Review: The Pretenders

The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Cemetery Girl is a graphic novel. The story starts off with a young girl waking up in the cemetery, she has no recollection of who she is, or how she got there. She takes up sleeping in a crypt, while she figures out who she is and how she got there. She avoids contact with everybody. She gives herself the name Calexa Rose Dunhill, and finds a couple of people that takes pity on her, but does try to avoid them, one is the caretaker, Mr. Kelner and the other person is an old woman named Lucinda. Lucinda will leave out food for Calexa, clothes, blankets, she takes pity on the girl.

One night a young girl, Marla Vasquez is murdered and her ghost finds Calexa. She consumes Calexa's thoughts and shares her memories. Calexa, is confused as to why this ghost is showing her all her memories when she can't even remember who she herself is, and why someone left her for dead. But the ghost needs Calexa to help her to rest in peace, and the only way Marla will be able to do that is if Calexa solves her murder.

After reading Charlaine Harris books for years, I stumbled across this graphic novel of hers and decided to give it a go. I was surprised as to how much I enjoyed reading it. I did find that I was intrigued by Calexa and wanted to know more about her, and how she became known as the "ghost" of the cemetery. The graphics were good and went along with the story line nicely, they were colorful and well thought out. This is a very quick read but so enjoyable.

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