Paul DeBlassie III

Claire Sanchez comes from a long line of medicine women. At the age of five she was witness to her mother's brutal murder. But since there was no evidence, they claimed Claire imagined the black cloaked man that claimed her mother's life, and instead they believed that Lucia Sanchez had fallen victim to wolves. Now twenty years has passed, Claire has to decide if she will accept her destiny and have her medicine woman ritual done, with a fear that her mother died because she was a medicine woman or fight her destiny. The spirits are sending her warnings, will she listen before she loses everyone she holds dear?

This was an excellent good verses evil novel. It held new captivated throughout! This book has everything, there's action, suspense, and even romance! Claire is an easy to love character, she was such a selfless person, you could easily see why Anthony loved her. Francesca, was an awesome second mother. Although she knew what Claire needed to do, she never pushed. The relationship between Anthony and Claire was so wonderful, he was such a patient guy. Archbishop Anarch was a guy you just love to hate, he was so self-centered it was unreal. This was a great book for a Friday the 13th review. If you like thrillers mixed with suspense, then this should be at the top of your TBR pile!… (més)

I always find myself with a serious case of the heebie-jeebies after finishing one of this author's books. This one did not fail to deliver. Claire finds herself struggling to keep the boundary between naturopathic practitioner and medicine woman. She has tried to overcome a challenging childhood with some rough memories. Well, if you are a fan of this author, you'll know that these supernatural horrors take place in Aztlan. That's one creepy place that has some issues. In this story, it's the battle of good and evil. The story is well done. I couldn't put it down once I started. It grabbed me from page 1 and her childhood memories all the way to the end. The action is phenomenal. The characters are totally relatable. You can almost see a little of yourself in them. I find it interesting to see stories that put the tale of good and evil into such a thrilling horror story. This is really good, must have reading. I recommend you get it. I would absolutely give it more than 5 stars if I could.… (més)

If I could give this book less than 1 star I would to be honest.
This book had the potential to be good but it missed the mark. It was heavy handed with description and little else. I was confused about the plot, the characters didn't feel very fleshed out, it was very bogged down with telling rather than showing what was happening.
I felt like I couldn't understand the world, it just wasn't very clear to me. The same can be said for the magic in this story. There wasn't enough detail to how it worked or what it's role was in the world.
While reading this, it felt like it was only half finished and I really didn't enjoy reading this story at all.… (més)