#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway # 31: The Phlebotomist

The #HorrorForLibraries Giveaway is back after a holiday hiatus, and I have a great month of giveaways planned beginning with a title I gave a STAR review in the January issue of Library Journal.But first, a refresher on the basic rules to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American public library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that  week.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Click here to see giveaway #30. Our winner was  Kim from Grafton-Midview [OH] Public Library.

This week I have a finished copy of the first book in a brand new SF- Horror hybrid-- The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier. I received a copy of this book from the publisher- Angry Robot [whose SF books I have reviewed for Booklist and I  tend to really enjoy].

I requested this book from the publisher precisely because it was a debut and I was reading it for an award. While I don't think it was "Horror" enough to be in the running for that award, I still really enjoyed it...a lot. This is a SF dystopia set in a world where people are required to give blood and of  course, there are nefarious behind the scenes actors taking advantage. 

I would say it is 90% solidly in the SF genre with the other 10% hitting on horror tropes. I  am purposely not giving  away much of the plot because I  want  readers to enjoy the ride, but if you click through to the Goodreads record other reviewers do give details [including at least one that gives the "horror" spoiler].

But what I  enjoyed here was the original dystopia world building combined with a mature woman as the protagonist. What a joy it was to read a book of an older woman who was a bad ass, who used her brain and  experience to be the hero, who also also able to move physically when needed. 

You can click here for more about this book by me.

Every library should order this first book and know that there are clearly more to come in the series. But one of you can win  this copy and add it to your collections right away.

Good luck!