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This book had everything: romance, mystery, grief, spooky, beautiful old homes, the French quarter, swamps, family, love, and lies. Charlie starts having visions of dead kids & is trying to help while dealing with her own grief and loss of her son. It is a journey.

First of all, if you are from south Louisiana, do not listen to the audio. The “Cajun” accents sound more like someone from Mississippi or northern Louisiana. A Cajun accent does not sound like a southern accent. Second, Cajun families did not own plantations. They lived in the swamps and bayous.

Finished in the comments.

Listening to this as I get ready for bed.

Lord, this woman is a terrible detective and for a clairvoyant, she is dense as hell. That‘s not to say I didn‘t enjoy the trip to the bayou and the mystery as it unfolded but I didn‘t want to shake her more than a few times. I‘ll also admit to getting a little misty-eyed here or there. I don‘t know that I‘ll continue the series or not. But at least I have my “Y” author!

Just finished the Invisible Library which I liked even though it's not my usual genre... packaged up my book for #lmpbc to mail out this week, and going to start Gates Of Evangeline for Louisiana in the #unitedstatesofbooks and finally this post should put me over the 10,000 mark! 😀❤️📚#lovelitsy

Charlotte, a NY journalist that recently lost her young son takes a job in Louisiana to write a book about a 2 year old that went missing 30 years ago. Entertaining story, but the characters were a bit stereotypical and I saw most of the ending coming. I did enjoy the plantation setting in Louisiana, though and would give this debut author another try.

So much was happening in this book: visions, mystery, dialect, romance, beignets. There were also deeper threads of loss, abandonment, homophobia, and betrayal. That being said I'm a sucker for books set in Louisiana with that southern gothic feel and I liked more in this one than I disliked. The writing could have been about 100 pages tighter. If you don't mind a narrator who's emotional and jumps to some pretty wild conclusions you'll enjoy this

Great mystery.

Are y'all following @johnnie_cakes ,bookseller extraordinaire at Murder by the Book in Houston? Here he is with Jack, a former show dog who loves all the attention he gets at the store, posing with so many books that you can order signed copies of. They have an email list of 60,000, if you can believe that. Last time I was there they had me sign a huge stack of books for long-distance customers who always order from them. #getindie

Currently Reading!

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-esque mystery meets New York magazine writer grieving the loss of her son. In-depth review coming soon!

"Maybe happiness is nothing more than the wisdom to remain ignorant."

Started this one today. Interesting premise and I can't wait to get deeper into it!