The Two

by Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc

Pressley Barclay is a famous author and with that fame came his writer's block. As a way to escape from the noise and distraction of the city, he finds his dream home in the country estate -- and at a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979006724
• ISBN13: 9780979006722
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Ephemera Bound Publishing
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

thirsty for more

THIS BOOK WAS GREAT! IT DID HAVE TWO SCENES THAT WILL LEAVE YOU OUT OF BREATH AND THINKING IF SUCH ACTS CAN BE HUMANLY POSSIBLE. THEY ARE HARSH BUT AS ANOTHER REVIEWER SAID THAT YOU NEED TO GET PAST THAT. THE WRITER IS SO GOOD AT HER WORK THAT YOU CAN VIVIDLY FEEL THE PAIN AND THE ANGUISH OF ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS STORY. I WISH THIS BOOK HAD NEVER ENDED. I SURE WILL LIKE TO READ MORE OF HER WORK, I AM JUST NOT SURE IF I AM READY FOR THAT KIND OF SADISTIC STUFF. I DO LOVE THE ROMANCE AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE STORY IS SHAPED AND HOW YOU LEARN TO FORGIVE AND I GUESS IN A WAY TO UNDERSTAND. I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR A TEEN OR SOMEONE WHO IS NOT MATURE ENOUGH. IT IS TOO GRAPHIC... IT IS TOO GOOD!

Chilling, demented, captivating...

Van Scoyoc has crafted quite a masterpiece here. The scenes are incredibly realistic and the psychology sound. Her characters, and even sub-characters, carry a depth and description that makes them easy for the reader to imagine. One sweet trait of magic in this novel is the almost certain guarantee that you will feel cold at some point. It is a creepy story and contains some violent scenes that reach into the darkest depravations of a serial killer. Not for faint of heart and brutally realistic. You will cringe and you will worry...be warned...

A Magical, Terrifying Read

You think it's a chick-read? Do you really think that it's a chick-read? Well, then you're completely wrong. The Two is anything but a chick-read. From the cover alone, Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc's novel, The Two , could be perceived as a chick read. But, once you begin reading, you will learn that it is anything but a chick read. Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc is known as the Mistress of Macabre by her fans, and she has invented her own genre called Horror Sinsesteria, which is violent, but at the same time, beautifully erotic. She has won the 2005 Predators and Editors award for her novel A Man Of Two Worlds, and she started this novel out with self-publishing. Within two months, she has a name for herself, and The Two is a great contributing factor with that success. It was her first novel, and it was the novel that made her well known in the writing world. Called `The Next Anne Rice,' Andrea will shock and impress you with the talent she has at telling a very horrific story. The Two begins with a man named Presley, a best-selling novelist, becoming frustrated at the neighbors in his apartment building, and the fact that he has writer's block doesn't help either. He knows that he has the money to move, but he wasn't really bound to anything. But it isn't until he loses his patience and moves out of his apartment. This is where he falls in love with a beautiful, medieval-styled gothic mansion, one of which the land owner has been trying to sell for a long time. Presley learns that the woman who had originally owned the house had been sent to a nursing home because she claimed her husband had been 'sucked up by the mirror.' When Presley gets settled in and begins to explore the house, he, too, finds the mirror, and it sucks him into a world where he will have to solve a mystery that has been hiding in the dust for several hundred years. The Two is the perfect read for any fan of horror, but it is for adults for the violence that it throws out at times. Even though there are a few graphic parts, it doesn't diminish Andrea's very talented way of storytelling. The Two is a definite read for any fan of horror. And trust me: If you like horror, this novel is definetely worth picking up. It's something that you can't put down, but at the same time, there are parts where you just want to put it down, back up, and say `Woah . . . That's intense.' If you don't pick up Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc's The Two , you are cheating yourself out of an excellent horror experience.

Excellent book

It's been ages since I've read such a riveting and uniquely disturbing book. I would recommend it to anyone searching for an unusual love story, horror and intrigue all mixed into one finely written, absorbing story. Brilliance from the first page to the last, don't miss it!

A surefire classic!

Andrea's writing is superb! She writes in a style, that I wish more authors would. Her stories are captivating. "The Two" ; is one story that you can not put down, you will be compelled to reach it's ending. Fantastic read... you really feel like you are in the story, very easy to visualize the settings , and feel the emotions. I highly recommend this book!