A review by ciwanski
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

EDIT: after talking with my mom about the book I’m not totally sure I feel the same way anymore… my mom opened my eyes to how Hendrix uses a lot of stereotypes for his characters and I read a review that had issue with all the SA included in the book especially the scene with
the minor.
The review called it unnecessary for men to always have their female characters face SA and I definitely agree with that. 


I loved this book. I’ve been living in Charleston for the last 7 months, and actually had no idea that this book was based in Mt. Pleasant which was so cool to read about and literally visualize the roads as they are today. 

This book was so well and cleverly crafted. It was suspenseful in all the best ways, and if I was reading it late at night I needed to put on something light hearted afterwards to wind myself down haha. 

The women in this story were all real people who dealt with the politics of everyday life, well, everyday. I think this book had great examples of weaponized incompetence, everyday sexism, and the power of motherhood though the book definitely wasn’t centered around any of that. 

Despite being a book about a vampire, the story was completely real and based in reality. Can’t say enough good things about it!
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