Review: a nice, sweet snack
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2012
I was in Japan looking for (cheap) books to download on my android reader and came across this one recommended for me in the Kindle bookstore.For 99 cents, it is well worth the money spent. I had read two other 99 cent books where the sentence-structure was annoying, the characters not consistent, and the story somewhat meandering.Bound is not at all like that.Arelia LaRue is convinced by her rich friend, Sabrina, to take a summer? job at a plantation near New Orleans.Although Arelia has seen spirits her whole life, little does she know that the plantation will awaken in her voodoo queen powers, as well as bring to light some interesting family history.The setting of an old plantation (complete with slave cabins and alligator infested swamp!) in Louisiana, as well as the voodoo/hoodoo powers and history is portrayed in this book at an interesting enough level that my attention didn't wander.While I wish there was less of Aria doubting her Aunt Mae's desire to teach her about her powers, and more of a reason why her Grand-mere Bea took her away in the first place (since its so obvious Aria was going to have to deal with spirits in her life), the story held me enough that I'll probably keep an eye open for the next installment.This is definitely the first of a series, neither Aria's powers, her cursed love interest, nor the main baddie was dealt with satisfactorily by the end of the story.This Book's Food Designation Rating: A package of "new orleans style" donuts at a convenience store that you buy and eat, nothing compared to the flavor of the original beignets, but still enjoying a nice ,sweet snack.