CURSED BY DEATH: A Graveminder Novel
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1.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"Series fans will be delighted to revisit Marr's colorful cast" --Publisher's Weekly on Cursed By Death.
Return to the world of Graveminder, Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Horror Novel in this stand-alone Graveminder novel that Publisher's Weekly calls "equally quirky"
Amity Blue has begun to remember strange impossible events, her ex trying to bite her and people vanishing like mist. After a stalker—a dead stalker—appears at the bar where she works, Amity discovers that the dead don't always stay dead in Claysville.
Along with the current Graveminder, Rebekkah Barrow, Amity seeks out the enigmatic Mr D in the afterlife, only to discover that the centuries-old contract to protect Claysville has been broken.
Caught between life in a cursed town and Death himself, Amity and Rebekkah must find a way to put the dead where they belong—because if the Hungry Dead keep rising, everyone in town will be lost.
What People Have Said about GRAVEMINDER:
"If anyone can put the goth in Southern Gothic, it's Melissa Marr." —NPR.org
"Melissa Marr has the rare talent of making deeply weird things seem perfectly normal, and making perfectly normal things seem deeply weird."-- io9
"It's a fast read, spooky enough to please but not too disturbing to read in bed." —Washington Post
"Dark and dreamy. . . . Rod Serling would have loved Graveminder. . . Marr is not tapping into the latest horde of zombie novels, she's created a new kind of undead creature. . . . A creatively creepy gothic tale for grown-ups."—USA Today
"Plan ahead to read this one, because you won't be able to put it down! Haunting, captivating, brilliant!" —Library Journal (starred review)
"Filled with ancient contracts, the walking dead, and fated love, this eerie tale draws you in and leaves you yearning for more."—IndieNext List, July 2011
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Marr returns to the world of 2011's Graveminder with this equally quirky but uneven follow-up, which picks up where the first book left off but still manages to be accessible for newcomers. Unbeknownst to most townsfolk, the dead of Claysville occasionally wake and attack the living thanks to a curse placed on the small town centuries ago. Rebekkah Barrow and Byron Montgomery have finally accepted their roles as Claysville's Graveminder and Undertaker, respectively, the mandated caretakers to the town's Hungry Dead. Meanwhile, Rebekkah's friend Amity Blue, still reeling from the death of her sister, Bonnie Jean, starts to question things she'd previously accepted about Claysville: Why does no one ever get sick? And why is it that no one born there ever leaves? Her pursuit of answers floods her with half-formed, headache-inducing memories and thrusts her into Rebekkah's hidden world as she learns the dark truth of Claysville's curse. The blurred line between life and death somewhat lowers the stakes, and the worldbuilding leaves many questions unanswered. The saving grace is Marr's skillful hand at crafting fascinating, multilayered characters. Series fans will be delighted to revisit Marr's colorful cast but may hope for more action and clarity in future installments. (Self-published)
Customer Reviews
Cursed by death
Average writing / story line. But book ends in middle of story. Very deceiving - not even a decisive point. Without a warning that this is really just part of a story- a 2 rating is too positive.