The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

While I can say for certainty I loved the writing style Hendrix uses, I can't say I loved the content of the novel. There were a few times I found myself unable to put the book down and a few times that I couldn't wait to put the book down. It should be noted that there are graphic depictions of SA and implied SA due to lack of consent. Read with caution.

What started as a tame novel about house wives reading murder mystery and true crime novels turned quickly into a book filled with secondhand embarrassment, true disgust at the men who were in their lives, and wanting to throw up at the idea of nestling myself into a space with cockroach eggs, spiders crawling along my skin, and a cockroach trying to burrow itself in an ear. I have a new fear, as someone who lives in Florida, of insects crawling to my orifices and of rats banding together to rip their way through my lower intestines. I was appalled by how much this book made me feel at the worst moments. While I find myself upset with Patricia as a character, I enjoyed the refreshing aspect of a flawed character. Carter can eat dirt.

I will look for another Grady Hendrix book because I do find myself enamored with his writing style. This might not have been the place to start, but I am not mad I read the book. As a fan of Twilight and Vampire literature in my youth, this was a nice change of pace to a nightwalker who creates more damage than just punctures in someone's epidermis.