DNF at 42 percent.

I wanted to love this book so much. It has so many things I love in it but I just could not get into the writing styles. Based on other early reviews, I seem to be in the minority and a lot of other people are loving this which is fantastic. This just wasn’t for me.

This book was very gruesome and DESCRIPTIVE. The characters were great and I was sad to see some of them go but it didn't take away from the willingness to finish this book! This one is out there!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions expressed are my own.

DNF @ 8%

Thank you NetGalley for a copy of Fever House! Ultimately I decided to DNF this story, it was insanely brutal and graphic. So if you are going to read this story check for the warnings! Fever House is just not the type of book I would normal pick up and I just dreaded reading it whenever I went I went to pick it up.

I was fevered reading this. It was a wild ride of depravity and rage. The commentary on religion, morals and the lengths people will go to do what they think is right is flawlessly executed.

Slow start, but maybe because I wasn't in the mood too much. I went back and read it when I had more time and actually was impressed! I loved the punk rock feels and the character development throughout this book. It's dark and twisted and really best to go in blind! Has a lot of action, which is not really something I don't typically like since it makes things too fast and confusing sometimes. I do like how the chapters were separated by the characters!

Fever House is an absolute roller coaster of a book. To start, it's got a severed hand with an appetite for destruction. I almost don't know what else has to be said to get someone to pick up this book immediately. But if the creepy, homicidal hand doesn't do it, maybe the punk rock star, seedy government agencies, gangsters, at least one devil, a psychic being with wings, collectors of curiosities, and two of the most wholesome thugs to ever exist can do the trick.

Somehow, Rosson makes each of these entities work together to tell his twisted story. I'm not sure how, but over the course of the book, every character becomes an expertly placed piece to the overall insane and horrific puzzle that's being put together in Fever House. Rosson also crafts his characters in a way that, even while I was actively rooting for some of them to just drop dead already, I became attached to them and needed to see what they did next.

It's hard to explain how much this book does incredibly right without giving too much away. If you enjoy horror in any way, give this one a try. And when it seems too outrageous to work, just trust Rosson to get you there in the end.

Fever House is absolutely one of my top reads of the year so far. Thank you to Random House Publishing and Netgalley for the arc of this book.

This was so good and so unique and almost impossible to describe in words. Trust me when I say it’s like nothing you’ve read before.

Fast, Furious, Frightening, yet somehow—by some dark authorial magicks—also filled with an incredible amount of Heart. The prose is lean and clean (or maybe “sharp and bloody” is more apt), but lends itself to some truly gorgeous description and visceral action. The characters, many of whom in lesser hands would be little more than utilitarian caricatures, are fully realized. And while you may not sympathize with many of them, you can’t help but empathize with all of them. FEVER HOUSE is an excellent read, and my only complaint is that there isn’t more of it I can inject in my eyeballs right this very moment.

This was totally out of my comfort zone of genres. I have to say I wasn’t disappointed in this read! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Im not a fan of multiple POVs but this one didn’t bother me because I was so invested. Such a good, refreshing thriller!

Thank you netgally and Keith Rosson for a eArc of fever house! Absolutely loved it!

While this had a really interesting premise with a solid lineup of main characters, I still really struggled to stay attentive while reading.

Some characters just felt like page fillers, the story meandered, segueing into unnecessary backstories and details.

I had to push myself to stay focussed and try to finish this book, so unfortunately I just can’t give it a higher rating.

A crime boss, washed up rockstar, henchmen, shadowy secret agents, and an angel all involved in a race to retrieve occult artifacts…sign me up. This book had a great start and really had me hooked but it seemed to fall flat the last quarter of the book. Hopefully there is a sequel in the works to help wrap up and expand on the storyline. Thanks to NetGalley for a chance to read and review this book.

Talk about a breath of fresh air. This story hits like a ton of bricks to your nervous system, and keeps you coming back for more. There was a short time that I wondered if Keith could pull it off, and then the last few chapters just beautifully pulled everything together. I’m hoping that we get another chance to delve into the Fever House world in the future,

Rosson woke up one day and chose violence. That's the only explanation for how Fever House came to be. It's a fast-paced novel that deals in mob debt collectors, theology, punk rock, top secret government agencies, and vicious, bloody violence.
Rosson performs an admirable balancing act of keeping the conveyor belt moving at a breakneck pace while also getting the reader to wrap their heads around past and motivations. It's executed masterfully toward the beginning, and then more and more through flashback as story continues. Fever House is at its best when Rosson keeps the narrative propulsive and lets us pick up the breadcrumbs throughout. The flashbacks don't detract from how most readers will enjoy the book, but they feel out of place in the hands of an author who has already proved their mettle.
Fast, flashy, biting, and with no shortage of punk rock lit, Rosson has a winner on his hands.

Thank you so much NetGalley for an ARC of this book. Im so sad to say but I really couldn’t get into Fever House. It started off really well with an air of mystery but I felt it fell flat about 25% of the way in. None of the characters were compelling and the plot dragged a bit. I hope that other people will like it where I didn’t.

FEVER HOUSE by Keith Rosson
Affiliate Link: https://bookshop.org/a/7576/9780593595756
Release Date: August 15th, 2023
BISAC Categories: Horror - General Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Thrillers - Suspense:
Sub-Genre/Themes: Cursed objects, Hit Men, City Life, Musicians, Crime Drama, Government agencies, Agoraphobia, Family secrets

Writing Style: Gritty, Humorous, back-and-forth POV with a large, ensemble cast

What You Need to Know: This is an investment. The novel is sectioned into parts, chapters are medium length, not buzzy & short, and not too terribly long. Peppered throughout are ‘transcripted, scientific, classified, governmental-style secret-agency type’ field notes about a being named Michael. There is a lot to keep straight at first, a sizeable, ensemble cast but it gets to be second nature after about 30%. The apocalyptic energy layered with graphic violence and crime-thriller-esque suspense makes this an intense read. Horror enthusiasts that enjoy lighter fare may want to proceed with caution. There are plenty of characters to invest in at an emotional level if you choose to dive in.


My Reading Experience: When gritty, suspenseful crime thrillers collide with supernatural, apocalyptic horror novels, FEVER HOUSE is the result; an explosion of graphic violence, colorful characters, and buck-wild storytelling.
I was laughing three pages in. The two main characters kicking this whole thing off are straight out of Mean Streets. You’ve got a small-time hood employing some amature muscle to collect debts by acting like heavies and roughing people up when they have to. They get involved in something that totally blows up in their face–just one bad decision after the next. It’s as entertaining and amusing as it is cringe-worthy; I wanted to read what would happen next through my fingers.
I LOVE THE DIALOGUE. Rosson has that whole rough-around-the-edges street lingo down solid. A few new characters get added into the chaos batter, making everything a bit more complicated but in a good way. I loved the way Rosson put the reader in the driver’s seat for the mystery. It was exciting to pick up clues and breadcrumbs while I developed theories.
I love ensemble, alternating POV/narrative storytelling when it’s done right. I think Jurassic Park was my first exposure to it and it has stuck with me all this time.
The risk, of course, is the reader will fall in love with one timeline and come to hate the others as just a distraction. This happened to me in SIGN HERE by Claudia Lux. And while this didn’t exactly happen to me in this book, some of the chapters were long and there were a few lags in the action but my overall reading experience was one of curious engagement most of the time.
Final Recommendation: FEVER HOUSE is cool and tempered like smooth jazz when it needs to be and full-on metal with the volume all the way up the rest of the time. Toward the end, it was classic punk rock overtones with a great hook for more in this universe. I bought my ticket!

Comps: LAST DAYS by Brian Evenson mixed with A VOICE SO SOFT by Patrick Lacey and a dash of SIGN HERE by Claudia Lux, infused with Hand of Glory mythology.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest review. The following opinions are my own.

This book blew me away. The crazy premise did not do it justice. It was so warped, creepy and anxiety inducing!!

Fever House is a rollicking good time!

Punk rock meets World War Z, but with conspiracy theories, cops and musicians.

It's grisly, it's gross and it's about family. Go into it just knowing there's a crime boss, a famous punk rocker's son and a secret government agency all after the same zombie severed hand that's somewhere lose in Portland, Oregon.🤘

Oh, and there's also like maybe a fallen angel the government is torturing for its own use.

There's multiple POV and a lot going on and I loved it all even if I did roll my eyes a few times at the cliche masculinity shit.

I'm excited for the sequel!!

Fever House was raw, gritty, outlandishly wild, and truly a mashup of genres that worked well together. I personally loved the crazy trajectory of the book and how things went totally apeshit in a short span of time. The deaths were gruesome and well written. We get a lot of character POVs and backstories, which I know doesn’t work for some people but I liked what it added here. Unfortunately, I had no idea this was not a standalone book until I reached the 90% mark and realized there was still a lot to resolve. So, I couldn’t help but be disappointed by all the questions I had at the end and the rather abrupt ending. It was just too long for me to not feel satisfied. I’ll definitely read the sequel. Recommend to apocalyptic horror fans.

I have to thank Net Galley and Random House for giving me an advanced readers copy of Fever House. This book was very well written and I was intrigued the first 30-35% of the book, but it really got away from me.

This book grew pages the entire time I read it. I felt there was a lot of filler information that wasn’t necessary to the plot line. Certain characters had their whole background story laid out and it was just too much. A whole chapter was a magazine article for the band and just wasn’t necessary. It was a very good story when it was just Hutch, Tim, and Nick being the prime focus. The story was intriguing enough to push through, but I think it was just too much filler. I gave it a three star for the lack of thrill. As much as was going on in the book, the thrill wasn’t there because the timeline kept bouncing away from the current day chaos that was taking place.

Thanks again Net Galley and Random House for the ARC. I really appreciated it!

I'm grateful to Random House and NetGalley for this digital ARC of Keith Rosson's 'Fever House.'

Wow! What a rollicking great read!

Multiple fantastic characters from the criminal underworld, federal law enforcement (official and otherwise), punk rock, the dark web, the military-industrial complex, and the supernatural involved in multiple storylines all revolving around a severed hand that has a marked affect on anyone in proximity to it.

Rosson doesn't waste any time in getting us right into the meat (no pun intended) and heart of the story and the action. We're not asked to wait around for strands of this thing to come together (although that happens in a very satisfactory way throughout the novel. Some lowlife debt collectors get things rolling and the key element of the story - the hand and its effect - is introduced right there in chapter one. And it just keeps going from there.

In some cases it's almost like you're reading a sequel - I had to check to see if that was the case but it's nor. Significant events are referred to like you're supposed to know about them but then, in most cases, they're explored later in the book. The origin of one of the key characters in this novel, though, remains a mystery but that's OK.

This is a really enjoyable read and great fun *but* it can be very dark and very violent so beware if that's likely to upset you.

Looking forward to more of this.