McCaw has an interesting future and keen to see what she comes up with next. This is a slow burn and it gradually invites you into this world but once you enter, you are willing to stay for longer than the novel length. The dark aspects are well written and the darkness that the characters face gives the book a memorable climax. Overall, this is an enjoyable book and the characters are very likable. This could be considered quite cleaver as it gives an older audience something to enjoy. The story itself is well constructed and keeps itself well established in the young adult fiction category but McCaw does push the boundaries on this which makes it admirable that she does this, though I wonder if the age that this novel is firmly aimed at, one wonders if they will miss some of the references.
Mina’s sister, is well put together but although she seems to come alive in relationship with her sister through conversations. Sometimes their knowingness of genre specifics gives them a meta feeling and gives their language a bit of Buffy speak.
The characters are well drawn and their interrelationships are well established. The characters are very likable and Mina’s obsession with all things vampiric and sinister, leads her into a murder mystery. McCaw’s new novel, Mina and the Undead is a darkly woven fairy-tale murder mystery that gives a nostalgic feel of the 90’s woven within its tapestry.
Luckily, you won’t have to wait that long for the second book in this series, as Mina and the Slayers is out in September. It was very skillfully done and it will be interesting to see what Mina gets up to next. The mystery plot was excellently put together and certainly had me guessing right until the big reveal. Mina was great as a stranger in New Orleans, as we were able to see all the touristy sights that she would have seen, but as she was also accompanied by Libby and her friends, who were already at home in the city, there was a sense of familiarity.Īs someone who had their formative years in this period, the pop culture references were very welcome and Amy McCaw used them respectfully – there was nothing that was ‘just filler’ and every reference had a point to make! Mina and the Undead was the perfect horror book for me, as I am a bit of wimp! Yes, there are vampires, the macabre and spooky New Orleans, but the 90s nostalgia really came through for me and it was that that I was happy to focus on.
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