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Summary: Very unique story line. Interesting and enjoyable read.
Review: This book is well done. I liked the story line, and the introductory description of certain elements of voodoo it provides. However a number of French? Voo Doo terms are used and the user is left to surmise the definitions. Not impossible but it detracts from the book. A short glossary or footnotes would have been a great addition.
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Summary: Ugh
Review: This has to be one of the worst horror stories I've read. No plot, dumb characters, stupid ending.
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Summary: Chilling and thrilling -- a great read!
Review: This is one of the finest horror suspense novels I've ever read. It kept me up until 3 AM, and then when I had finished it, I was too haunted by its many effective and bone-chilling scenes to go to bed! I loved it!
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Summary: Voodoo in Nola, With a Twist
Review: Voodoo Child is the third novel in a series of urban fantasies based on different magic traditions, but with a twist. Moreover, these stories are all hard-boiled mysteries. This novel invokes the tradition of Voodoun and Santeria.Lia St. Charles is a New Orleans probation-parole officer who has Shane LaFitte among her parolees. Shane is a houngan, a Voudoun priest from Haiti, where he had been a friend of Jorge Arnez, a priest of Santeria and much more accomplished in his craft than Shane. After several years, Shane begins to accept that his friend has become endiosados -- self-deified -- extending his studies to more powerful magics based on black witchcraft and ultimately gaining the power to enslave the mind of others. When the santero leaves Haiti, Shane and his wife, Anise, make arrangements to follow Arnez to the United States. In New Orleans, Arnez is known as Mal Sangre and is the head of a powerful criminal organization. When Shane confronts him, Arnez gains control of his mind and forces him to kill his wife. When Shane is found with his wife's body, he is sentenced to 25 years in the state prison, but is let out after five years. Returning to Nola, Shane finds Arnez to be even more powerful and now planning a sacrifice to enable him to become a god. When Shane tells his parole officer, Lia, that he is on a mission to save the world from an evil sorcerer, she doesn't believe a word of it. After Shane is found with a fired pistol in his hand, Lia sends him back to prison for violation of parole. Later, Lia is to learn that Shane was toning down the truth, but by then she was in too deep to back out. Recommended for Reaves fans and anyone who enjoys tales of tracking down criminals who are using exotic and evil magic.
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Summary: Voodoo in Nola, With a Twist
Review: Voodoo Child is the third novel in a series of urban fantasies based on different magic traditions, but with a twist. Moreover, these stories are all hard-boiled mysteries. This novel invokes the tradition of Voodoun and Santeria. Lia St. Charles is a New Orleans probation-parole officer who has Shane LaFitte among her parolees. Shane is a houngan, a Voudoun priest from Haiti, where he had been a friend of Jorge Arnez, a priest of Santeria and much more accomplished in his craft than Shane. After several years, Shane begins to accept that his friend has become endiosados -- self-deified -- extending his studies to more powerful magics based on black witchcraft and ultimately gaining the power to enslave the mind of others. When the santero leaves Haiti, Shane and his wife, Anise, make arrangements to follow Arnez to the United States. In New Orleans, Arnez is known as Mal Sangre and is the head of a powerful criminal organization. When Shane confronts him, Arnez gains control of his mind and forces him to kill his wife. When Shane is found with his wife's body, he is sentenced to 25 years in the state prison, but is let out after five years. Returning to Nola, Shane finds Arnez to be even more powerful and now planning a sacrifice to enable him to become a god. When Shane tells his parole officer, Lia, that he is on a mission to save the world from an evil sorcerer, she doesn't believe a word of it. After Shane is found with a fired pistol in his hand, Lia sends him back to prison for violation of parole. Later, Lia is to learn that Shane was toning down the truth, but by then she was in too deep to back out. Recommended for Reaves fans and anyone who enjoys tales of tracking down criminals who are using exotic and evil magic.
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Summary: Murder and Dark Magic on the Prowl
Review: Who would have thought that a horror tale could be as educational as entertaining. Reaves deftly weaves the rituals and practice of Voodoun, Santeria, Palo Mayombe and other African-Caribbean religions into a fascinating story that truly keeps the reader enthralled. Fast paced, ready to be a screenplay, and definitely recommended -- but a glossary really would have helped for all the Creole, Spanish, and African-Caribbean terms that are so liberally spread across the pages.
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