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A review by claudiaswisher
Moon by Jewell Parker Rhodes
4.0
New Orleans lives in this book...the contemporary New Orleans, and the city from years past. It's vibrant, and yet there are foreshadowing clues to the dangers it faces from Katrina. We, the readers, know what's coming.
Marie has become comfortable with her dual-role as healer...doctor and voodoo queen of New Orleans. She seeks and finds a balance, and I believe each role complements the other. She has found a balance in her private life as well, after her losses in the first book. She has little Marie-Claire and is raising her with the help of her extended adopted family.
What could go wrong? A lot. An entirely new creature seems to be roaming the streets, killing by draining victims of all their blood. There are nods to Anne Rice, vampire queen of New Orleans, and to James Lee Burke, mystery writer, but this is Marie's story, no doubt.
She and a new NOPD detective, Parks, hunt for clues, each in his and her own way. They form an uneasy partnership, because Parks, a good New Jersey boy, can't quite accept the truth in front of him.
The antagonist is not a stranger to fans of Parker Rhodes' stories. The battle is epic, and Marie's losses seem unsustainable.
Marie is an interesting, layered, flawed, character...sometimes I want to shake her, but then I remember the difficult back story she is carrying, and the huge burdens that have been added since her days in New Orleans. Hoping Marie Claire becomes more of a presence in the next and last book.
The prose here is NOLA jazz...syncopated, poetic, with artistic riffs that lift the soul.
Marie has become comfortable with her dual-role as healer...doctor and voodoo queen of New Orleans. She seeks and finds a balance, and I believe each role complements the other. She has found a balance in her private life as well, after her losses in the first book. She has little Marie-Claire and is raising her with the help of her extended adopted family.
What could go wrong? A lot. An entirely new creature seems to be roaming the streets, killing by draining victims of all their blood. There are nods to Anne Rice, vampire queen of New Orleans, and to James Lee Burke, mystery writer, but this is Marie's story, no doubt.
She and a new NOPD detective, Parks, hunt for clues, each in his and her own way. They form an uneasy partnership, because Parks, a good New Jersey boy, can't quite accept the truth in front of him.
The antagonist is not a stranger to fans of Parker Rhodes' stories. The battle is epic, and Marie's losses seem unsustainable.
Marie is an interesting, layered, flawed, character...sometimes I want to shake her, but then I remember the difficult back story she is carrying, and the huge burdens that have been added since her days in New Orleans. Hoping Marie Claire becomes more of a presence in the next and last book.
The prose here is NOLA jazz...syncopated, poetic, with artistic riffs that lift the soul.