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BOOK REVIEW

Revenge

of the

Chupacabra

Book Review by
Rachel Bloodworth

yle Abernathie’s Revenge
of the Chupacabra paints
Kthe story of aspiring
journalist, John Maddox, and
his less-than-ideal assignment
of revealing if there is really a
Chupacabra in North-Central quickly wins over Tomas, the What John did not realize before
Mexico. Kyle beautifully weaves hotel owner’s son, who helps he left was that he had hit
the Nahua culture and the John put the evidence together something that night. He hit and
Nahuatl language throughout that the Chupacabra might killed the wife of the infamous
the story, highlighting the rich indeed be real. Chupacabra named Esteban.
history of that area in Mexico. Chaos ensues as Esteban seeks
As John wraps up his article, to find the person who killed his
John arrives in Santa Teresa things get increasingly complex. wife. People are murdered, the
to do a follow-up piece on a On the night that John drives to town is in a frenzy and John’s life
photograph that had been taken the site where the photograph is threatened by the one person
and submitted to the National was taken, he hits what he who helped him out while he was
Enquirer. He quickly learns that believes to be a mix between in Mexico.
the Northern Mexico Chupacabra an animal and a human. Upon
is vastly different from the inspection of his crash site, there The ending will have you on the
more commonly known Texan is nothing there but a dented edge of your seat as you try to
Chupacabra. But the town of fender and a broken windshield. find out why Tomas is helping
Santa Teresa is full of secrets. John returns home to New York, Esteban, the Chupacabra, and if
He is initially met with some leaving pandemonium behind John will survive the attempt on
resistance from the residents but him in Mexico. his life.

BOOK REVIEW by Rachel Bloodworth

Rachel Bloodworth is a Lubbock native and a Texas Tech University
alum. She is an assistant director in the University Studies program
during the day but is an avid reader at night and on the weekends!
Rachel’s love for reading started at a young age but was fostered by
her incredible teachers and librarians here in Lubbock. Rachel not
only does reviews for Lubbock Senior Link Magazine but also reviews
books on her Instagram page @the.rach.reviews and on her book
blog, therachreviews.wordpress.com.

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