Wrong Side of the Grave

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Wrong Side of the Grave by Bryna Butler

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Eric Jansen is the object of female attention, being a young handsome drummer in a local Point Pleasant WV band. So what if some of those women are vampires? Because Eric only looks human. He's actually the world famous Mothman of Point Pleasant and he and vampires are aliens (and they are each other's prey). His tattoo is actually a device that alters his form to look human instead of huge, grey with wings and red glowing eyes.

The only person who knows this is young Bridget a would-be journalist who lost her father a few years back which becomes horribly relevant when the newly dead begin to rise, soon followed by the not-so-freshly dead. The last thing Eric wants is for Bridget to go through that. He and Bridge along with a new Men in Black agent, Warner, try to solve the mystery of who is causing the dead to rise. It gets even more personal when one of the dead is a young man with domestic violence potential who had plagued Eric and his friends.

The story is a fun mix of local legend written by a local. Eric is such an arrogant creature that you sort of want to slap him but has just enough charm to pull it off. Bridget is intelligent and doesn't do too stupid to live things so that's a bonus right there. The mystery has some real world consequences for Eric which will be interesting in future volumes. I'll have to get volume two next time I see Bryna at events (because yes, I'm a local too)



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