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Bizarre, beyond a definite comfort zone, but somehow addicting are the words I would use to describe this very peculiar and weird book. I will admit I was glad that I hadn't eaten anything while reading a few parts of this story as it really made me think, yikes that's gross!

Book clubs are great especially those that combine a good story with a few glasses of a healthy libation. However, the ladies of this book club are bored. They are bored with the titles of books that have been suggested in the past and honestly most of them never even opened the book cover no less than read the book. So, in a decision to add some vim and vigor to the club, books that dealt with murder, mayhem, fright, and freakish themes were suggested and adopted. All seemed to be going well and then a very freakish occurrence happened and a man was introduced to the group. Oh, he is handsome, he is charismatic, he is ingratiating, and before long he has immersed himself into the community and the lives of book club members and their husbands.

Patricia Campbell, our main protagonist, is drawn at first to James Harris. He is all the things it seems that her dull life, being mother to two brats, and wife to a husband who has no time for her, needs. As time goes on though things just don't add up and as Patricia comes to know James, she, and finally the girls of book club come to realize that what James is might be a fiend bent on destroying others. Can the ladies, particularly Patricia, thwart this evil presence in their midst, or will they will become pawns and victims in James's dreadful and horrifying schemes?

A cautious warning here....be aware there is blood, guts, gore, and rats...lots of rats, so this book although a satire, is not for those who don't like reading about the aforementioned items. Life and limb is definitely in jeopardy in this "not sure what to call it" story. Although, in retrospect, Count Dracula would certainly be proud of James. Perhaps James might even be a distant relative to Vlad? Hmm something to think about.....but definitely not at night!!!

Egads did Jan and I step out of our comfort zone with this book! We had a bloody good time and thought the author did a wonderful job with his satire of very strong Southern ladies who went to battle with a very sinister creature of the night. It's quirky, it's bizarre, and it was off the wall entertainment for two people looking to escape the ills of a pandemic. Don't mess with Southern ladies!!
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