Today’s post is on Blackwood
by Gwenda Bond. It is a stand-alone novel. It is 325 pages long and is
published by Strange Chemistry. The cover has Miranda, one of the main
characters, in profile with a snake wrapped around her and on her face. The
intended reader is young adult but I think adults can enjoy it too. The story
is told from the main characters point of view third person close of Miranda
and Phillips moving from chapter to chapter. There is no sex, no violence on
camera and some language in this book. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- On Roanoke Island, the
legend of the 114 people who mysteriously vanished from the Lost Colony
hundreds of years ago is just a story for the tourists. But when the island
faces the sudden disappearance of 114 people right now, an unlikely pair of 17
year-olds may be the only hope of bringing them back.
Miranda, a misfit girl from the island’s most infamous family, and Phillips, an exiled teen criminal who hears the voices of the dead, must dodge everyone from federal agents to long-dead alchemists as they work to uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony. The only thing they can’t dodge is each other.
Miranda, a misfit girl from the island’s most infamous family, and Phillips, an exiled teen criminal who hears the voices of the dead, must dodge everyone from federal agents to long-dead alchemists as they work to uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony. The only thing they can’t dodge is each other.
Review- I love the Roanoke mystery and so I came to
this book with very high expectations. I was not disappointed. Bond takes the
oldest mystery in America and she gives it an interesting new twist. Miranda
Blackwood is the child of a cursed family but she does not know that yet.
Phillips Rawling just wants the voices to stop so he got himself sent to a
private school hours from the island. But now something is coming back for both
of them. It is a mystery with some supernatural elements. The writing is very
solid, the characters are believable, and plot is fun. She takes real history
and some real historic rumors to give a fun and strong novel. If you are a fan
of the Roanoke mystery then you need to read this book. I cannot wait to read
whatever Bond is going to write next which I have in my To-Be-Read pile and I
think that I will be moving it up now.
I give this book a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for
my review and I was given this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
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