I love thrillers about rich housewives and this one did not disappoint! Suspenseful, fun and deeper than I expected, 5 stars!!!

Great book! Was so invested in every second of the story. Thank you for letting me read in advance. Cannot wait to read other things from this author.

A Buckhead socialite is killed on the little league field where he was a coach. This prominent, and wealthy, part of Atlanta has its share of interpersonal drama, but not usually to the point of murder. Detective Shay Claypool, from 'the other side of the tracks' is charged with investigating, a difficult task when everyone in the community has money... and secrets.

Being from the deep South and understanding the culture, I thought I would enjoy this mystery. But, far from it. The fictional residents of Buckhead are all painted with the same broad brush. They're alcoholics and/or druggies, value luxuries over people, and are all having affairs. Their friendships, if you can call them that, seem to be based solely on what their 'friends' can do for them. There was not a likeable soul in the bunch. It's hard to enjoy a book when the characters are all wretched people. In addition, the overuse of the F word was tiresome. I skipped the middle of the book and felt that I'd lost nothing by picking up the last few chapters. The plot was pretty good, which caused me to give three stars rather than the two I contemplated.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

I enjoyed all the characters in this story and that you can be a mother and work too like Shay the detective. She was a great character and I enjoyed her throughout the book. The rich moms were just what I wanted in this book, over the top. The writing and details were great. This was laugh out loud funny at times but also a but had a few twists.

I'm really kind of torn on how to rate Bless Your Heart, to tell you the truth. On the plus side, the writing was well done. The storyline was a good one and there were parts that were really enjoyable. On the negative, it was a LOT of different characters. There were so many people involved that it made it hard to really connect with any of them and keeping everyone straight was tricky at first. I think the large cast of characters made it hard for me to really get into the story itself so for me, it didn't quite hit the mark.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Shay Claypool, an Atlanta detective from the wrong side of the tracks, is tasked with solving the murder of one of the wealthiest residents from the tony Buckhead neighborhood. Shay is good at her job, but she’s more used to dealing with drug dealers and sex workers than she is with the privileged, snobby people of Buckhead. But she’s about to learn that bad guys (and girls) come from all socioeconomic groups