I could not wait to get my hands on this. A Kentucky author and a story steeped in Bluegrass culture will win me over every time. Daniel Brown may be my favorite anti-hero ever. Each character in this debut novel is flawed and rooted in 100% absolute truth. Truth for generations. It is raw and real.
As the story progresses and we get to know Daniel, Jayla and others; little pieces of their history growing up are given to us in a way that we get to know and love them. Scenes inside of the cock fighting ring, The Kentucky Fried Mafia and the Sportsman’s Clubs are immersive and authentic. (I will never admit that I have been to anything other than a moose lodge - maybe) The interaction with the grandmother – shew wee!!! (Yes, I have been hit by a wooden spoon.)
Good Looking Ugly is way more than a down and dirty, gritty crime thriller. Outcasted members of society, broken homes, drug addicts and jailbirds have more than one side to their story. The reader is on an adventure like no other. We get to watch priorities change, love grow, and anger be stifled. We get to see vigilante justice and trades made. I have so much hope that this is just the first book in a series and Daniel finishes up what was started.
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