The Southern Book Clubโs Guide to Slaying Vampires
Over the weekend I started reading this book with @santanasaundersbooks as a buddy read (sheโs reading it on the beach and Iโm dealing with lows of 14 degrees ๐ญ).
Right now Iโm about halfway through and finding this a fun, at times hysterical light read with some gruesome scenes and it is hitting the spot. Iโve been sucked in by this book, and after it grabbed hold, I could not get away (see what I did there?๐งโโ๏ธ๐). At times there is humor with cute little Southern idioms, and then it totally goes gothic and serious. This book has spunk, wit, blood and guts. All the things I hoped for as I continue to read on!
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: Patricia Campbellโs life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and sheโs always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings theyโre as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families.
One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor's handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. James is well traveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasnโt felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kindโand Patricia has already invited him in.
Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patriciaโs life and try to take everything she took for grantedโincluding the book clubโbut she wonโt surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.
