The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
by Grady Hendrix.
4 stars
| A southern book club gets more than they bargained for when a handsome new stranger moves into town. When Patricia is attacked by her next door neighbor her distant nephew steps in to take over her house. After children in a local community start dying and acting strangely Patricia decides to look into it. What she finds is what she least expects and she turns to her bookclub to get to the end of it. An overall enjoyable read with a few obvious issues. There was a bit of a lull in the middle where I found myself bored and no longer super interested in reading the book as fast as possible, right around the time jump. But it was well written and spooky enough (although it wasn't exactly horror). The one thing that bothered me, (which bothers me in a lot of "horror" lately) is the gaslighting of the main character. This seems to be a trend I am not fond of and have seen more often that I would like. Even though it was true to the time period, this felt dated in a way. The main villain solely kills people of color, and uses his whiteness to "blend" into society. I was also left with a few questions, are there more vampires somewhere? Was there truly no way to kill Harris? If he somehow impregnated Slick, why did he say he was the only vampire and why didn't something happen when she died? |