Review: Great Villain and Good Story Overall!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2012
If you've read this far into the series, you're either hooked by the whole creepy atmosphere and love story angle, OR you've come this far and just plain want to know what happens next.  I just so happen to be utterly enthralled in this series, and I truly believe it's all due to a great villain!  Let me explain with a small synopsis first:Possessed starts off right where Punished finished.  It's literally nil on the backtracking most authors do from one book in the series to the next.  So keep in mind that if you haven't read Punished in a while to make sure and read at least the last few pages!  From here Arelia is already in the middle of trying to rescue poor Lucus from his ancient curse, which not only includes figuring out where the curse fully originated from, but also in trying to free Louis's soul too.  As if this isn't hard enough already, Arelia keeps getting major backtalk from Ivan, she is still having to put up with Sabrina's roving eyes on her man, and she also has the very difficult task of getting the spirits to help her in her quest.  Not to mention she is still in the process of trying to learn how to be a voodoo queen.  Arelia definitely has her hands full in the third book, and while she does get closer to finding out the cause of the curse, she and Lucus are still in for a huge surprise, and a rude awakening.Possessed (and the first two books in this series) aren't what I would exactly call the best writing imaginable...because, face it, it isn't.  There are a lot of grammatical errors, and sometimes the characters do/say stupid things that don't make a lot of rational sense.  BUT, the characters are still pretty well rounded and interesting.  Plot...same thing...some stuff happens way too quickly or the characters just go with a situation without showing much reaction. However, this time around, instead of merely being interested I was literally sucked into the story!  I don't want to give it away, but I will say the insight into the past literally had my eyes glued to the screen!!!  It was astounding, and I felt for every individual there!  Plus...the villain...(sigh).  I do so love good villains, and it's best when you can actually love a villain because deep down you know they aren't truly bad, it's just the circumstances in life that changed their attitudes.  At the end of Possessed I'm still reeling, and I cannot wait to get my eyes on the next book in this series.  Just a side note: I truly thought by now it would be over with, happy it isn't, but yet I wonder how many more books the author is going to dish out before we get an ending.  Still, I totally recommend this series, and can't wait for the next!