Mazywood by Tananarive Due

Hello my lovely readers!

SYNOPSIS
When Johnny—a filmmaker and grandson of the famous Black actress Mazelle Washington—brings his family to Mazywood, the secluded California mountain lodge left behind by his grandmother, he expects a quiet retreat. Instead, he uncovers a legacy of rage, secrets, and terror that has haunted his family for generations.

Set primarily in the present day, with haunting flashbacks to Hollywood’s Golden Age, Mazywood explores three generations while following Johnny as he pieces together the true story of his grandmother. As a young Black actress whose career spanned from the 1920s to the 1940s, Mazelle brushed shoulders with giants like Lena Horne, Clark Gable, and Hattie McDaniel. But beneath her public appearance, she carried a secret she had kept and nurtured since she was a child, when a dark wish came true and changed the course of her life forever.

Now, fifty years after Mazelle’s death, Johnny finds himself confronting the truth she buried—and the consequences she left behind. For a monster lurks outside Mazywood, hidden for generations, and Johnny brought his family to its hunting grounds.

MY THOUGHTS
Ms. Due never misses! This was a wonderful novel and one that I was completely sucked into. 

My only complaint is that I would've like separate book on Mazelle and everything she experienced in old Hollywood! Due is such a strong writer and does so well blending horror with real life (or are they one in the same?) that keeps it engaging. 

Now I want to read her entire catalogue! Hmmm....that maybe the necessary next step!