Le weekend! And this week I actually finished work last night, and am freeeeeee! I've also been a good girl and made my tax payment, so now I get to do nice things for the rest of the weekend. *g* And the first is catching up with my Lj Book Bingo!
Dark and Shallow Lies is set in a remote small town between the river and the swamp in Louisiana. It's not only somewhat cut off from the rest of the world - you can only get there by boat - but it's gained a reputation as the "Self-Proclaimed Psychic Capital of the World". So it mostly earns its living through tourism, but in fact that magic and superstition is also very much part of who everyone is. Grey is 17 years old, and she lives outside La Cachette with her father for most of the year, but she comes home to where her mother was born and died every summer. This year she's coming home to a town where her best friend - her twin soul flame - vanished into the swamp one night, and of course all she can do to cope with that is try to unravel what happened. I loved the setting, the characters were real, and Grey's voice is very compelling through the story. It's my favourite book of the year so far, and I'm going to keep an eye out for this author's next book - definitely recommended. *g*
Dark and Shallow Lies is set in a remote small town between the river and the swamp in Louisiana. It's not only somewhat cut off from the rest of the world - you can only get there by boat - but it's gained a reputation as the "Self-Proclaimed Psychic Capital of the World". So it mostly earns its living through tourism, but in fact that magic and superstition is also very much part of who everyone is. Grey is 17 years old, and she lives outside La Cachette with her father for most of the year, but she comes home to where her mother was born and died every summer. This year she's coming home to a town where her best friend - her twin soul flame - vanished into the swamp one night, and of course all she can do to cope with that is try to unravel what happened. I loved the setting, the characters were real, and Grey's voice is very compelling through the story. It's my favourite book of the year so far, and I'm going to keep an eye out for this author's next book - definitely recommended. *g*