American Savage by Matt Whyman

American Savage (The Savages)

by Matt Whyman

The sharp and hilarious second book in THE SAVAGES series about an everyday family with some not-so-everyday problems...

Vegan, veggie, carnivore... humanitarian? Welcome to the top of the food chain.

The Savages are back - this time in a country where servings come supersized. Titus, Angelica and the kids go to great lengths to fit into their new lives in sunny Florida. But that's not easy when their appetite runs to feasts of human flesh.

In this dark comic serving of everyday family life with contemporary cannibals, the Savages seek to hide in plain sight by setting up a vegan café. But when the venture turns out to be a surprise sensation, and bad apples bob to the surface, Titus is forced to question whether the family have finally bitten off more than they can chew.

Reviewed by Sophia on

4 of 5 stars

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I haven't read the first in this series, having received this book through Goodreads first reads giveaway, but I plan to correct that soon.

I went into this book a bit apprehensive; horrors aren't really my thing. Yet to my surprise I adored American Savage. It's not such a horror as it is more a book about ordinary(!) family life, albeit one with a weird taste in food. Matt Whyman's writing is brilliantly dark yet funny, more people need to know about this book.

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