Review: Great Sequel and Finish to the Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2013
I have to say that I love the way Jana DeLeon writes. She's become an insta-buy with me and I'm sad because I've gotten to the end of her backlist. Nooooooooo. (Ms. DeLeon, please write faster.) Having said that, I liked the previous book in this "series" better.The Secret of Cypriere Bayou (Harlequin Intrigue)just felt...stronger, but when I stop to think about it, I can't say why. I think I just liked it better...and it's hard to bump this book down a star just because I have a favorite child.I really liked the male main character in this one. Brian was so fantastic, you'd have wanted to slap Justine if she DIDN'T go for him. He even forgave her for a few things without drama. (This is a pet peeve of mine--when one MC does something completely stupid but appropriate character/plot-wise and it becomes an elephant in the corner thing. This wasn't that way.)Another reviewer mentioned the house becomes a third character in this...like it was a bad thing...which I wouldn't have seen it as regardless, but the dark history of the house is a huge aspect of the mystery. Once again in this book, there is also a supernatural aspect that pervades the tone and I've never seen any other author handle just a hint of supernatural so well. Most of us get a shiver at an unexplained bump in the night or we've experienced that feeling of "someone walking over our grave" when something happens that we just can't rationalize out with science. This book falls just inside that realm...the things we can't explain but we try to. So, whether you're a fan of the supernatural or not, you will enjoy this book even if you have to say to yourself, "Well...this is what had to have happened," like you would in real life.This series of books and all of Jana DeLeon's books are thrillers...both because they make you a bit shivery...and because they will thrill you.Here was my favorite quote from the story--and it's freaking Hollywood brilliant:"Mr. Breaux," Brian said, "if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were trying to scare us with a ghost story."Tom shook his head. "And that would be where you're wrong, sir. I'm trying to warn you with a ghost story. You should already be scared."