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Dark Hearts #3
Dance of Death
The third title in a new series set in New Orleans bayou country finds Allison James trying to find out why Isnard, her lover's evil twin brother, killed her aunt Odette--and how she can stop him from killing again. Allison has one chance to defeat Isnard but it means trusting a woman who claims she can help her put an endto the evil.
- GenresHorror
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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August 20, 2020
Fair to middling final installment in this mostly underwhelming mini-series. Now that she is free from Isnard's influence over her, Allie is determined to bring an end to Isnard's reign, especially since he got his fawning acolyte Michelle to kill Allie's aunt Odette. Isnard's twin brother Jean-Paul has the same ambition, but isn't sure if he can trust Allie after her actions in the second book. However, he seems to have no problem trusting Michelle, when she offers to help them in revenge for being spurned by Isnard.
No, I'm afraid to say Allie and Jean-Paul still haven't grown any brain cells for this third and final book. It gets tiring reading about such morons for main characters! If your enemies are as stupid as these two, no wonder Isnard has been the Emperor of the evil voodoo Red Sect since he was a seven year old boy! It's likely not that hard when you're up against hopeless dolts like Allie and Jean-Paul! Once again, I found Isnard the most interesting character, despite him being abusive and evil. There are some good moments along the way, such as Odette coming back as a zombie.
But my issues are basically the same as the previous two books. Allie and Jean-Paul are indeed two of the dumbest protagonists you're likely to find in bad YA 90s horror fiction. Their romance is utterly unconvincing because they've spent most of the books being total shits to each other! The voodoo mythology isn't incorporated into a fully cohesive plot. The various spirits that help and guide voodoo practitioners change motives and behaviours on a whim, resulting in no world-building or mythological consistency. There's lots of talk about owing favours to various spirits (e.g. Baron Samedi is one most readers will recognise), but unfortunately not a lot of it really makes sense.
Yet again, what does Isnard actually want? He's been able to orchestrate everything he wants to happen in order to achieve his goals while barely lifting a finger, before he was even 10 years old! What on earth does he need a brain-dead twit like Allie for? Even by the climactic sword fight between the twins, I was still clueless.
This trilogy is mindless, easily readable, light YA 90s horror, but it's obscure for a reason, so don't go out shelling any decent amount of money trying to get a hold of them.
No, I'm afraid to say Allie and Jean-Paul still haven't grown any brain cells for this third and final book. It gets tiring reading about such morons for main characters! If your enemies are as stupid as these two, no wonder Isnard has been the Emperor of the evil voodoo Red Sect since he was a seven year old boy! It's likely not that hard when you're up against hopeless dolts like Allie and Jean-Paul! Once again, I found Isnard the most interesting character, despite him being abusive and evil. There are some good moments along the way, such as Odette coming back as a zombie.
But my issues are basically the same as the previous two books. Allie and Jean-Paul are indeed two of the dumbest protagonists you're likely to find in bad YA 90s horror fiction. Their romance is utterly unconvincing because they've spent most of the books being total shits to each other! The voodoo mythology isn't incorporated into a fully cohesive plot. The various spirits that help and guide voodoo practitioners change motives and behaviours on a whim, resulting in no world-building or mythological consistency. There's lots of talk about owing favours to various spirits (e.g. Baron Samedi is one most readers will recognise), but unfortunately not a lot of it really makes sense.
Yet again, what does Isnard actually want? He's been able to orchestrate everything he wants to happen in order to achieve his goals while barely lifting a finger, before he was even 10 years old! What on earth does he need a brain-dead twit like Allie for? Even by the climactic sword fight between the twins, I was still clueless.
This trilogy is mindless, easily readable, light YA 90s horror, but it's obscure for a reason, so don't go out shelling any decent amount of money trying to get a hold of them.
July 19, 2019
Eine eher entäuschender Showdown rückt den letzten Band eher in eine 2,5 Sterne Zone.
Aber für eine Heftromanreihe ist es immer noch ganz unterhaltsam.
Aber für eine Heftromanreihe ist es immer noch ganz unterhaltsam.
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