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Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest

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Nov 17, 10

bookshelves: read-in-2010, southern-gothic, ghost
Read in November, 2010

Eden Moore is a special child. She can see ghost. And while this seems unnerving, it is really something that she accepts and grows up with. Eden's young mother died soon after giving birth to her and she has been raised by her aunt, Lulu and Lulu's husband, Dave. Together, they make a close-knit family and offer unconditional love to Eden. That is until Eden really starts to question her past. Things like why her psycho-cousin has tried repeatably to kill her, why the director of the hospital where her mother died is trying to live under an alias, and what exactly it is that the three dead sisters are trying to warn her about. When Lulu refuses to divulge too much information, Eden starts to take matters into her own hands. She soon discovers a family secret that might might make Eden the last survivor of her family.

Set in Chattanooga, TN, this combines all the traditional Southern Gothic elements along with a sprinkling of modern touches such as Eden's love of wearing combat boots while stalking a cemetery late at night and her endearing name for her automobile, The Death Nugget. While I did find the ending was rather quickly wrapped up, this was still an fun book to read. And I was delighted to discover that it is the first of a series.

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