Review: SERVANTS OF THE STORM by Delilah S. Dawson

Imagine Savannah Georgia.

Now Imagine Savannah Georgia after a devastating hurricane that destroyed neighborhoods, tore down the local amusement park/tourist trap, and broke hearts when it swept loved ones away.

Simon Pulse, August 2014.

Imagine that the Savannah that Hurricane Josephine left behind isn’t just a city cleaning up the wreckage left behind by a natural disaster. Imagine that it’s crawling with demons — demons that nobody can see. Except Dovey. And the demons are willing to do just about anything to keep her from seeing. The water supply is drugged, after all. And she has her pills, prescribed after her breakdown at her best friend Carly’s funeral. At first, Dovey thought that seeing Carly was a fluke — a manifestation of grief. But soon she’s sucked into the seedy underbelly of Savannah, complete with a fox-eared girl and a cute boy who tells her to stay the hell away.

But if the ghostly Carly that Dovey saw can be saved, there’s no way that Dovey is going to stay away. With most of her friends unable to see a thing and her parents now on the drugs that keep them in the dark, Dovey must rely on her wits, the cute new guy with the obvious dark past, a bit of magic from Carly’s granny, and the hope that she can get her other best friend, Baker, can open his eyes enough to see the danger that threatens everyone they love.

Fast-paced and brilliantly plotted, SERVANTS OF THE STORM is a must-read for fans of southern Gothics, folklore, and all things dark and haunt-y. I can’t wait to see what Delilah S. Dawson does next!