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Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
“Darkness was like a disease once it got its teeth in you. A hungry thing that didn’t let go.”
The story began when Mina Jean Murphy, a member of the neighborhood Red Hat Society, sat up in her coffin. This occurred at the Evans Funeral Parlor. The Evans family included Ducey, the octogenarian matriarch. True to any southern grandmother, she keeps hard candies in her pocket and dollops alcohol in her tea. Like Ducey, I prefer butterscotch. Lenore, Grace, and Luna are the other Evans women. Grace, Ducey’s granddaughter, carried a terrible secret that affected Luna. Luna is a teen, negotiating typical adolescent dramas. Recently, her boyfriend, Andy West, has been absent. She feared he had developed an affection for someone else. Readers eventually discover the reason for Andy’s absence. Strigoi gained a foothold in the insular town. “Strigoi are ghouls, plain and simple. They’re the monster from which every horrible undead creature originated.” But where did they come from? The sudden arrival of an eccentric stranger, Crane Campbell, raised concerns. For decades, the Evans family has buried the dead in Eternal Flame Cemetery and made sure they remained interred. With the return of strigoi, they must uncover the source. Unfortunately, the story failed to develop the romance between Deputy Roger Taylor and Grace. The author introduced the concept of callers and knockers, separate factions of strigoi. This was not true to the story, though. This book was a quick, easy read. I finished it in two days. One, if I didn’t have to work. Ryan wrote Another Fine Mess, the second book in the series. Unsure of release date. Check out Bless Your Heart. It is not frightening nor overly gory. A exhilarating read with new monster lore.
“Darkness was like a disease once it got its teeth in you. A hungry thing that didn’t let go.”
The story began when Mina Jean Murphy, a member of the neighborhood Red Hat Society, sat up in her coffin. This occurred at the Evans Funeral Parlor. The Evans family included Ducey, the octogenarian matriarch. True to any southern grandmother, she keeps hard candies in her pocket and dollops alcohol in her tea. Like Ducey, I prefer butterscotch. Lenore, Grace, and Luna are the other Evans women. Grace, Ducey’s granddaughter, carried a terrible secret that affected Luna. Luna is a teen, negotiating typical adolescent dramas. Recently, her boyfriend, Andy West, has been absent. She feared he had developed an affection for someone else. Readers eventually discover the reason for Andy’s absence. Strigoi gained a foothold in the insular town. “Strigoi are ghouls, plain and simple. They’re the monster from which every horrible undead creature originated.” But where did they come from? The sudden arrival of an eccentric stranger, Crane Campbell, raised concerns. For decades, the Evans family has buried the dead in Eternal Flame Cemetery and made sure they remained interred. With the return of strigoi, they must uncover the source. Unfortunately, the story failed to develop the romance between Deputy Roger Taylor and Grace. The author introduced the concept of callers and knockers, separate factions of strigoi. This was not true to the story, though. This book was a quick, easy read. I finished it in two days. One, if I didn’t have to work. Ryan wrote Another Fine Mess, the second book in the series. Unsure of release date. Check out Bless Your Heart. It is not frightening nor overly gory. A exhilarating read with new monster lore.
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