Review: fun voodoo romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2013
ARC supplied by NetgalleyI've not read the first book but that didn't affect my enjoyment of this one. Its easy to follow, light hearted and has some cracking humour though occasionally the joking was just too much for me and affected how I viewed the romance. The novel is a mix of love story and misunderstandings, voodoo magic (and mayhem), danger to two of the main characters, deception and rejection. Its packed with adventures and mini plots and sometimes I felt there was just too much going on in a short time. Still, action packed though it was it was clear who was doing what - and there was a lot of "goings on" where the magic was touching the wrong people - or was it? Voodoo or just simple true love ? I guess that's part of the theme that true love wins out despite the misplaced and error ridden voodoo magic plans.Ben was a great character, I loved him, he was a real romantic but heartbroken at what he saw as Lucie rejection of him. Having not read the previous book I didn't know why this was but towards the end all was made clear and  Lucie was shown for the sweet caring girl she was, doing what she thought was best for her family at cost to herself. Then there's Golden boy Eric, the one Lucie has decided she wants to marry to give the family the financial stability it needed. He seemed just too nice to have political ambition..There were other characters but these three were the main and I liked them all.Where the book fell down badly for me was in the forced Cajun dialect - it just seemed wrong somehow and some of the people were just too OTT for me. I could see they were supposed to add humour but it didn't work and felt forced :( Then there was the Love Bug premise - that was just not right for me, and all that chasing to find one when there would be thousands of bugs in the swamp. Sorry but that was a real block on my enjoyment. I felt the voodoo element could have been contrived in a way that fitted the plot far better - this just spoiled my enjoyment.Overall it was an OK book - could have been better for me but of course as always we like different things and those looking for a light humorous read who can live with the bits I can't will surely love it. Its priced at 2.53 for 253 pages on kindle.Stars: three from me - a one off read only and not for keepers file.