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Bless Your Heart

Minotaur: St. Martin’s. Apr. 2024. 304p. ISBN 9781250888884. $28. HORROR
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It’s 1999 in a small southeast Texas town where everyone knows each other’s business and the Evans women run the only funeral parlor. When the presumed-dead town gossip rises from her casket, the Evans women do what they have for generations, protect the town from the powerful ancient Strigoi by staking her through the heart. This is merely the start of a violent string of bolder and bolder attacks. As the bodies pile up, it is getting harder for them to deny that this onslaught may be tied to Luna, the youngest of the Evans women, and the horrors that befell their family 15 years ago, soon after Luna’s birth. Told via multiple points of view, a well-developed and utterly unforgettable cast of characters, and an engaging narration that draws readers in immediately, this novel will make readers root for the Evans women to beat back both the ghouls and the family secrets that haunt them.
VERDICT Ryan’s (Throw Me to the Wolves) compelling horror/mystery hybrid is bursting with serious scares, humor, and Southern charm. Fans of Grady Hendrix and Rachel Harrison will appreciate.
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