Synopsis
An
otherworldly energy runs through the city of Savannah, betraying its sleepy,
moss-cradled charm. The old, beguiling streets look welcoming to most…but
certain families know what lurks under their genteel surfaces. Families like
Mercy Taylor’s, which has the most powerful lineage of witches in the South,
know this all too well.Mercy and her husband, Peter, are happily preparing to welcome baby Colin into their lives. But their excitement quickly becomes overshadowed by a gruesome discovery: someone has scattered severed limbs throughout the city. After a troubling visit from an old foe, Mercy learns dark magic is at play, and someone—or something—wants her and her unborn child out of the picture. To uncover the shocking reason why, the amateur witch must face a force beyond her power…or risk losing everything.
Review
Well where
do I start, it’s taken me a few days to sit and write this review, as I wanted to be
a bit more rational about it, after I read
the last page feeling ‘what the hell was that all about’. The book starts with the
finding of different body parts strewn around Savannah, and the Taylors convinced
there is a magical basis to it as they desperately try to find out what kind of
magic is afoot. Evan Adam, who is investigating the ‘murder’ turns to them for
help. Meanwhile Mercy & Peter are busy preparing for the arrival of their
first child. The first 50% of the book is how I would expect the story to go, as Mercy’s life starts to unravel around her. There is so much tragedy and death, along with family secrets being revealed. Then we hit the second part of the book, where I just don’t know what the writer was thinking. There are so many twists, turns & red herrings, which has the reader wondering what on earth is going on, and puts your head in a spin. \It’s so unexpected, when more deaths lead to a main character leaving, then Mercy is told her baby is an abomination and must be controlled, leading to yet another characters sacrifice. It seemed Mercy’s life was going to end in tragedy & she wasn’t destined for a happy ending nor too many of the main characters either.
She is tricked by her mother (still
alive & has more lives than a cat) & Gudrun to try and bring down the
line. Yet they didn’t reckon on Jilo making an appearance, I missed the character of Jilo
in this book, so it was great to see her again
even if it was for such a short time.
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