{"id":13305,"date":"2019-11-25T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=13305"},"modified":"2019-11-17T21:48:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T02:48:47","slug":"review-teeth-kelli-owen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-teeth-kelli-owen\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Teeth by Kelli Owen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-teeth-kelli-owen\/teeth-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/teeth.jpg?fit=313%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"313,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"teeth\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/teeth.jpg?fit=313%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/teeth-219x350.jpg?resize=219%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/teeth.jpg?resize=219%2C350&amp;ssl=1 219w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/teeth.jpg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 85vw, 219px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Teeth-Kelli-Owen\/dp\/1721738568\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QUW20RSU5IYP&amp;keywords=teeth+kelli+owen&amp;qid=1563899152&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=teeth+kelli+owen%2Caps%2C162&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Teeth<\/em> by Kelli Owen<\/a><br \/>\nCreateSpace (June 2018)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>248 pages; $12.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SadieHartmann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sadie \u201cMother Horror\u201d Hartmann<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes I feel like a treasure hunter when I pick up a new book. I hold it in my hands and I think, \u201cWill this book be a bright, shiny gem?\u201d I get excited about the prospect of discovering something new and precious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teeth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Kelli Owen is such a treasure; a true gem in vampire fiction. <!--more-->This book doesn\u2019t follow any expectations one would have when reading a story about creatures who hunt live prey and suck their blood to survive. Owen has basically dismantled conventional and accepted vampire mythos in order to build it back up to her specifications. A risky move! Horror fans love their vampires, myself included! But it\u2019s this reader\u2019s opinion that Kelli\u2019s world of lamians is one I want to read more of, and I think you will, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Picture a world much like our present day, where humans coexist with lamians (vampires). They look like us and it\u2019s impossible to distinguish <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">us <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">them<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;unless you get a good look at their teeth; but even then, some humans are so enamored with lamians they wear dental accessories to look like one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course all this coexisting isn\u2019t without its complications, and during the course of the book we are given several examples of how things can go terribly, terribly wrong. Discrimination, stereotyping, prejudices, and conflicts are part of the daily struggle for humans and lamians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of my favorite characters is the protagonist, Dillon, a teenager who lives with his mother Andrea. Andrea think lamians are sinful creatures. She feeds her paranoia with Fox News-style propaganda and religious rhetoric. Dillon is scared of her and seeks support from the Lamplight Foundation&#8212;a resource for established lamians and those who are just coming to terms with their new \u201ccondition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the other intersecting stories is that of Detective Connor Murphy, who seems to have a knack for investigating crimes involving the lamian community. His current case is a potential serial killer. The victims show signs of possible lamian attack, but he\u2019s skeptical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horror fans will enjoy all the chapters with our antagonist, Henry, a creepy school janitor with a dangerous obsession. Owen wrote Henry with precision and intimacy. She gets the reader inside the mind of a deranged psychopath with unflinching detail, and the experience is both shocking and fascinating. With multiple POVs and compelling intersecting stories, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teeth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a page-turning rush. I thoroughly enjoyed it, I recommend it, and I hope there will be more from Kelli Owen\u2019s lamian universe. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teeth by Kelli Owen CreateSpace (June 2018) 248 pages; $12.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Sadie \u201cMother Horror\u201d Hartmann Sometimes I feel like a treasure hunter when I pick up a new book. I hold it in my hands and I think, \u201cWill this book be a bright, shiny gem?\u201d I get excited about the prospect &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-teeth-kelli-owen\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: Teeth by Kelli Owen&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80],"tags":[780,1572,79,1545,1822],"class_list":["post-13305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-kelli-owen","tag-mother-horror","tag-reviews","tag-sadie-hartmann","tag-teeth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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