Book Report: Another Fine Mess by Lindy Ryan
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TEE'S THOUGHTS:
Lindy Ryan has brought us back to East Texas and the Evan's all-female-run funeral home in her second installment of the Bless Your Heart horror series, Another Fine Mess. As with the first book, Another Fine Mess oozes with Southern Charm, which is one of the most endearing things about this series. For me, it is like driving down to Texas and visiting my East Texas family. I even tend to read their words in the thick accent of all my cousins.
The Evan's family is still healing from the events of the first book, but secrets begin to rise, along with the dead, and they have to turn their attention elsewhere and save the town.
Ryan is a master at her world-building in these books, and her imaginative storytelling is key. You get a horror novel with all the suspense, creepiness and bloody things you would expect in most horror stories, but this goes beyond that and gives you something different, it gives you a family that loves each other deeply, even in bad times, and for the most part they love all the characters, wacky or not, in their small Texas town and will do anything to make things right.
Another Fine Mess has multiple POVs that keep the story rolling. At times, it does seem a bit choppy, but it gets the story out there and makes it a quick, easy read. New elements and characters are brought in, so it is not a rehash of the first book. But let me stop for a minute and change course.... This is the second book of a series, and I highly recommend reading the first one before you pick this up. It will give you back stories that will make this one more understandable to you, as it does have items and feelings that carry over.
Ryan is not afraid to kill people off in her stories either, so you never know who will be left standing, but in a horror book, you know, murder, no matter who you are, should be expected.
Another Fine Mess is spooky, full of secrets, full of laughs, full of strong women and full of fun. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book!!
The Evan's family is still healing from the events of the first book, but secrets begin to rise, along with the dead, and they have to turn their attention elsewhere and save the town.
Ryan is a master at her world-building in these books, and her imaginative storytelling is key. You get a horror novel with all the suspense, creepiness and bloody things you would expect in most horror stories, but this goes beyond that and gives you something different, it gives you a family that loves each other deeply, even in bad times, and for the most part they love all the characters, wacky or not, in their small Texas town and will do anything to make things right.
Another Fine Mess has multiple POVs that keep the story rolling. At times, it does seem a bit choppy, but it gets the story out there and makes it a quick, easy read. New elements and characters are brought in, so it is not a rehash of the first book. But let me stop for a minute and change course.... This is the second book of a series, and I highly recommend reading the first one before you pick this up. It will give you back stories that will make this one more understandable to you, as it does have items and feelings that carry over.
Ryan is not afraid to kill people off in her stories either, so you never know who will be left standing, but in a horror book, you know, murder, no matter who you are, should be expected.
Another Fine Mess is spooky, full of secrets, full of laughs, full of strong women and full of fun. I can't wait to see what happens in the next book!!
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