"Haunting paranormal tale of the darkness that lurks within families"
Reviewed by Debbie Wiley
Posted June 26, 2015
Romance | Young Adult | Paranormal
Barrie Watson's life has been turned upside down. Living
in South Carolina with her mother's sister is not what
she wanted but she has no choice as she steps off the
plane into a far different world than her prior home with
her now deceased mother. Barrie has always known she was
different, between her mother's isolation to her own
knack for finding lost things. At Watson's Landing
Plantation, Barrie finds a world steeped in mythology and
the past. Will Barrie sort out who is friend and who is
foe as family secrets are uncovered?
Barrie's own awkwardness makes her lovable. Who can't
appreciate her joy at finding the right shoes for
courage, no matter how inappropriate they may be for the
occasion? And I can't help but love Mark and his place in
Barrie's life although I wish we'd gotten to see a bit
more of him.
COMPULSION is the first book in the Heirs of Watson
Island series and oh did it make me long for my home
state of South Carolina! Martina Boone does a brilliant
job at conveying the deep family divisions that can and
do exist in some small Southern towns. Martina Boone
perfectly captures the flavor of South Carolina, even
with some of the names like Seven and Eight Beaufort.
However, it is the paranormal element of COMPULSION that
makes it truly stand out. Martina Boone has crafted a
unique mythology, one steeped in history and lore. I
absolutely love the trickster-like yunwi even as they
take things apart and create all sorts of minor havoc.
Martina Boone draws such vivid pictures that I can easily
envision the mystical scenes involving the Fire Carrier
and I look forward to learning more about the history
surrounding Watson Island.
COMPULSION is an eerie, almost haunting book that delves
into the darkness that lurks within families. Against
this dark backdrop, we also see the brilliant contrasts
of families, as Barrie learns that love comes in many
different forms and hues. COMPULSION is compulsively
readable and easily recommended!
SUMMARY
Beautiful Creatures meets The Body Finder in Compulsion,
the
first novel in a spellbinding new trilogy. Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse. All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in
the
house where she lived with her shut-in mother. When her
mother
dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto
heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt's
South
Carolina plantation instead--a prison guarded by an
ancient
spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding
families
of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that
became
compulsions. Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted
by
forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break
free
of
the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight
Beaufort,
who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the
last
Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted
secrets.
What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a
river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin
who
isn't what she seems, and very real enemies who want both
Eight and Barrie dead.
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