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7th out of 180 books
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Black Dust Mambo (Hoodoo #1)
by
Adrian Phoenix (Goodreads Author)
"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 t...more
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 t...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
June 29th 2010
by Pocket Books
(first published June 18th 2010)
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Starting off, I really disliked this authors previous book, A Rush of Wings. After I had finished it I was exhausted from forcing myself to through it. It was too wordy, like the author was trying to cram to many words into one sentence. There were so many characters that took turns telling the story that I was afraid when ever I saw a page break or a new chapter starting—I didn't want to start on a new character, or go back to characters I just wasn't interested in. A Rush of Wings was...more
Starting off, I really disliked this authors previous book, A Rush of Wings. After I had finished it I was exhausted from forcing myself to through it. It was too wordy, like the author was trying to cram to many words into one sentence. There were so many characters that took turns telling the story that I was afraid when ever I saw a page break or a new chapter starting—I didn't want to start on a new character, or go back to characters I just wasn't interested in. A Rush of Wings was...more
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I am really late to the reviewing part on this one, so no blurb this time around.
Black Dust Mambo has been languishing on the TBR pile forever, though I did give it a short it was first released - I read the first page and was bummed out by the gorgeous guy who ended up dead just because he crawled in the wrong bed and set the book aside. But this time I made it past that part and once I did I was completely intrigued.
I don't know if I would have liked the book as much if the story, in true UF...more
Black Dust Mambo has been languishing on the TBR pile forever, though I did give it a short it was first released - I read the first page and was bummed out by the gorgeous guy who ended up dead just because he crawled in the wrong bed and set the book aside. But this time I made it past that part and once I did I was completely intrigued.
I don't know if I would have liked the book as much if the story, in true UF...more
I was amazed at the compacted time in the story...but it still moved quite quickly! It took me a bit to "adjust" to this world, and there are a lot of characters to remember, but it was a good read! I'm so looking forward to the next book...though I thought about removing one star because of the extreme cliffhanger end.
Oct 31, 2011
Marg K.
marked it as did-not-finish
Did Not Finish
This book was just plain silly. For example, despite being in a room with a freshly dead body and a lethal voodoo curse, a handful of the characters take the time to argue and flirt with one another like a bunch of sexually frustrated, moody teenagers. The story had some creative ideas but was unfortunately weighed down by cliches and shallow characterizations. On top of that, the heroine ran around mouthing off and assaulting people with complete disregard for the law of cause &...more
This book was just plain silly. For example, despite being in a room with a freshly dead body and a lethal voodoo curse, a handful of the characters take the time to argue and flirt with one another like a bunch of sexually frustrated, moody teenagers. The story had some creative ideas but was unfortunately weighed down by cliches and shallow characterizations. On top of that, the heroine ran around mouthing off and assaulting people with complete disregard for the law of cause &...more
Okay....
What the heck is a loa? Do I have to Google because it was not explained to me in the book? Who exactly are the Nomads? Because I think I missed that part. I feel like I missed a lot in this story. I never really got the concept of how old Kallie was. 20s for sure but other than that.
And surprise, surprise...another UF heroine all the boys want to crawl into bed with. Really? Really? That's kinda what this book felt like: all the boys want to party in Kallie's short shorts. There's Gage...more
What the heck is a loa? Do I have to Google because it was not explained to me in the book? Who exactly are the Nomads? Because I think I missed that part. I feel like I missed a lot in this story. I never really got the concept of how old Kallie was. 20s for sure but other than that.
And surprise, surprise...another UF heroine all the boys want to crawl into bed with. Really? Really? That's kinda what this book felt like: all the boys want to party in Kallie's short shorts. There's Gage...more
When's the sequel comin'? I like Black Dust Mambo -even more- than A Rush of Wings, and -that- book just Rocks So Hard, Yo. :) Kallie, Layne (doesn't even the name just make you want him? mmmm), McKenna, Bell and Dallas.... they're all amazing and tough and funny and sexy and awesome, and I can't wait to see what's in store for them. Hopefully beaucoup sexytimes ;) Of course they're all so sexy on their own, a joining of forces might be too much. Be still, my heart! :))
I liked this book. Yes yes I know, if I start like that you know I'm trying to lay the groundwork against a lot of fuckery to follow. But, no, really, I like this book.
The story follows Kellie Rivière, hoodoo practitioner who has gone to visit a magical carnival run by the Hecatean Alliance, kind of international magic police/UN. It's a time to party and play with your fellow magical practitioners and Kellie has a blast – until she wakes up and finds the guy she slept with last night is now dead...more
The story follows Kellie Rivière, hoodoo practitioner who has gone to visit a magical carnival run by the Hecatean Alliance, kind of international magic police/UN. It's a time to party and play with your fellow magical practitioners and Kellie has a blast – until she wakes up and finds the guy she slept with last night is now dead...more
This was, for the most part, not a good book. The author never really bothered to create a sense of place, apparently assuming that we've all read enough paranormal books set in New Orleans that we can fill in the blanks ourselves. I call that lazy, especially when the first half of the book is set entirely in a hotel that is never, ever described. It could have been a Four Seasons or a Days Inn, but we'll never know. Another lazy technique? When a character flashes back to something that happen...more
Adrian Phoenix's Black Dust Mambo starts out with a dead body and takes off like a jet on rocket fuel. (Ok, I'm no rocket scientist, so if that means the jet explodes, that's so not what I mean!) Kallie Rivière is in New Orleans and finds out that passing out in the bathroom after drinking and doing the horizontal tango, isn't a good idea... Especially when the she wakes up and finds the tango partner dead in her hotel bed. Kinda kills the mood lickety-split, don'tcha think?
Before she can bat an...more
Before she can bat an...more
Book One in a new series, from the author from the brilliant 'Makers Song Series'
Set in New orleans (like the Makers Song series) Kallie is stubborn, acts before thinking, a scrapper & a huge learning curve ahead of her. She's also not quite what she seems, and everyone seems to know except Kallie. Surrounded by shady, memorable & individual characters, the story dashes one one act to the other so you get the full picture from everyones point of view and thought processes, even the twi...more
Set in New orleans (like the Makers Song series) Kallie is stubborn, acts before thinking, a scrapper & a huge learning curve ahead of her. She's also not quite what she seems, and everyone seems to know except Kallie. Surrounded by shady, memorable & individual characters, the story dashes one one act to the other so you get the full picture from everyones point of view and thought processes, even the twi...more
Black Dust Mambo by Adrian Phoenix
Urban Fantasy-June 29th, 2010
3 ½ stars
Kallie Riveri, a hoodoo apprentice from Bayou Cypres Noir. She wakes up to find her lover dead in her hotel room, killed by a soul eating hex. Bewildered and angry, she searches for the killer who continues to dog her steps, plotting to harm her friends one by one. Can Kallie stop the hoodoo killer? As the clues lead her to her own aunt, Gabrielle LaRue, will Kallie trust the woman who raised her as her own daughter and taug...more
Urban Fantasy-June 29th, 2010
3 ½ stars
Kallie Riveri, a hoodoo apprentice from Bayou Cypres Noir. She wakes up to find her lover dead in her hotel room, killed by a soul eating hex. Bewildered and angry, she searches for the killer who continues to dog her steps, plotting to harm her friends one by one. Can Kallie stop the hoodoo killer? As the clues lead her to her own aunt, Gabrielle LaRue, will Kallie trust the woman who raised her as her own daughter and taug...more
I liked this book tremendously. It's set in the same world in which the author's Maker's Song series is set, and the focus of this story is the hoodoo practitioners and motorcycle riding gypsy types called nomads. The setting is at a magical practitioner's Carnival, and someone is killed. Our protagonist, Kallie Riviere, is a hoodoo, a magical practitioner from a tradition developed from sancretization of catholicism and african religious elements. Someone has set a spell to kill Kallie...but it...more
I think Adrian Phoenix's writing style is my favorite so far between all the authors whose work i read. The first time i read something of her's, it was the first book of The Maker's Song series and i went into utter shock. I then evolved from that to a state of euphoria. I tried at first comparing her books to series like BDB where there are dozens of heroes each with this own book or story only to realize that the two can't be compared. I never skipped a word Adrian Phoenix wrote the way i ski...more
I picked u this book at the bookstore a week ago, and I am so glad that I did.
This book was awesome, I just loved it.
Kallie is a hoodoo, a magical practitioner; she finds her lover dead, not just dead but his soul is dead too. Someone has a big grudge against Kallie, so big of a grudge that they wanted her dead body and soul. Kallie set out to find out who wants her dead before any more people die because of her.
I like Kallie’s character, she is a strong female character who can hold her own....more
This book was awesome, I just loved it.
Kallie is a hoodoo, a magical practitioner; she finds her lover dead, not just dead but his soul is dead too. Someone has a big grudge against Kallie, so big of a grudge that they wanted her dead body and soul. Kallie set out to find out who wants her dead before any more people die because of her.
I like Kallie’s character, she is a strong female character who can hold her own....more
I really wanted to like this book more than I did. The plot was interesting and the characters were interesting but it was hard for me to get pulled into this book and I'm not sure why. I think it has to do with the writing style. The story is told from several characters, even those with minor roles and it was confusing and pulled me away when I felt I was just getting into the story. I also was distracted by the many, many, many, many, many (did I mention many?) times she used the word, G-D. I...more
Voodoo scares the crap outta me. With my lack of any sort of verbal filter and ability to piss off just about everyone, I am sure that one day I will be given the evil eye and someone will lay a big ole hex on me. This book kept my interested from beginning right up until the cliffhanger end. I have mentioned many times in my reviews how much I hate cliffhangers. I despise them and have been known to completely drop a series strictly because I was so upset at being left with questions unanswered...more
Oh I loved this book! I was a bit skeptical because it had some bad reviews but I'm SO glad I ignored them.
Kallie the main character was fantastic, she was sarcastic, stubborn and hard-headed. Not to mention she is literally in a bra and panties for half the book. Her best friend Belladona was hilarious and there's nothing she wouldn't do for Kallie. Then there is Kallie's Love interest, his name is Layne who is always being followed and bossed around by his ex-wife Mc Kenna aka leprechaun due t...more
Kallie the main character was fantastic, she was sarcastic, stubborn and hard-headed. Not to mention she is literally in a bra and panties for half the book. Her best friend Belladona was hilarious and there's nothing she wouldn't do for Kallie. Then there is Kallie's Love interest, his name is Layne who is always being followed and bossed around by his ex-wife Mc Kenna aka leprechaun due t...more
2.5/5
I found it hard to stay interested in this book. Have you ever read a book that isn't good or bad and leaves you shrugging your shoulders thinking "meh." That's how I felt about this one. It isn't a can't-put-it-down-must-find- out-what-happens-next type book. Well at least it wasn't to me.
The main character is Kallie Riviere, a hoodoo apprentice. She gets caught up in a deadly case of mistaken identity when Doctor Heron, (powerful hoodoo practitioner, just released from prison for murder)...more
I found it hard to stay interested in this book. Have you ever read a book that isn't good or bad and leaves you shrugging your shoulders thinking "meh." That's how I felt about this one. It isn't a can't-put-it-down-must-find- out-what-happens-next type book. Well at least it wasn't to me.
The main character is Kallie Riviere, a hoodoo apprentice. She gets caught up in a deadly case of mistaken identity when Doctor Heron, (powerful hoodoo practitioner, just released from prison for murder)...more
Finally got around to reading Adrian Phoenix's Black Dust Mambo, the first in a new series and it was TERRIFIC! I loved it from beginning to end. If you were here yesterday for my teaser, you know that Kallie wakes up to find the man dead in her hotel room and that is when the chaos begins as one of the murdered man's friends comes looking for him in her room and he finds Kallie with him dead. Trouble begins already!
The book was rather fast paced as it is told in multiple third person point of v...more
The book was rather fast paced as it is told in multiple third person point of v...more
Black Dust Mambo is the first book in the Hoodoo series.
Kallie Rivière is a hoodoo, she’s strong and caring. Her Aunt has been her guardian and hoodoo mentor for the past nine years. Kallie and her best friend Belladonna, a blossoming mambo, have traveled to New Orleans to attend a carnival for the paranormal.
From the first page we are drawn into the action as our heroine finds herself with the dead body of her lover. A lover she’s known less than 24 hours and is now dead in her bed.
The start...more
Kallie Rivière is a hoodoo, she’s strong and caring. Her Aunt has been her guardian and hoodoo mentor for the past nine years. Kallie and her best friend Belladonna, a blossoming mambo, have traveled to New Orleans to attend a carnival for the paranormal.
From the first page we are drawn into the action as our heroine finds herself with the dead body of her lover. A lover she’s known less than 24 hours and is now dead in her bed.
The start...more
In Six Words---
snarky humor, great mystery, missing romance
Why did I read this? And am I glad I did?---
All Things Urban Fantasy gave this 5 bats, so I had to give it a shot. I liked it. I couldn’t put it down. However, I was insanely torn on how to rate this because I also had some major issues with it. It starts off with a BANG. You are instantly wrapped up in the action and mystery, but it slowed down a little too much later in the story. I didn’t hate the complicated romantic triangle-ish iss...more
snarky humor, great mystery, missing romance
Why did I read this? And am I glad I did?---
All Things Urban Fantasy gave this 5 bats, so I had to give it a shot. I liked it. I couldn’t put it down. However, I was insanely torn on how to rate this because I also had some major issues with it. It starts off with a BANG. You are instantly wrapped up in the action and mystery, but it slowed down a little too much later in the story. I didn’t hate the complicated romantic triangle-ish iss...more
I haven't read her Makers series yet so I don't know how similar this is to that.
I think this series has a lot of potential. It has a very strong flavour for lack of a better word, particulary with the language and the general atmosphere. It's sufficently exotic for me to be intriguing. I haven't read a lot about a hoodoo/voodoo so I find it interesting though I have no idea how genuine it is.
What did bug me was the first few chapters or so. I appreciate the banter between the introduced charact...more
I think this series has a lot of potential. It has a very strong flavour for lack of a better word, particulary with the language and the general atmosphere. It's sufficently exotic for me to be intriguing. I haven't read a lot about a hoodoo/voodoo so I find it interesting though I have no idea how genuine it is.
What did bug me was the first few chapters or so. I appreciate the banter between the introduced charact...more
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4 1/2 stars. Introduction to Kallie Riviere, fiery Cajun woman who has overcome the trauma of being almost murdered by her mother as a child. Visiting New Orleans to participate in the carnival that attracts many of the magic users of the region, Kallie becomes embroiled in a nightmare after her lover is murdered in her hotel bed. Intriguing family members with varying degrees of ability and knowledge struggle to protect her as she gradually learns that there is more to her history than she real...more
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Anyone that knows me knows that I am a big fan of Adrian Phoenix. That is why I had to buy this book. Her Maker's Song series is one of the most amazing series I have read. But Ms. Phoenix has managed to make me love her even more with her new series Hoodoo. This was an amazing debut and I can't wait for the next book.
This book holds nothing back. You are instantly thrown into the action and it won't let go. This book starts off with Kallie waking up next to...more
Anyone that knows me knows that I am a big fan of Adrian Phoenix. That is why I had to buy this book. Her Maker's Song series is one of the most amazing series I have read. But Ms. Phoenix has managed to make me love her even more with her new series Hoodoo. This was an amazing debut and I can't wait for the next book.
This book holds nothing back. You are instantly thrown into the action and it won't let go. This book starts off with Kallie waking up next to...more
I wish I could have liked the book as much as I wanted to...it was just OK for me. I did enjoy the characters, they were a lot of funny moments in the book. The story was very original, I found the hoodoo/voodoo concept very intriguing but the book lacked mystery. You pretty much know what is going to happen. I had a had time loving the heroine in this one, she was too much of a loose cannon with her fist and lacked an extensive vocabulary, the "goddamn" out of her mouth in every other sentence...more
Kallie Rivière is trouble with a capital T. An apprentice hoodoo, she’s spending a week with her best friend at a conference for magic users in New Orleans. She thinks it’ll be a few days of mingling, drinking, and having fun, but tragedy strikes when she finds the man she brought home the night before dead from a soul-sucking hoodoo trick (spell) meant for her. It’s too bad the man in charge of the Carnival and the dead man’s family think she’s a murderer. Complicating things further is her ins...more
It begins with an especially vicious hoodoo murder. Not only did the victim suffer terrible anguish during his death throws, but when his body died so did his soul. Such hoodoo soul eating magic has come from a strong practitioner. Who could it be and more importantly why was it done? The man who died was Kallie Riviere's lover. Fairly soon it becomes clear that she was the intended target. Could it have something to do with her hoodoo family connections and her dark, tragic past?
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Entrancing! Conjuring! New Series Love!
Black Dust Mambo by Adrian Phoenix needs it’s own choir because it’s voodoo gospel!
I love the voodoo you do, Adrian! Black Dust Mambo was an amazing read. I was completely under Adrian Phoenix’s voodooism. The curtains were parted and a glimpse of an esoteric world that is unique to New Orleans was revealed. Kallie is the secret ingredient that is found in this Cajun hoodoo delight. Every sense was captivated by this singular brilliant book. I am currently...more
Black Dust Mambo by Adrian Phoenix needs it’s own choir because it’s voodoo gospel!
I love the voodoo you do, Adrian! Black Dust Mambo was an amazing read. I was completely under Adrian Phoenix’s voodooism. The curtains were parted and a glimpse of an esoteric world that is unique to New Orleans was revealed. Kallie is the secret ingredient that is found in this Cajun hoodoo delight. Every sense was captivated by this singular brilliant book. I am currently...more
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Adrian Phoenix writes urban fantasy and is the author of The Maker's Song series, (book five, On Midnight Wings to be released February, 2013)and the Hoodoo series, the third book, Black Moon Mojo will be out in 2013. (and the forthcoming Sons of Darkness series.)
She lives in Springfield, Oregon in a zombie-free home (except when meeting deadlines) with four cats, Amiga, Diabla, Keats, and Ember a...more
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“Nothing, Basil. I’ll see you in a few,”
Fine, and it’s Lord Basil.”
Even in the bedroom?”
Especially in the bedroom.”
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Fine, and it’s Lord Basil.”
Even in the bedroom?”
Especially in the bedroom.”
“You... what was that word you just used? Apologize? First 'please' and now 'apologize'? I think I need to sit down.”
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