Ian Kirkpatrick

This book really wants to be a bloodier version of And Then There Was None by Agatha Christie. It takes that story and adds elements of the movies Ready or Not, and Knives Out. And it’s not successful. A woman has died and her children do not automatically inherit. They have to survive a night and a blood bath as all fight for control of the house and the wealth that comes with it. The cast of characters is something found in Clue. It wants to be both a comedy and tragedy. The biggest pet show more peeve for this reader is that the WHY is never really explained. Just it’s always been done that way, or so and so wanted it that way. That is not an explanation. To be honest, if I was reading this I would have DNFed before I got to the halfway point. However, I was listening to an audiobook, and the narrator did a fantastic job. Between the voices, the inflections, etc. The voice actor is what saves this book from being a complete waste of time. show less

I usually give a short synopsis of the novel at this point, but honestly, I don't really know what the point of the book was. Nothing much really happened. Wayland kept disappearing again and Joey kept trying to find him and save him. When she wasn't doing that, Joey was trying to explain to Jag that she was dead, and he kept telling her that she wasn't dead and was just on drugs. I mean, she literally looks like walking death, so I don't know how he doesn't understand that she's dead. At show more the end of the first book, Joey and Wayland made an agreement with Charon to kill or at least incapacitate the walking dead in Baltimore so that he can come collect them, so I thought that's what this book would be, but it never happens. Not even when they go into a bar filled with dead people and get into a brawl, Charon and Val come to collect the newly dead people, but don't grab the undead while they're there. Other than that, Joey is trying to find a way to not be dead anymore...and that's pretty much it for the entire book.

I'm still not entirely sure how old Joey is, although I'm guessing that she's early 20s, but there's nothing really that gives even an approximation of her age. Joey isn't entirely likeable, she's very snarky and doesn't seem to have a lot of respect for anyone around her. She doesn't like cops, okay, I get that. But Donny has been like a father to her and she isn't nice to him either, or show him any respect. Jag is alright, he's trying to be supportive but he just doesn't truly understand what is going on, so he's just along on this crazy ride. Wayland is a crazy wildcard who sometimes shows up and sometimes disappears, and you never know what or when either of these things will happen. The only saving grace is Charon and Val, because with them you know what you're getting. Charon is stoic and will give indirect answers to questions, and Val is just there to eat the hearts of dead people, he doesn't care about anything else.

All in all, not one of my favorite books. I had a hard finishing and really had to push through at times. There was a relatively nice conclusion to wrap everything up, so I don't think there's a third book, but I could be wrong. If you thoroughly enjoyed Bleed More, Bodymore, then by all means read this one. If you read the first one and just thought it was okay, you can probably skip this one. show less

I loved this book, It was laugh out loud funny. It is rare in my experience to have a humorous a novel in which there are murders. I can't say enough about this book with out giving away the a lot of details and the twist at the end was just precious. Who's going to be murdered and how will it be done? This is a very creative and humorous novel. I highly recommend it. The author makes this book so enjoyable I am going to see what else she has written and check out her publishing house and show more hope there are other books with this kind of humor. show less

Thank you to NetGalley, Ian Kirkpatrick, and Steak House Books for an ARC of Plead More, Bodymore, the second book in the Bodymore series.

I usually give a short synopsis of the novel at this point, but honestly, I don't really know what the point of the book was. Nothing much really happened. Wayland kept disappearing again and Joey kept trying to find him and save him. When she wasn't doing that, Joey was trying to explain to Jag that she was dead, and he kept telling her that she wasn't show more dead and was just on drugs. I mean, she literally looks like walking death, so I don't know how he doesn't understand that she's dead. At the end of the first book, Joey and Wayland made an agreement with Charon to kill or at least incapacitate the walking dead in Baltimore so that he can come collect them, so I thought that's what this book would be, but it never happens. Not even when they go into a bar filled with dead people and get into a brawl, Charon and Val come to collect the newly dead people, but don't grab the undead while they're there. Other than that, Joey is trying to find a way to not be dead anymore...and that's pretty much it for the entire book.

I'm still not entirely sure how old Joey is, although I'm guessing that she's early 20s, but there's nothing really that gives even an approximation of her age. Joey isn't entirely likeable, she's very snarky and doesn't seem to have a lot of respect for anyone around her. She doesn't like cops, okay, I get that. But Donny has been like a father to her and she isn't nice to him either, or show him any respect. Jag is alright, he's trying to be supportive but he just doesn't truly understand what is going on, so he's just along on this crazy ride. Wayland is a crazy wildcard who sometimes shows up and sometimes disappears, and you never know what or when either of these things will happen. The only saving grace is Charon and Val, because with them you know what you're getting. Charon is stoic and will give indirect answers to questions, and Val is just there to eat the hearts of dead people, he doesn't care about anything else.

All in all, not one of my favorite books. I had a hard time finishing and really had to push through at times. There was a relatively nice conclusion to wrap everything up, so I don't think there's a third book, but I could be wrong. If you thoroughly enjoyed Bleed More, Bodymore, then by all means read this one. If you read the first one and just thought it was okay, you can probably skip this one. show less