton, author of Live Girls

Four years ago, Jessica Sloan drove out to a backwoods town to execute the rapist stashed in the trunk of her car. She barely made it out of Hopkins Bend alive and emerged changed forever by the ordeal. Now she’s freshly discharged from the military and on the run after being framed for a murder she didn't commit. Running out of options—and with an assassin hot on her trail—she heads again for Hopkins Bend, now a deserted ghost town. But things are not as they seem in Hopkins Bend and Jessica soon finds herself plunged into another nightmare of depravity and madness.

DEPRAVED 2 is the sequel to the hit novel DEPRAVED, hailed by acclaimed author Brian Keene as one of the 10 best books of 2009.

"I look forward to spending a weekend with a new Bryan Smith book the way I used to look forward to spending a weekend with a new Richard Laymon novel. In my view, there isn't higher praise than that."--Brian Keene, author of The Rising

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January 7, 2014
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HRNR25E
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bitter Ale Press (January 7, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 7, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 514 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #268,156 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,265 in Horror Suspense
- #8,674 in Horror (Kindle Store)
- #15,302 in Horror Literature & Fiction

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Bryan Smith is the Splatterpunk Award-winning author of more than thirty horror and crime novels and novellas, including 68 Kill, the cult classic Depraved and its sequels, The Killing Kind, Slowly We Rot, The Freakshow, and many more. Bestselling horror author Brian Keene called Slowly We Rot, "The best zombie novel I've ever read." 68 Kill was adapted into a motion picture directed by Trent Haaga and starring Matthew Gray Gubler of the long-running CBS series Criminal Minds. 68 Kill won the Midnighters Award at the SXSW film festival in 2017 and was released to wide acclaim, including positive reviews in The New York Times and Bloody Disgusting. Bryan also co-scripted an original Harley Quinn story for the House of Horrors anthology from DC Comics. In 2019, he won a Splatterpunk Award under the best novella category for Kill For Satan! His primary publisher as of 2018 is Grindhouse Press.

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Kim MoyerTop Contributor: Crochet

Depraved 2 by Bryan Smith ...... Is it as good as the first ?

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2021

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Hmmmm, is it as good as the first Depraved ?

In Depraved 2 a few of the characters return, Jessica Sloan, for instance. Jessica returns as a soldier and is given the deal of a lifetime. If she takes the deal she'll need to return to the darkside if she doesn't take it then she can continue her tour. Which one would you choose ?

There is also the introduction of new characters, Rich, pampered, much sought after Daphne and her best friend , Adam. Adam loves Daphne as a friend but also would love to get her in bed, daphne knows she has have any man, but her boyfriend William, has her heart, at this moment. When the two friends reach the barriers that surround Hopkins Bend, Daphne uses her sexual power over Adam to get him to go with her to explore Hopkins Bend, dispite the warnings that are posted. After the two friends are seperated, Daphne is captured in the woods & Daphne awakes in the specialty kitchen of a Mama Hunt's where she meets her captive Vivine Hunt.

Then there's hillbilly Jodi & her sister Sienna Baker who escaped Hopkins Bend before the swipe & clear. Sienna, the youngest has a hidden gift or is it a curse.

There's also Delmont & Arlene, Delmont and Jodi lust after each other the only problem is Delmont's wife Arlene. So they devised a plan to take care of Arlene, though it didn;t work wout asa they planned.

There are a few other charaters you'll meet during your read put those are the main charaters. As you can tell I didn't give many details away because I didn't want to take away your pleasure of knowing what'll happen to who.

Did I think Depraved 2 was as good or better than the first ? For me that's kind of hard to answer. There wasn't as much violence, blood & gore as the first. It's a really well written story with twists and turns. It keep my interest throughout and had me wondering about some of the charaters even after I put the down for the night. It was over 300 pages, which was a plus. I didn't feel the pages were filled with fillers, I felt that the story moved along nicely. There were some sentences where I did "speed read" through but that was only because I was anxious to see that was going to happen next, lol.

Towards the end zombies were introduced, which I giggled at, especially the way that they were brought back to life.

All in all I did enjoy Depraved 2, I think it was worth the time to read and look forward to reading Depraved 3 & 4.

If you think this might be a story you'd enjoy, read it and judge for yourself.

Thank you for reading my review.

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Mylene

Here's how I feel about Bryan Smith.....

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2017

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Okay... so anyone who reads my reviews or got to know me a bit on Goodreads knows that I am enamoured with Richard Laymon and I am a HUGE horror buff....whether it be movies or books. So, here's how I feel about Bryan Smith and his work:

Anyone who is worth his salt as a horror buff knows who Fred Dekker is. For those of you who don't, he made two absolutely genius horror-comedies in the 80s that were way ahead of their time. He did it on a limited budget with very little marketing. Those two movies were Night of the Creeps and Monster Squad. And, in my humble opinion, they are the epitome of horror-comedy. That being said, after making these amazing creature features, Dekker just about disappeared (truth be told Robocop 3 killed his career and he is involved with the new Predator 2018 movie) but, suffice to say that we lost a fantastic talent who should have been so much more.

So you must be wondering how this relates to Bryan Smith... when Dekker dropped off the face of the earth, I was constantly looking for a writer/director who would replace Dekker and give me the excitement and thrill of watching horror that he did. I was looking for that heart and sense of adventure. I was looking for a story that would pull me in and a movie that I would tell all my friends about (and anyone else who would listen to me).

That is also the same way I feel about Richard Layman's absence. Here was an author who would pull me in and make me excited to read. Every story was unique with twists and turns I totally did not see coming. I was invested. I could not wait to read his next book. Sadly, I have read them all. Now, I ask myself, what do I do? No author is giving me that same jolt.

Bryan Smith is the author that I have been looking for. He is the guy that tells a story like Mr. Layman. He gets you to invest and pulls the rug out from under you. His characters are not what you expect, and his stories end up in a direction you did not foresee. On top of that, he gives you a unique story with lots of heart.

To me, this is the highest praise I can give an author.

Thank you Bryan Smith ;)

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Chip

Not a good follow up. A let down on many levels.

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2014

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Very disappointing in this follow up. I'm surprised fans of the first Depraved could buy into this one. Smith had me with the first one and I very much enjoyed it. This entry felt hurried and lacked the punch of the first Depraved. Not to mention (and I think as other readers have noted) one comes to hate every single character. They should be flawed but just down right horrible people leave the reader with no one to even root for and just hope the whole lot of them dies making them no better than the inhabitants of Hopkins Bend. I would never wish a writer stuck with any formula or stick to anything but I also found the Zombie/Witch aspect distracting and just didn't seem to fit. I didn't like it and found myself speed reading many parts. This just didn't do it for me and was equally disappointing as Smith had a potential fan after the first Depraved. I'll try another of his works but will be a bit more skeptical.

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Deserving of the Depraved Moniker

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2021

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Just when I thought that Bryan Smith had reached the height of height of his debaucherous talents with Depraved, he goes and turns up the wattage for the sequel! This book has it all. I am eager to pick up the next installment. Thank you, Bryan Smith, for making the world a much scarier place.

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2014

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I never wanted an e reader. I liked holding the book and the feel of the pages. Depraved was the book that changed it for me. I had a certain e reader app on my phone when I went away for a weekend. I realized that I forgot to bring a book to read. I decided to go to this app and check out books. I chose Depraved (How could I not with a name like that?). After reading it I decided that I wanted an e reader. I've been a Bryan Smith fan ever since. I'm glad that B.S. wrote a sequel & now I'm hoping for a Depraved 3. This was a great follow up to the first book. Zombies? He made it work. I loved Daphne's epiphany when she decided that she would do ANYTHING to stay alive & then realized that she liked it! Another great job by Bryan Smith!

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Leeanne W

Depraved 2

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2022

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‘Depraved 2’ is another goody from Bryan Smith, though I don’t think it was as good as ‘Depraved’. It still centres around Hopkins Bend, although some of the families have either been killed by the army or have ‘done a runner’ to other areas, to continue with “the old ways” of abducting the ‘Outsiders’, for their meat. There are some characters in Book 2, which were also in Book 1, and it is another fun ride. Would definitely recommend! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Second outing for me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2021

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This is my 2nd read of this book. I do like it and it has a lot going on but just like the first one I really didn't enjoy the supernatural element. Im a lover of zombie books but they just felt unnecessary here and so a bit forced - as though the author wanted to include them without it being an "end of the world" saga. The author does explain this in the afterword but I honestly feel it could have done without them.
Off to read number 3.

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Felt a bit let down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2014

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I love Bryan Smith and I absolutely loved Depraved but I felt a little let down by the sequel. The story was okay but I didn't really enjoy the direction it went about two thirds of the way through it. I don't want to go into detail and spoil it but I felt it all got a little silly. I can handle far fetched in horror and even enjoy Bizarro but I didn't feel the turn this book took fit in with the storyline. There is a few interesting characters along the way but it feels like there is so much going on overall that you don't get to spend much time with each of them and then it's over. Maybe too many filler characters to get killed. Anyway I really loved the first book and felt let down by this one. Bryan mentions a third but I'm left uninterested to where the story could go.

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R. wright

A Totally Mental Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2014

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Bryan Smith is a fantastic writer, and this book follows that form. Cannibals, witches, incest, torture, psychopaths, blood, gore and zombies all feature and there can't be many books out there that get to include that lot in just one novel!

If you like 'believable' horror this isn't a book for you. But if you don't mind a completely weird, and far out, plot line which has been expertly penned then go for it.

As always Bryan has a habit of keeping you reading long after you ought to have stopped and gone to bed. I would definitely recommend this sequel, and according to the author's notes Depraved 3 is a real possibility (excellent news).

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bibliovore

not too depraved

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2014

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More of the same, with zombies halfway thru, so quite fun, but after cannibalism and torture, there's not much left, and no characters you care enough about to either worry about or want to see hanging on a meathook,, so no sense of tension really, just a series of amusingly nasty vignettes_ but I'd read a sequel

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