Review: Fun and powerful read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2012
Once again, Poppet has taken me on a fantastic journey, this time in her book Quislings. Poppet is able to combine the entertaining with the factual to create a fiction story with strong undertones forcing you to think about the hereafter and what it all means when staked in reality.The story takes place in Cancun, and the way she creates the setting I almost feel as if I am the quiet next door neighbor silently spying on everyone.This book has everything, tattoos that come to life, a flip on how certain animals are perceived, and coming face to face with supernatural beings.What began as a seance altered everything in the life of everyone involved, Usha, Ju, Caden and Nemun. Each of them has something that seems beyond belief happen to them, and yet Poppet weaves her story in such a way that not only is it possible, but it feels as if it happened or is going to happen in the not too distant future.To be honest the thing that really drew me into this rollercoaster of a story was the backdrop of the Mayan belief system. She is able to bring together a culture of long ago and integrate it seamlessly into the present day. If that was all she did that would be enough, but she was able to show the connection between the Mayan and modern religions of today.I would say this is a very good read and one of the better books for an author who writes mindblowing books with regularity.