The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

• Author : Grady Hendrix

• Publisher : Quirk Books

• Released : April 7, 2020

• Page count : 410

• Format : Paperback

• Genre : Horror, Thriller, Fiction, Paranormal, Fantasy

• Content warnings : Rape, Gore, Blood, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt

• Source : Local Shop

• Representation : /

• Part of a Series : NO

★★★★☆ — I really liked this book

 

Quote from the book:

“He thinks we’re what we look like on the outside: nice Southern ladies. Let me tell you something…there’s nothing nice about Southern ladies.”

Pros: Easy read, Horror but funny with a bad-ass group of Southern Ladies.

Cons: Read the trigger warnings first.

Summary :

Patricia Campbell had always planned for a big life, but after giving up her career as a nurse to marry an ambitious doctor and become a mother, Patricia's life has never felt smaller. The days are long, her kids are ungrateful, her husband is distant, and her to-do list is never really done. The one thing she has to look forward to is her book club, a group of Charleston mothers united only by their love for true-crime and suspenseful fiction. In these meetings, they're more likely to discuss the FBI's recent siege of Waco as much as the ups and downs of marriage and motherhood.

But when an artistic and sensitive stranger moves into the neighborhood, the book club's meetings turn into speculation about the newcomer. Patricia is initially attracted to him, but when some local children go missing, she starts to suspect the newcomer is involved. She begins her own investigation, assuming that he's a Jeffrey Dahmer or Ted Bundy. What she uncovers is far more terrifying, and soon she--and her book club--are the only people standing between the monster they've invited into their homes and their unsuspecting community.

My Thoughts on this Book :

It’s 70’s vintage Desperate Housewives welcoming (kind of) southern way the new True-Blood-like "man" in the neighborhood. I stumbled on this one without knowing the author or being in a mood for horror few years ago but I didn't regret one second of this book. It's funny, witty and ... yeah not really scary but spooky in a Grady Hendrix kind of way. I like this kind of witty, dark humor, kind of old school stereotype gory horror. You never know what you´l find in the book and always enjoy the ride. I know pretty well Grady Hendrix's work now and most of their books are in the same vibes, witty, kind of horror in a dark humor, a bit gory way, and well written. A must read without hesitation.

Links :

• Author Website

• My Storygraph Review