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Black Heart Loa (2011)

by Adrian Phoenix(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1439167923 (ISBN13: 9781439167922)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Pocket

series

Hoodoo

review 1: Black Heart Loa is the continuation of the story started in Black Dust Mambo. Unlike other series, the first book had very little in the way of resolution; Black Heart Loa is probably more like part two of Black Dust Mambo. I enjoyed Adrian Phoenix's writing a bit more in this one...I think her dialog has gotten a little more authentic. The action is non-stop, and I found the hoodoo and voudou aspects interesting. It's a fast little paranormal read, and the end provides a sense of satisfaction. I'm not sure if I liked the resolution of the problem so much...it really was a little...what...new age whoowhoo for me (no spoilers...read it, and you'll see what I mean). Eh, it was fast, and fun, and distracting... I would read another one, no problem.
review 2: Black... more Heart Loa RATING: 1 stars (regrettably, because the concept wasn't half bad...) What a mess of a book. Kallie Rivière is supposedly the main character but after two books there is almost zero development. Why? Because everyone and their uncle has a POV in the damn book: Kallie, her aunt, her friends, her crush, random witches, hoodoos and the likes, villains, magical beings, even, I kid you not, a dog (although I rather liked the dog, actually). Inside each POV you have multiple flashbacks (told in present tense) to add to the confusion. The entire book is resolved by flashbacks. There is no investigative work and very little magic actually happens. And let me just say how weird I think it is when a female character is searching a male character's body for injuries and feeling him up at the same time. What? Priorities here? And there are a lot of dangerous situations where the heroines are all "Mmmm-mmm, what a fine piece of ass", "Mmm-mmm, what a pair of pecks", "Mmmm-mmm, I'd so do him", etc, etc. I mean, erm. Sexism anyone? And it's a dangerous situation!!! What are they doing checking men out? O_O I just... this one was a chore to read through. It was ridiculous. The only thing half decent was the concept and the writing. less

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