Week 23 Review: All These Bodies

From Goodreads:

Sixteen bloodless bodies. Two teenagers. One impossible explanation.

It starts with a lone victim, found on his front porch with his throat cut and his body drained of blood. By the time it's over, the Bloodless Murders leave a trail of sixteen bodies littered across the Midwest, with no suspects and no witnesses. Only questions: how were the victims chosen? Why didn't they fight? And where, where is all the blood?

Michael Jensen yearns to become a journalist and escape his small-town life. He never imagined that the Bloodless Murders would come to sleepy Black Deer Falls, not until the night in September when the Carlson family is murdered in their farmhouse. The only suspect in the case is found with them in the house that night: fifteen-year-old Marie Catherine Hale, unharmed but covered in blood. She claims the murderer abandoned her at the scene, and though her story is suspicious, no one believes her capable of committing the crimes on her own.

When Marie refuses to talk to anyone but Michael, he agrees to record her side of the story. But how can he trust her confession when it calls into question everything that he holds to be true?

Marie knows that her time is running out. But she chose Michael for a reason, and his search for answers gives her one last chance to tell her truth. 

My Review:
I enjoyed reading this book so much! It was dark and creepy, and I loved the way this story was told, of the present with Marie and Michael, and then of the past, of the story that Marie is telling him. It was dark and twisted-and you aren't sure if you can trust her.

I really enjoyed these characters, Michael was in an interesting position in life, given that he's the sheriff's son, and he wants to be a journalist. And then there's Marie, who was a explosion in his life, and I really enjoyed watching them interact as her story unfolded!

It's obvious that Marie couldn't do these murders on her own, if she did them at all. But almost everyone comes after her, because she's female, she's young. And it wouldn't really matter what she said, if she was a victim herself, it wouldn't matter. And that was infuriating! 

Oh, and that ending? That was just an evil ending! It was without a final question answered-was she telling the truth, or not, and given the tale that she told, and the result of it, I just need to know what happened next, to answer that question! Bah! Evil ending!

Loved reading this book, it was such a fantastic read! 

Author: Kendare Blake 
Read: June 11th, 2021
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2021 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Expected Publication: September 21st 2021

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars