All These Bodies

Things to Know:-Murder and Gore-Quick Read-Less than 300 pagesSynopsis:Summer 1958. A gruesome killer plagues the Midwest, leaving behind a trail of bodies completely drained of blood. Michael Jensen, an aspiring journalist whose father happens to be the town sheriff, never imagined that the Bloodless Murders would come to his backyard. Not until the night the Carlson family was found murdered in their home. Marie Catherine Hale, a diminutive fifteen-year-old, was discovered at the scene—covered in blood. She is the sole suspect in custody. Michael didn’t think that he would be part of the investigation, but he is pulled in when Marie decides that he is the only one she will confess to. As Marie recounts her version of the story, it falls to Michael to find the truth: What really happened the night that the Carlsons were killed? And how did one girl wind up in the middle of all these bodies?Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️All These Bodies started out really promising. I did like Kendare Blake’s writing style and the plot had real promise. I was just left with only questions and no answers to those questions which was quite annoying. It left off in a way that there could be a follow up book, but it could also just end. If there is a follow up I will read it and hope for answers, but this one didn’t live up to my hopes for it.It was a quick read. I finished it in less than a day. I thought Marie’s character was well written and I do hope that we are able to get more answers and closure later on.

This is a historical fiction book about a serial killer in 1958 that’s committing the Bloodless Murders. Police find a fifteen year old girl among the latest victims and she’s unharmed but drenched in blood. This is a story told from an observer’s point of view and the observer becomes friends with one of the accused murderers. At the latest victims’ home, Marie is captured by police when she’s found standing by the bodies. Once she’s in custody, she’ll only talk to the sheriff’s son Michael. Michael tells this story that really leaves more questions than answers. I wanted the mystery to be solidly solved and to know if Marie committed these murders on her own or if she really was being trained by an older man. I can see her being delusional and thinking there’s someone with her or being vague to throw suspicion off of herself. Then the ending…? 3.5 stars for a truly atmospheric experience that made me feel like I had been transported to the late 1950’s and the characters that pulled the tale along!

Sucks you in and keeps you up all night reading. I love this author and I am impatiently waiting for her “Buffy” spin off series!!!! I have read all of her other books!

No closure. Who did it? Was she the one? Was there a vampire? Where’s her mother?

It was a hard book to get into but Kendra always keeps you wondering what happens next, what happens in the next chapter