Quick impression: I liked the whole Mayan mythology idea. The Georgia thing was so so, but I was willing to roll with it. So the concept was good. The execution was not. One, you get the usual cast of B-movie horror types, college young people you could not care less about doing stupid things, and a long, repetitive series of chases that seem to go nowhere. I really wanted to like this, but overall it was just boring, and I found myself dragging through it. Too bad. This had potential. ( )

Okay, Eli Roth, James Wan, Rob Zombie, or perhaps Guillermo Del Toro, you need to read this book and make it into a movie. Because it already reads like a movie. A really good scary, gory movie. (I think Eli Roth would be good fit for this one, but that's just my opinion).

I have always been fascinated by the Mayans. I long to visit Chichen Itza and the other Mayan archaeological ruin sites. Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is one of my favorite films. Many people are interested in the fact that the Mayans practiced human sacrifice. Yes, that is interesting...and horrifying. However, I find the fact of their vast knowledge to be far more interesting. The creation of their hieroglyphic script, the only known fully developed writing system of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well their art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system, is what I find truly amazing.

The authors, known as The Sisters of Slaughter, have created a unique premise here with one of their characters, a professor and archaeologist, having a theory that some of the Mayan's scattered and found refuge in the mountain regions of the state of Georgia. I find this an interesting and even plausible theory. The Mayan's were so advanced...why couldn't some of them have broke away and migrated elsewhere?

The professor decides to explore his theory, along with his research assistant and a group of college students, traveling to the Blood Mountain area of Georgia. As you can probably imagine, it all goes down hill from there. I keep telling these archaeologists in movies/books...don't move or remove things, damn it. They don't listen. (and that's as spoilery as I'm going to get).

As I mentioned at the beginning, reading this is like watching a good horror movie. Edge of seat, nail biting terror at what is steadily revealed as the story progresses. Forget zombies. These entities (to use a nice word that doesn't even begin to describe them) are grotesque almost beyond description. Also, I love owls, but after this book,..I may have to think on that more. Oh, and don't forget the gore. This is a journey into Xibalba, the Mayan underworld. What can be expected but blood, gore and endless suffering in the world of Ah Puch, the god of death.

All I can say is that Mayan Blue is the BOMB. I was thrilled through every minute of reading it and I read it very fast...and I'm not a fast reader. I can't wait to read more from The Sisters of Slaughter.

(I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review) ( )

Compulsively readable, quickly-paced horror novel which effectively blends elements of survival horror, slasher, splatterpunk, and the supernatural. The setup is classic; a group of college students going on an archaeological dig find more than they bargained for as the site is revealed to be a mouth into Xibalba, the Mayan underworld and a place of unending torment. Persistently intense and punctuated with some truly unsettling moments of suffering, this is a book I would recommend to any real gore-hounds and fans of the truly dark ( )

A Group of students head out to search for their preofessor after he goes missing. As the mismatched group set up camp in the middle of nowhere, they discover that something they thought was myth is actually a reality and he's coming to slaughter them all. This was very visual, not for the faint of heart and I liked the mix of personalities in the group. Some of them were hard to like, but were very well written. I could imagine it like a horror movie playing out in my head. If you like horror and ancient myths then this is for you. ( )