Review: Amazingly Scary Good!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2012
Kindle Version free via author for honest reviewCan you say amazingly scary good?!?  That, my fellow readers, is what this book is!  I took a particular interest in this book at first, not only because it sounded like an interesting and different read for me, but also because I have a personal interest in Haiti and it's customs, such as Voodoo.  I have relatives that live in Haiti and have taught me Haitian background on Voodoo and how people there view this as their religion.  Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to see how the author portrayed this in this book.From the first few pages I fell into this book head first.  I was hooked and couldn't wait to read on in it.  The characters of Lucien, Jake, and Henry are fantastic and very well developed and likable.  Lucien, having come from Haiti, has a special interest in Jake and Henry from the time he meets them.  He wants someone to carry on his Voodoo ways and set something right that he did very wrong long ago.  When Henry and his family set their sights on Haiti for a few weeks in the summer after an earthquake has left the people there in dire need of help, Lucien sets out to have Henry do an errand of sorts for him while he is there.  Henry is not like other boys his age, he has Asperger's Syndrome, which makes it hard for him to stray outside of normal routines or go places, but he also tends to fixate on historical things and information.  This is all what leads Henry into talking his family into going to help through a mission trip through their church.  The family goes thinking it may be good for Henry.  They will never be more wrong.  While in Haiti Henry is found unresponsive and unable to even eat/drink on his own or communicate.  The family hurries home, only to be led to a psychologist for help.  Lucien comes with Jake to visit and knows exactly what is wrong, Henry has some other being inside him.  To a religious family like Henry's though, Voodoo is not an option or something that is real, much less part of the reason Henry has become the way he has.  What really happened to Henry in Haiti?  What can Lucien and Jake do about it now?  Can Henry battle the being that is inside him to come back to be his "normal" self again?  How can you fight something you don't see or even think is real?  What will become of Henry if he is not helped correctly?  Lucien is an old man, will he live long enough to help Henry if he can?The story is much more in depth than even I have described or the blurb above from goodreads has described, which makes it all the more interesting and better.  I don't want to share too much, for fear of spoiling it.  How can a book be bad at all though that involves Voodoo, bringing people back from the dead, family drama, friendship, love spells, and mystery??  This book was wonderfully written too, never a dull moment or moment that makes the reader feel that they don't want to come back to read more.  It left me up until all hours of the morning and on the edge of my seat until I could read it again.  My favorite characters have to be Henry and Lucien.  I loved Henry from the first minute I "met" him in the book.  He is such a special boy, who just happens to have special needs.  Some may think this book sounds a bit "taboo", but you really need to give it a chance and pick it up to read, you will not be sorry you did!  I can't say enough how much I loved and enjoyed this book!  Definitely a must read and I highly recommend it.5/5 Stars!!!