Casket Girls: Cities of the Dead

by Amy Dodd Pilkington

In New Orleans, the cemeteries are filled with above-ground tombs that resemble tiny houses. Some people call these cemeteries “cities of the dead.” Casket Girls is the first book in the Cities of the Dead series. The summer of 1728 was a dreary time in the fledgling settlement of New Orleans. The men were lonely and morale was low. Work was at a standstill. If the king wanted a picturesque town that would lure new settlers, he had to find a way to motivate the bachelors. The settlers were excited when they learned that the Le Pelican carried prospective brides, but the new arrivals quickly turn the town upside down. Jacques never believed the stories of vampires in the new world, but he knew there was evil among them. His determination to reveal the truth behind a murder leads to another murder, and the town is torn apart. The casket girls are labeled as vampires and become the target of many. They need a true hero to save them from an angry mob, but do vampires or heroes exist?

68 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 19, 2016

About the author

Amy Dodd Pilkington is a mother of four who lives in Tennessee with her husband, children, and two dogs. She enjoys camping, photography, reading, and spoiling her adorable granddaughter and grandson.

Pilkington aspires to be a beach bum when she grows up.

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Reviews

[Ashly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This feels more like a short introduction/setup to a series than an actual book, like book 0.5 instead of book 1...unless all the books in the series are going to be 50 or so pages, then I guess this would be book 1. I see potential in this, bad ass women vampires in New Orleans, I just had some issues with the execution. I think a good editor could really take this to the next level. There were times where instead of a continuously flowing story, things would jump around from paragraph to paragraph, which I feel would come off better with some paragraph breaks. Towards the end, the story jumps ahead, seemingly by hundreds of years, without any kind of "Present day" marker or anything. It leaves you with a "wait, what just happened" feeling, where I felt like I might have missed something. Overall, I really could see myself enjoying this series if it was structured a little better.