Genre: Horror
Publisher: Crystal Lake Publishing
Publication Date: 4th March 2016
Pages: 280
REVIEWED BY ALEX
A copy of Pretty
Little Dead Things was sent to Confessions of a Reviewer by the publishers,
Crystal Lake Publishing, in return for an honest review. This is said review.
In writing book reviews, I have made a solemn vow to
never give any spoilers. No plot reveals or important, hidden character traits
that drive the story. I rarely check out book reviews myself for the simple
reason that I want to read the story myself and be surprised. I will, however,
tell you my thoughts on the book and how it made me feel. I will discuss the
writing style and do my best to persuade you to read it if I feel it’s worthy
of such praise. If not, I won’t harp on the negative aspects to try and
belittle the author as is done in social media too often these days...
The particular book I am discussing here, this singular
experience of comforting horror unfolded with each word in an agonizing beauty
of anticipation. From the first sentence of Pretty
Little Dead Girls, Mercedes M Yardley announced the story would be painful.
In a handful of perfectly chosen words, she announced plainly how scorchingly
sad the pages ahead were going to be. In order to prepare myself, I read and
re-read the first line over and again for two days before continuing on into
the rest of the book. What I wasn’t, what I couldn’t be prepared for, was how
densely gorgeous her writing was.
