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Black Heart Loa (Hoodoo #2)
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Adrian Phoenix (Goodreads Author)
“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 workin...more
Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages
Published
June 28th 2011
by Pocket
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*Rating* 4.0
*Genre* Paranormal Romance
*Review Later*
First thoughts..
I dislike having so many character story lines and points of views.
I enjoyed the interaction between Belladonna Brown, Kallie and Jackson. Some really good lines and quotes coming in my full review.
Obviously, there must be a third book in this series because there are still a bunch of unanswer questions including why did her own mother force a loa into Kallie's body? Who else was working with Sophia when she put the loa in Kalli...more
*Genre* Paranormal Romance
*Review Later*
First thoughts..
I dislike having so many character story lines and points of views.
I enjoyed the interaction between Belladonna Brown, Kallie and Jackson. Some really good lines and quotes coming in my full review.
Obviously, there must be a third book in this series because there are still a bunch of unanswer questions including why did her own mother force a loa into Kallie's body? Who else was working with Sophia when she put the loa in Kalli...more
I rather enjoyed this one. A lot more than the first one. Mostly because a lot of questions I had were finally answered.
Though really...this book needed more Dallas. Mmm...Dallas.
Yes there was still a lot of the lusting over everyone in this book. The new character of Devlin is, while fun, feels to me like it's just a way to force a love triangle. Please. God. No.
I'm not entirely sure how I like Layne as a counterpart to Kallie. He doesn't seem to do much but be a vessel for Augustine who makes...more
Though really...this book needed more Dallas. Mmm...Dallas.
Yes there was still a lot of the lusting over everyone in this book. The new character of Devlin is, while fun, feels to me like it's just a way to force a love triangle. Please. God. No.
I'm not entirely sure how I like Layne as a counterpart to Kallie. He doesn't seem to do much but be a vessel for Augustine who makes...more
Second in the Hoodoo urban fantasy series that revolves around Kallie Rivière, her family, and her friends. This one takes place in the Louisiana bayous.
My Take
I'm a little bummed that this wasn't as good as Black Dust Mambo . It was, however, still a good read. The stupidity of the two home invaders was pretty funny with some scary moments.
Hmmm, I did wonder if Basil would give up being in Layne's body. It's just too much fun having him in there! I also enjoyed Cielo's thoughts with her "Daddy'...more
My Take
I'm a little bummed that this wasn't as good as Black Dust Mambo . It was, however, still a good read. The stupidity of the two home invaders was pretty funny with some scary moments.
Hmmm, I did wonder if Basil would give up being in Layne's body. It's just too much fun having him in there! I also enjoyed Cielo's thoughts with her "Daddy'...more
This is one of those awkward books where we find ourselves having differing opinions about the series – however we believe this is one of taste than impressions or fails – more a case of your mileage may vary. Still, one of us is quite happy to read this series, another would rather clean tile grout.
Keille Riviere, hoodoo and persistent user of a right hook to solve all problems is still facing the fall out of the events of Black Dust Mambo. Doctor Heron's misplaced crusade of revenge still cast...more
Keille Riviere, hoodoo and persistent user of a right hook to solve all problems is still facing the fall out of the events of Black Dust Mambo. Doctor Heron's misplaced crusade of revenge still cast...more
Fast-paced, (which I love in a book)excellent descriptive narrative, interesting characters. Adrian sucks you into her world and keeps you on the edge and wanting for more. Black Heart Loa is the follow up from Black Dust Mambo. A fiery Cajun hoodoo woman who likes to emerse herself in serious life-threatening problems that nearly kills her and everyone in near vicinity.
This book picks up 24 hours after Black Dust Mambo finished. Kallie Riviere finds her cousins mojo protection bag that was han...more
This book picks up 24 hours after Black Dust Mambo finished. Kallie Riviere finds her cousins mojo protection bag that was han...more
I enjoyed this, but not quite as much as I did the first book in this series.
Picking up immediately following where "Black Dust Mambo" finished, Kallie Rivere barely gets a moment to enjoy the fact that she wasn't dead from the evil hex put on her by a bitter and angry man before she has to head out in search of her missing cousin Jackson.
Never mind that all magic in the state of Louisiana seems to have suddenly gone haywire, that sexy nomad Layne seems to be missing, that Kallie still has a bl...more
Picking up immediately following where "Black Dust Mambo" finished, Kallie Rivere barely gets a moment to enjoy the fact that she wasn't dead from the evil hex put on her by a bitter and angry man before she has to head out in search of her missing cousin Jackson.
Never mind that all magic in the state of Louisiana seems to have suddenly gone haywire, that sexy nomad Layne seems to be missing, that Kallie still has a bl...more
RATING: 1 stars (regrettably, because the concept wasn't half bad...)
What a mess of a book.
Kallie Rivière is supposedly the main character but after two books there is almost zero development. Why? Because everyone and their uncle has a POV in the damn book: Kallie, her aunt, her friends, her crush, random witches, hoodoos and the likes, villains, magical beings, even, I kid you not, a dog (although I rather liked the dog, actually).
Inside each POV you have multiple flashbacks (told in present...more
What a mess of a book.
Kallie Rivière is supposedly the main character but after two books there is almost zero development. Why? Because everyone and their uncle has a POV in the damn book: Kallie, her aunt, her friends, her crush, random witches, hoodoos and the likes, villains, magical beings, even, I kid you not, a dog (although I rather liked the dog, actually).
Inside each POV you have multiple flashbacks (told in present...more
Great Book!!
Black Heart Loa begins immediately after Black Dust Mambo ends and it starts with a bang.
Kallie is at her aunt Divinity’s place in the bayou with her best friend and the women Divinity stole the identity from (Gabrielle), when the action begins and it does not stop until the end.
Kallie is still looking for her cousin Jackson who has been missing since the first book and two men (Cash and Kerry - love those names) come bursting into the house to find things they believe Jackson stol...more
Black Heart Loa begins immediately after Black Dust Mambo ends and it starts with a bang.
Kallie is at her aunt Divinity’s place in the bayou with her best friend and the women Divinity stole the identity from (Gabrielle), when the action begins and it does not stop until the end.
Kallie is still looking for her cousin Jackson who has been missing since the first book and two men (Cash and Kerry - love those names) come bursting into the house to find things they believe Jackson stol...more
So amazingly awful.
1. Truly unlikable characters
2. Cringworthy reverse sexism throughout. I was flinching every time another female character referred to a man in the room as a "fine piece of ass" just revolting. Sexism is not okay.
3. Characters with little or no emotional depth.
4. Unimaginative plotting
5. Confusing back stories - she was pretending to be her and that one was pretending to be her... ad nauseum
6. patronising use of cajun slang in the written form. We all have accents that deviat...more
1. Truly unlikable characters
2. Cringworthy reverse sexism throughout. I was flinching every time another female character referred to a man in the room as a "fine piece of ass" just revolting. Sexism is not okay.
3. Characters with little or no emotional depth.
4. Unimaginative plotting
5. Confusing back stories - she was pretending to be her and that one was pretending to be her... ad nauseum
6. patronising use of cajun slang in the written form. We all have accents that deviat...more
Adrian Phoenix's Black Heart Loa was a great followup to Black Dust Mambo. I'll admit to be a tad lost for the first few pages. Having read read Black Dust Mambo so many books ago, but I was quickly brought back up to speed. For Black Heart Loa takes place mere hours after the ending of the previous book.
There's no true villain this time like we had previously, Doctor Heron is dead and gone, but problems for Kallie are still at large. Her cousin is still missing, she still has a loa trapped insi...more
There's no true villain this time like we had previously, Doctor Heron is dead and gone, but problems for Kallie are still at large. Her cousin is still missing, she still has a loa trapped insi...more
This book was as fast paced as the first in the series. It starts where the last one left off, less than a day since the first books events. Kallie seems to have the worst luck, and she has to fight for her life while facing many unexpected obstacles and overwhelming concern for her cousin. I felt her worry for her cousin right along side Kallie and her sorrow at the wrongs that have been done to her and her family. She pulls through, just as time has run out, but her hardships are far from over...more
While I knew BLACK DUST MAMBO was going to be a hard act to follow, I don't think my issues with BLACK HEART LOA had anything to do with expectations. LOA was a different breed of book all together, as the action changes from human villains and plots to the greater question of magical rebounds and the loa inside Kallie. These magical issues are a bit more difficult to keep track of and predict, which meant that the danger and adversity Kallie and her companions face was both more threatening and...more
Layne Layne Layne...you are so sexy, even when you are unconscious for half of the book.
This book was fantastic, it picks up right where book one ended. Jackson is missing so it's up to Kallie and Bell to find him. But they are delayed by two gun toting idiots demanding Jackson's 'stash' of goodies. Then Kallie is attacked by a Loa of Death, on top of that magic is backfiring and they need to figure out why because it's causing wards to malfunction and act as a magnet for hurricanes. Kallie has...more
This book was fantastic, it picks up right where book one ended. Jackson is missing so it's up to Kallie and Bell to find him. But they are delayed by two gun toting idiots demanding Jackson's 'stash' of goodies. Then Kallie is attacked by a Loa of Death, on top of that magic is backfiring and they need to figure out why because it's causing wards to malfunction and act as a magnet for hurricanes. Kallie has...more
Black Heart Loa is the second book in the Hoodoo series.
This book picks up (literally) where Black Dust Mambo leaves off.
Kallie Rivière has just returned home to Bayou Cyprés Noir. All she really wants is some sleep and answers to questions that her Aunt has promised to provide. Before any of that happens, she finds her cousin Jackson’s mojo bag in the grass near the front of her Aunt’s house. She knows something is terribly wrong. Thus starts part duex.
The second book in the series and it is...more
This book picks up (literally) where Black Dust Mambo leaves off.
Kallie Rivière has just returned home to Bayou Cyprés Noir. All she really wants is some sleep and answers to questions that her Aunt has promised to provide. Before any of that happens, she finds her cousin Jackson’s mojo bag in the grass near the front of her Aunt’s house. She knows something is terribly wrong. Thus starts part duex.
The second book in the series and it is...more
Have you ever read a book that failed to keep you interested for about 80% of the time, but you still were determined to finish? That's exactly how I feel about this series...and for that reason, I do not know how to rate this book.
The start did not pull me in like the first book in this series, but I still wanted to continue because I was hoping more of a romance would be developed...too bad it never does, but there is a new love interest. The middle dragged, much like it did for me in BLACK D...more
The start did not pull me in like the first book in this series, but I still wanted to continue because I was hoping more of a romance would be developed...too bad it never does, but there is a new love interest. The middle dragged, much like it did for me in BLACK D...more
After reading this book I find myself with a bit of a problem, because now I'm not sure which Adrian Phoenix series I like better, Maker's Song or Hoodoo? There's worse things to worry about, I'm sure, so this seems like a decent problem to have, and I never really mind having an abundance of excellent books. Black Heart Loa is another stellar example of writing at its finest, and this is one of the best Urban Fantasy worlds I've sampled. I was absorbed from start to finish!
One of the things tha...more
One of the things tha...more
I really liked the first book in the series but with the introduction of a new character, the loup garou,this book just got even better. We did not meet him for very long but I think it has just made me anticipate the next book even more. I'm a sucker for werewolves. I agree with wjay most people are saying, that this book is much slower. But this is generally what i like about second books in the season, they allow you to get to know the main character and the supporting cast. In this installme...more
This is another great book by Adrian Phoenix. I didn't like it quite as much as I did the first in the series, Black Dust Mambo, but I still liked it a lot. This installment picks up at the moment the first book ends and has Kallie searching for her cousin and dealing with revelations and repercussions from the events of Black Dust Mambo. Like the first book, this one utilizes multiple viewpoints. Unlike the first one, however, the many viewpoints, at times, make this book feel a little disjoin...more
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Nothing i expected happened and i am glad for that. The depiction of Baron Samedi combined the improvised (actions necessary for him to have a role on the movie as the leading lwa) and the general concept of him (his appearance and character). In this book i fell in love with Jackson and worried about Dallas. In my head i keep thinking that now that he belongs to Erzulie Dantor does that mean that in the next book he'll be gay? And since the lwa wasn't the cause for all of this why do...more
Nothing i expected happened and i am glad for that. The depiction of Baron Samedi combined the improvised (actions necessary for him to have a role on the movie as the leading lwa) and the general concept of him (his appearance and character). In this book i fell in love with Jackson and worried about Dallas. In my head i keep thinking that now that he belongs to Erzulie Dantor does that mean that in the next book he'll be gay? And since the lwa wasn't the cause for all of this why do...more
What can I say? It was another phenomenal work by Adrian. The complex and rich characters take on a laundry list of entangled events, ranging from hitchhiking ghosts to werewolves, all timed to the catastrophic backdrop of an impending apocalyptic hurricane. The world of the magical underbelly of Louisiana, complete with voodoo, hoodoo and a bit of Baron Samedi, is brought to vivid life and beautiful detail.
This is an exciting follow up to Black Dust Mambo and now I have to wait, impatiently I m...more
This is an exciting follow up to Black Dust Mambo and now I have to wait, impatiently I m...more
I could hardly put this down. I started it immediately after the first in the series and it felt like the story never ended. There is a slight ending to the second book but not much and I do not know how I am going to make it till the third installment. I felt like I was in Louisiana with the characters experiencing what they were. I could hear the Cajun accents and smell the herbal scents described. What magical creature will be proven to exist next I don't know but I am waiting with baited bre...more
I liked this one a lot better than the first in the series. However its still lacking in my eyes. There are confusing parts that I needed to reread. Also I'm still unsure if the whole world knows magic exists, or if only the magical community is aware of other magic users. Overall I really did like this one I just wish I had gotten more answers instead of more questions. I will consider reading the next in line, but I will not be at the store buying it the day it comes out. That is if we get ano...more
Wow. That was fun....
Black Heart Loa is the second book in Adrian Phoenix's Hoodoo series. The book picks ups immediately after the events of Black Dust Mambo and works up into an exhilarating pace as it continues the story of Kallie Riviere, a young hoodoo who carries an unknown loa inside her. If you've read the first book, you couldn't have possibly missed the fact that Kallie spent nearly 75% of that book in her underwear. Well, in this book, she is more suitably attired - well, at least 75%...more
Black Heart Loa is the second book in Adrian Phoenix's Hoodoo series. The book picks ups immediately after the events of Black Dust Mambo and works up into an exhilarating pace as it continues the story of Kallie Riviere, a young hoodoo who carries an unknown loa inside her. If you've read the first book, you couldn't have possibly missed the fact that Kallie spent nearly 75% of that book in her underwear. Well, in this book, she is more suitably attired - well, at least 75%...more
Overall, I like Adrian Phoenix. Her stories don't always follow the usual and expected patterns for UF stories. In this second installment for the series, the fast paced action continues (in fact, it picks up right where the first book left off and continues on with a "new" - but related - problem). We finally get to find out what happened to Kallie's cousin and there is a whole new story waiting to develop there as well. The relationships Kallie has wih most of the other characters (paticularly...more
Black Heart Loa starts at the exact moment that Black Dust Mambo ends. There are many problems that the main character Kallie Riviera and her friends and family experience in the first book and they have to deal with the aftermath of those original issues along with some new ones: Finding her cousin Jackson, taking care of her love interest Layne, dealing with secrets and a hurricane that is on it's way to Louisiana.
I feel that this book is a bit more focused than the first and the points of vie...more
I feel that this book is a bit more focused than the first and the points of vie...more
(spoilers ahoy!) It was so-so. An interesting read, but the pacing was awkward and I found Phoenix's constant repeating of information we already knew really annoying. I think at least a quarter of the book must have been one or two liners of repetitive information. I mean, I can handle some, just... not that much, you know?
The sacred fire scene was also a bit of a joke. It was kind of a disappointing end considering everything that was happening. I fear that Phoenix is going to go the way of La...more
The sacred fire scene was also a bit of a joke. It was kind of a disappointing end considering everything that was happening. I fear that Phoenix is going to go the way of La...more
After Black Dust Mambo, I knew I had to pick up Black Heart Loa to find out what happens next. After all, we left with Kallie finding out a lot of things about herself, her aunt, and her family; and she still has to find out if anyone else was involved in the crud that happened. And Layne--well, he has a dead man's spirit inhabiting his body.
Then Kallie goes home, only to find her cousin's gone. As in taken. And she's got a real bad feeling about his disappearance... But before she can go looki...more
Then Kallie goes home, only to find her cousin's gone. As in taken. And she's got a real bad feeling about his disappearance... But before she can go looki...more
A strong second book, I was really pleased with this book. I liked the first one more than I expected to & I liked this book a bit more than I anticipated also. I've read Adrian's Maker's Song series & find it addictive but not nearly as good as I'm finding the Hoodoo series to be. I really love the banter between the characters, Belladonna/Kallie/Layne were having me actually laughing at parts. The comedy keeps the the slow between parts moving very well & lightens an otherwise very...more
4.5/5
I don't think it's fair to say that the first book was stronger than the second. Not really. What throws people off the track is the change of pace and accents on different issues.
I love Adrian Phoenix. She is one of the best in urban fantasy, and one of the most underrated authors. You should read Her Maker's Song series, they are superb! Although Hoodoo series take place in the same sort of area, they are inherently different.
As in book#1 all the action happens within 24 hours. There are...more
I don't think it's fair to say that the first book was stronger than the second. Not really. What throws people off the track is the change of pace and accents on different issues.
I love Adrian Phoenix. She is one of the best in urban fantasy, and one of the most underrated authors. You should read Her Maker's Song series, they are superb! Although Hoodoo series take place in the same sort of area, they are inherently different.
As in book#1 all the action happens within 24 hours. There are...more
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Black Heart Loa picks up about 24 hours after the start of Black Dust Mambo with two gunmen bursting in on Kallie and the gang. Keep in mind, some super explosive secrets have JUST been revealed to Kallie about her past, and now her cousin Jackson has been abducted and buried alive, so time is of the essence. Kallie, Belladonna, and crew aren’t about to take this invasion lying down, but if they don’t get to Jackson in tim...more
Black Heart Loa picks up about 24 hours after the start of Black Dust Mambo with two gunmen bursting in on Kallie and the gang. Keep in mind, some super explosive secrets have JUST been revealed to Kallie about her past, and now her cousin Jackson has been abducted and buried alive, so time is of the essence. Kallie, Belladonna, and crew aren’t about to take this invasion lying down, but if they don’t get to Jackson in tim...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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“Speaking of tiny skivvies I think that's what you both should wear during your inevitable cage fight. We can even call your soon-to-be epic battle the Die-You in the Bayou. Sell tickets.”
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