Black Heart Loa [Mass Market Paperback]

Adrian Phoenix (Author)

Book Description

Release date: June 28, 2011

“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 working magic has become as unpredictable as rolling a handful of dice. The wards woven to protect the Gulf coast are unraveling, leaving New Orleans and the surrounding bayous vulnerable just as an unnatural storm—the deadliest in a century—is born. As the hurricane powers toward the heart of all she loves, Kallie desperately searches for the cause of the disturbing randomness, only to learn a deeply unsettling truth: the culprit may be herself. To protect her family and friends, including the sexy nomad Layne Vallin, Kallie steps into the jaws of danger . . . and finds a loup garou designed to steal her heart—literally.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Adrian Phoenix lives in Oregon with three cats and travels to New Orleans whenever possible.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; Original edition (June 28, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439167923
• ISBN-13: 978-1439167922
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 1.1 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #876,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Too scattered... July 4, 2011

By Kate August VINE™ VOICE

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I am a big Adrian Phoenix fan, and I couldn't wait to read this book, unfortunately, it wasn't my favorite. This book is very disjointed and scattered, and I thought that made it really difficult to follow, and not a lot of fun to read. There were too many flashback conversations, memories, dreams, and what have you. Half the time I had to reread sections to find out if we were in the present, the past, a dream, a precognition, and so on. The book spends more time in the past than it does pushing the story forward. I felt there was a lot of filler, and very little meat to the story. It wasn't my favorite Adrian Phoenix book, but, hopefully the next book will be stronger.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars A little Schizophrenic July 2, 2011

By RobynN

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I really had a difficult time getting through this book. It jumped from one person's perspective to the next (almost every character in the book was included). That made the book much less enjoyable and difficult to follow. I would have preferred just a single perspective. However, the book had a really great storyline. The story could have been further developed though if the book wasn't so busy jumping from character to character. If you enjoy knowing what all the characters are thinking, you might enjoy this book more than I did. For me, it was very disappointing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hoodoo Blowdown September 22, 2011

By CheriMarie

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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 hanging around his neck broken and discarded in the front yard. She instinctively knows something bad has happened to Jackson Bonaparte and is determined to find him no matter what. Layne, the nomad/bike riding/Vessel returns in this book. While trying to trace Jackson's whereabouts they stumble upon Layne after he has a motorcycle accident, which is due in large part to the were-wolves who snatched Jackson literally from the grave 3 men buried him in. With a catagory 5 hurricane baring down upon southern Louisiana thrown into the mix, magic running afoul, a demon Loa in charge of death trying to kill Kallie and Jackson, a pissed off Scottish ex-wife of Layne's who also would not weep if Kallie turned up dead, a demon-devil werewolf named Devlin Daniels hunting for Kallie's heart and you get a blowdown of epic proportions. There is also a deepening of Layne's and Kallie's relationship, hence the pissed off ex-wife.
You do need to read Black Dust Mambo before delving into Black Heart Loa as it is one continuous storyline. Some reviews seem to be upset with the different narratives from different characters. I guess they have a hard time concentrating. I didn't find it difficult at all and liked the different perspectives. Black Heart Loa is just as good if not better than Black Dust Mambo. Adrian Phoenix is very adept at the Cajun language, voodoo-hoodoo and everything southern Louisiana. You will enjoy this series as much as I, especially if you love all things Cajun.