{"id":27183,"date":"2026-06-07T19:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27183"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:39:38","slug":"skim-blood-and-savage-verse-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27183","title":{"rendered":"Skim Blood and Savage Verse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skim Blood and Savage Verse<\/em> (2017) Angel Martinez<\/a> (Offbeat Crimes, #3)<\/p>\n

\"Skim<\/p>\n

How could he have even thought about not celebrating his thirty-fifth birthday? Especially if it meant it gave her an excuse to invite all the old money and local officials to the affair. And outside? Of course it had to be outside. The weather in June was glorious and Carrington always exaggerated the symptoms of his \u2018illness\u2019 for attention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“One of the summoning attempts resulted in Eddings\u2019 disintegration. Nothing was left of him but a pile of ash in his study. Though the housekeeper mentioned that it did smell nice. Like peppermint.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No one knew what she did to stop the emergence of the dread elder god she held contained. Sacrifice. Ritual. Incantation. Threats. Bribes. Storytime.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Carrington Loveless III, Amanda Zacchini, Greg Santos, Shira Lourdes, Vikash Soren, Vance Virago, Jeff Gatling, Kyle Monroe, Wolf, Krisk, Lieutenant Mia Dunfee, Larry the ghost, Edgar, Leather Jacket, Ms. Hunter Green Pea Coat, Tim, Dr. Ida Moreau, Carrington Sr., Mrs. Carrington, Erasmus Graham, Heath Armstrong, Myra Dennis, Cudworth Eddings<\/p>\n

Publisher: Pride Publishing<\/p>\n

Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Not odd if the jacket had behaved normally and stayed draped over a chair arm like a good, proper jacket, but this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lime-Gelatin-and-Other-Monsters.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}