Supernatural: Fresh Meat Mass Market Paperback – February 19, 2013

Really good book if you like supernatural the tv series you will more than likely like this book it's just like an episode of the tv series

(No Spoilers) The main monster is a new one, as in never showed in the T.V. show, and it is pretty awesome to say the least. The boys, along with bobby, don't do or say anything out of character, and their is always action happening. This was my first SPN book, actually it was my first FanFic book, and I would definitely recommend it. Have even recommended it to my girlfriend already.The only down side to this book is it wasn't edited the greatest. I caught quite of few mistakes, but not enough to bother me too much. They repeat a few of phrases, "got their bearings" and "was greatfull that he...." is in their like 10 times each, which can get a little annoying, but other than minor mistakes it's a good book.

Alice Henderson threw everything in this novel except for the kitchen sink. First, there's another Wendigo on the loose. For a brief moment, this reader believed that Henderson was trying to make a massive apology for the poorly written script of SUPERNATURAL titled "Wendigo" and make a story focusing on this elusive creature. The wendigo was just a small part of the novel filled with vampires, an aswang, kick-ass senior citizens, enthusiastic hunters, monster eggs, a nosey forest ranger and mother nature threatening to obviate the Winchesters and good old Bobby. The historian for this novel placed the events in the 7th season, but it felt like Season 2. If you are looking for Dean and Sam to have brotherly moments, forget it. It was the Sam and Bobby show for the majority of the novel and Dean connects with everyone in need of help. FRESH MEAT is a thrilling, richly detailed novel with twists and turns throughout. I couldn't put the novel down.

I never expect much from TV tie-in novels – more often than not, they’re badly written, uninteresting, or the characters bear little resemblance to their TV counterparts. So, as usual, I started reading “Fresh Meat” with very low expectations.The first third of the book had me sighing, “Okay. Another waste of money,” because the author included a lot of painfully long clumps of backstory that we as fans already know. The book is set early in Season 7, prior to Bobby’s death, when Sam is still dealing with Hallucifer and Castiel is presumably dead – so for page after page we have Dean, or Sam, mentally recalling the events of the first several episodes of the season (including the agonizing Amy saga), with no new insight into any of it. Yes, there were several action sequences, but they passed by quickly, in favor of more mopey backstory.Then…Apparently, the author cracked open a six-pack of Red Bull. From about the midway point through the end of the book, the action moves at a rip-roaring pace. The boys and Bobby fight their way from one harrowing challenge to another – and I’ll point out to my fellow fans, if it’s “whumpage” you’re looking for, this book is where you’ll find it, in spades! Sam, Dean, and Bobby are all battered, kicked, sliced, impaled, crushed, frozen, nearly suffocated… (Though, true to the TV series, they recover from each life-threatening injury in a miraculously short time.)The original characters didn’t quite satisfy me; the author sacrificed getting into their heads in favor of continuing the action, and I’m sure that’s fine for most readers. We don’t find out anything new about Sam, Dean, or Bobby, either - but again, the breakneck pace of the last part of the book will keep you reading, and you won’t worry about how Dean is dealing with the loss of Cas, or what’s going on with the Leviathans. There’s a mystery involved, a great new monster, considerable amounts of gore, our boys being smart and inventive – it’s tough to ask for more. (All right, chopping out a bunch of the backstory would help, but I won’t quibble.)Long story short: do I recommend this book? Heck yes! If you’re patient with that first third (go ahead, skim through it), you’ll be rewarded with that blazing second half. Enjoy!

a great supplemental supernatural novel. good story.

This was a great story that kept me on the edge of my seat for the entire book. The only thing I’ll pick on is Dean didn’t stab Sam’s hand, he cut it when he fell on the glass.

I really like the story though I felt the plot could have been better it seemed like the Wendi-go angle held a lot significance only for it to be a let down. I expected the villain to reveal a long and fascinating tale that would explain everything but what the writer did instead was equally enjoyable. All in all though the writer gave the readers a truly intelligent and dangerous villain that comes closer to killing the boys than even the baddies from the TV series. Not going to lie that made up for a lot.