I loved watching her change from a mild-mannered housewife into a woman full of grit and determination. I bit. I don’t think I’ve ever actually read the blurb for this, but your review has me wanting to read it like right now, especially so I can pass it along to my mother. Clever and addictive, full of poignant emotion and colorfully drawn Southern characters, Grady Hendrix’s latest is a must read for everyone who loves a well told story. I wanna read it! Still, it’s enjoyably breezy pulp, as Patricia and her friends try to find a way to alert their insular and unsuspecting community to the danger that has arrived on its doorstep (and literally been invited inside). It sounds more wonderful than I thought — and I seriously need to investigate this author too! About The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. When demons invade a town in Tennessee, demon hunter Lafayette Hendricks comes to stop them. I also want to briefly mention another character that I loved. If you love well crafted, multi-layered stories that combine horror and suspense, then I can’t think of a better book to pick up right now. At this point in the month, I would normally be frantically trying to finish all my March review books. I loved this book. I loved the ending and the bathroom scene, it reminded me of a Qeuntin Tarantino film. An ancient magic draws together ordinary people and extraordinary beings as events and dark forces begin to collide on the hill called Jonah's Belly. Can she elude the shadowy agency pursuing her? The story deals with rape, drug use, and suicide in addition to graphic violence, so if you are sensitive to any of these, please proceed with caution. TOP TEN TUESDAY – SFF Series starters that were instant hits, Feed Your Reader With Free and 99 Cents Books And Enter The Giveaway, L-L-L-Little Reviews: 3-Part Adult Romantic Comedy Serial, The Last Human by Zack Jordan || Humor, Philosophy, and Feels, A WINTER'S PROMISE by Christelle Dabos - Review, 12 Young Adult Science Fiction Books to Read in 2020 #SciFiMonth, How I Use Publishers' Catalogs on Edelweiss - A Guide, Future Fiction #91 - Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books, THE PHLEBOTOMIST by Chris Panatier - Review, OPIUM AND ABSINTHE by Lydia Kang - Review. Your review is perfect. This was not the nineties! Her hermetic existence is of her choosing, and there’s little of the rich internal life that drives so many great narratives of existential ennui. Then she connects with Jacen, a vampire prince in disguise, unaware that they should be mortal enemies. more about James than anyone gives her credit for and her role in the story is pivotal. Annika is a human slave in a vampire kingdom. Suspense building...main characters book club awesome. And as James digs his claws deeper into their lives, Patricia struggles with her home life as well. Horrorstor was a lot of fun, and I agree with you about his titles. In his 2014 novel, Horrorstör, it’s a young slacker avoiding the grind of grown-up responsibility while investigating the strange goings-on at the IKEA-like store where she works. Learn how your comment data is processed.