Review: Really liked it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2012
I really enjoyed this book, from beginning to end. First thing I gotta say, I was lured in by the cover; loved it. It is how I would imagine the Black Lake to look as described in the book.Anna St. Thais grew up in an orphanage, having been left on the steps when she was a baby. She's now in her early 20's and plagued by dreams of a `black lake' in Louisiana. How she knows this, she's not too sure, but is determined to make her way there by hitchhiking. Also she keeps hearing voices in her head, and thoughts not her own; and sometimes it seems as if she's seeing things through the eyes of another; a man who likes to whistle, and she nicknamed him `whistling man'. Taking a ride from a trucker, turns for the worse when it turns out he's a psychopath who drugs her and ties her up in the back of his truck cabin. While drugged she begins to hear the `voice' in her head again of a man reassuring her and getting her to tell him details of where she is so they can come rescue her. Still thinking it's her imagination, she answers the `voice' in her head and...well... she us rescued!I gotta say, the whole time I was reading through this part where Anna is tied up in the cabin of the truck, I could not put the book down; it was very stressful and suspenseful with the psychopath, Dan, behind the wheel and I kept hoping she'd be rescued before he hurt her even more.Taken in by her rescuer, who lives in Unknown, Louisiana, and who turns out to be her `whistling man' and not at all her imagination, she begins to find out she is actually part of what they call `le famille', the family. They all have her rare `golden eyes' and dark black hair. It seems these people have a 6th sense, where they can communicate with each other via thoughts alone, and they all can hear each other's thoughts. She becomes a little detective trying to find out more on who her parents were. And it turns out to put her in danger. There is a traitor amongst the people of the lake, `le famille', and no one knows whom. In uncovering the hidden secrets of the town of Unknown, she gets trapped in an old salt mine, and discovers the horrific truths that have been hidden for decades!I was quite shocked when Anna learned who her bio dad was, and of course, that would explain the actions of Aurore, (whom you'll find out who she is if you read), but still not pardonable. The things she does go against what `le famille' believes. And Anna does not give up; she is determined and strong-willed, and though it seems bad luck does follow her, she get out the tough situations! Thanks in part to Gabriel, her `whistling man', whom she has a strong connection to. Get the book and find out more, you'll not regret it!