Review: Mesmerizing Storytelling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2013
I held off writing the review as I knew the author was revisiting it. I first rated this book as 5 stars. After reading the newly edited rewritten version I am blown away! The book is the story of Libby and Marie, two girls from the same town who become friends. I believe the author has it listed as Marie's story. For me though, the story was as much about Libby, though we know less of her story, and their friendship as it was about Marie. The story is a delicate mix of present and past. The author describes in detail. We are brought to the Bahamas and images fill our mind. We come to know the characters and feel Angelique's pain when Dan leaves the family. We are witness to how that one act affects deeply Angelique and Marie. We watch Libby's obsession with befriending Marie and we understand it because we know what happened to Libby. And into this mesmerizing story of love lost, love of family and friends found and strengthen, comes the magic, dark magic that whispers with Dan's horrifying return then blows full force with Tilde's arrival. This is a story that will haunt you and leave a desire to know more in it's wake. You will be torn from satisfaction of a story well told, fascination of characters and places, to a deep desire to know how it all began. Was Tilde the catalyst for the horror? Or did Dan bring it home from a night out drinking? Or was the horror simmering all along in the Bayou waiting for Marie? With so many ways for this to have begun, I can only hope the author writes the story of the beginning. For now though, I highly recommend you getting lost in the bayou. Don't worry, Marie and Libby are waiting with Tilde to keep you safe.