The Undertaker's Daughter-A Novel of Supernatural Horror

This is fantastic book full of suspense, thrills, horror and some really disgusting scenes. 

Anna Dingle is a girl about to be 18 and she is in love. Her parents are extremely strict Baptists. Mostly her mother, who believes that electronics are of the devil and that dressing anything but like an old spinster will turn you into some harlot. Her best friend, Naomi, takes her to the mall and gives her a total makeover. Hair, clothes, make-up, the works. When she's done, Anna is transformed from ugly duckling to gorgeous swan. Her father is a mortician and they run the family business from their home. So, Anna has been around death her whole life. 

After her transformation, she goes to a local bar for an all-ages show to see her crush, Timmy, play in his band. Her father agreeing, she could go to the show, as long as she drives to Texas to pick up a corpse, someone who has recently been executed. While at the concert, another man shows interest in her. A fellow classmate, Bruce Barnett. He tries to assault her after the concert and Timmy steps in. Bruce ends up in jail. Unfortunately, this is only the beginning of bad things happening to Anna.

For a while, things for Anna go well. However, Bruce and his cronies will stop at nothing to ruin her life after he believes that it is her fault that he is in jail and is missing out on a huge summer job opportunity plus the loss of income spoils his plans for a sports car he has his eye on. 

Naomi is Jewish and has been researching a set of tablets that have recently been unearthed and what it means for her people. In the scrolls is supposedly the real name of Jesus and the scrolls were written thousands of years before he was even mentioned. The real name can be used to create and animate a Golem. She brings the idea to Anna, suggesting they create a Golem to help solve their problems with Bruce and his gang. What happens after the creation is nothing short of horrific. 

This story is written really well, and you feel the friendship and faith between Anna and Naomi, even if they are from differing backgrounds. This is also a story of forgiveness. The characters are written in a way that you really feel emotions for them. Whether or emotions are love or hate, you will feel them. I really liked the religious tones in the book. As a Baptist myself, I really identified with Anna. My parents were nothing like her, but we have a lot of other similarities. I despised the antagonists and was not at all sorry for what happened to them. I received this book free from the author for an honest review.