I think I covered this one quite a bit in my original review and didn’t glean new insights upon rereading it so I’ll primarily focus on my friend’s thoughts. Primarily, she thought it was hilarious and her Louisiana friend confirmed that some of the crazy situations felt like it could fit in Baton Rogue in real life.

Bobbie Faye is a rootable character and you can feel her frustration while laughing at her horrible bad luck. I enjoyed the bear attack scene while she thought the fact that Alex, the gun runner boyfriend was desperate to get back his love poems was hilarious.

She was surprised that no one figured out that the crown was actually a treasure map but I remember the description of the crown as being so rusted and tacky, who would ever think of it as a map.

Besides that, she’s pretty sure there’s more to Cam and Bobbie Faye’s break-up than what we’re told. She was also surprised that there was actual death in the book because she felt this skewed more to young adults. I mean, it’s not like this book would be in a school library what with the dominatrixes and accidental voodoo aphrodisiac but 18+ would enjoy it. I, for one, having read book #2-3 admired the bits of forshadowing we get where Trevor is concerned.

I was most struck by the similarities in this book with the Neurotic Hitwoman series like Ceecee and Armani being the BFFs with vague psychic or otherworldly powers, and the fact that Maggie and Bobbie both have to care for their nieces.

I’m not even gonna count the love triangle since that seems to be expected for the genre. My friend thought maybe they got inspired by each other but I doubt that as they came out closely with each other and while they’re good, I doubt they got such a big following that others would pick up on it.

Yeah, I think I covered about everything. Our other takeaway was that it would be hilarious if there was a Neurotic Hitwoman/Bobbie Faye crossover whether it is the two of them meeting and subsequently destroying two states or the two of them deciding to switch lives for a “grass is greener” sort of plot and still almost destroy two states. It’d be fun, God could meet his older alligator cousins. Bobbie can blow up a chemical plant.

I’m probably gonna put #2 on our list for next year. Our next book is Hemlock Island which she already started to read because she forgot it was on her list. Such a betrayal but perfect for the spooky season.