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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
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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khurrum
I hope there's more coming. Liked this book much more than the first.
Illusioni
This was good. I liked it better than the first one in the series.
Pha018
Hmm, me gustó más el anterior, pero aun así es muy entretenido.
indrani
Utterly intriguing heroine! Loved every bit of it!
valerie
8 out of 10
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