A. I. Nasser

Book 1 - Kurtain Motel

I will say that this is definitely not the book to read during a storm at night. After car trouble Patrick is picked up by a priest and due to a storm they stop at a creepy motel. The setting was a perfect setup for this story. The “guests” find themselves plagued by their deepest sins. Something wants them to confess these sins. If you really want to creep me out then add in spiders. They are my biggest fear. This is told from multiple points of view. I happen to be someone who likes this. I don’t think I would ever want to be in a motel like the Kurtain Motel. This is just the first book in his Sin series so it ends a little bit differently than I liked, but set things up to make me read the next one. If you love creepy books then this book and this author is the one for you.



Book 2 - Refuge

Okay, book 2 of A.I. Nasser’s Sin series is just as creepy as the first book. Three people have escaped the Kurtain Motel. They end up in a town called Refuge. I am a strong believer that names in books are often a story in themselves. It made me wonder why the author would name the town Refuge. Just when they think they have their lives returning to normal the creep factor is turned up once again. We still have a theme of “confessing their sins” running throughout this series. This author knows how to make everything about his book creepy. Definitely one of my favorite horror authors. Now on to the third book in this series.



Book 3 - Purgatory

Patrick and Jimmy have been on the run since they left the Kurtain Motel. They are trying to find Jimmy’s mom who was possessed by the evil that haunted them at the motel. They find themselves in a town called Darville. Something is definitely wrong in Darville. Evil lurks there. Once again those creepy spiders make an appearance. All I kept thinking as I read this series is that it would make an awesome movie, spiders and all. I do feel that the series left me with some unanswered questions. Was that enough to make me not enjoy the story? Definitely not. I need to check some of the other books by this author. But please, check out this trilogy, you won’t be disappointed.… (meer)

They say that "confession is good for the soul" and after reading this book, that is the main theme here. The Kurtain Motel draws strangers into its walls and wraps its horror around all who enter making the strangers face their past bad deeds. It is where everyone who dares to enter the motel has to go through a "confession" process. It grabbed me from the get-go and took me into a spiral of horror. I will be looking forward to reading the rest of this series to see what kind of ride the author has in store for us readers. Four stars on this one.
… (meer)