There is certainly a lof of different paranormal races and worlds all around the Fantasy section of a bookstore. But, The sort of mystical and creepy magic
we can find in the Swamps of Louisiana is definitely not one of those. I’m talking about Voodoo and while Adrian Phoenix’s series isn’t completely all about voodoo, the basis is there and it makes for some fascinating reading.
Have you had a chance to check out the first two novels in the Hoodoo series – Black Dust Mambo and Black Heart Loa – yet? Are you looking forward to seeing what is next with Kallie and Layne?
If so, then join Jackie (from Literary Escapism) and I while we discuss this fascinating new series with it’s creator, Adrian Phoenix, live!
Come join us at Talk Shoe on
September 18th at 9pm EST
Call-in Number: 724.444.7444
Call ID: 93065
Warning: We will be focusing on the series, so spoilers are going to happen. We’ll try to keep the hardcore spoilers to a minimum, but there are no guarantees.
Haven’t read the series yet? What are you waiting for?! Here are the books, in order:
“There will be times, girl, when all your magic ain’t going to be enough, times when it will seem to dry up like mud under the noonday sun, or even make matters worse . . .”
Kallie Riviere, a fiery Cajun hoodoo apprentice with a talent for trouble, finds herself smack-dab in the middle of one of those times her mentor warned her about when she visits New Orleans to attend the Hecatean Alliance’s annual carnival: her hard-bodied conjurer hookup ends up dead in her blood-drenched bed. And he was killed by something that Kallie would never dream of touching — the darkest of dark juju, soul-eating juju — a black dust hex that may have been meant to kill her.
Now Kallie has to use every bit of hoodoo knowledge and bayou-bred mojo she possesses to clear her own name and find the killer — even as that dark sorcerer hunts Kallie and her friends. But Kallie’s search for the truth soon leads her in a direction she never anticipated — back home to Bayou Cypres Noir, and to Gabrielle LaRue, Kallie’s aunt, protector, and hoodoo mentor . . . who is looking more and more like she just might be the one who wants Kallie dead.
“An eye for an eye is never enough.”
Kallie Rivière, a Cajun hoodoo apprentice with a bent for trouble, learned the meaning of those ominous words when hoodoo bogeyman Doctor Heron targeted her family for revenge. Now, while searching for her still-missing bayou pirate cousin, Kallie finds out the hard way that someone is undoing powerful gris gris, which means that working magic has become as unpredictable as rolling a handful of dice. The wards woven to protect the Gulf coast are unraveling, leaving New Orleans and the surrounding bayous vulnerable just as an unnatural storm—the deadliest in a century—is born. As the hurricane powers toward the heart of all she loves, Kallie desperately searches for the cause of the disturbing randomness, only to learn a deeply unsettling truth: the culprit may be herself. To protect her family and friends, including the sexy nomad Layne Vallin, Kallie steps into the jaws of danger . . . and finds a loup garou designed to steal her heart—literally.
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I wish I could join you because these sound so good! But I have to work. :( I'm adding them to my to-read list though!
@Heather
Pity, but I totally understand =)
Hope you check these out, they rock! =D