"I never meant for her to die. Elicia came to see me a few days ago and before I could catch my breath, I had something more on my mind then reading palms for cash. Jordan is convinced that she was murdered, but who or what could have done it? I have to find out, before they find me next."
When Elicia Ford's strange suicide is called into question by her former lawyer, he enlists Sibilant's help in tracking down a killer -whoever or whatever that may be.
Kate grew up in a household of vociferous readers. Whether via womb or some other kind of nefarious brainwashing, Kate herself also became a vociferous reader, devouring books in just about every genre imaginable. It wasn't long before this led to writing her own stories (in every genre imaginable).
I don't usually read these kind of stories, but a friend suggested it to me so I tried it out. Without going into to much detail this book is not for everyone. I would give it a rating of PG-13. That being said, I did enjoy the story and the characters. The book was well written and descriptive. I would be interested to see what the writer comes up with in her next book.
Put two of my favorte genres together and what do you get?? Six Keys! I just love paranormal mysteries. Not only that, but I'm a sucker for folklore and Copesseley wove in some great N.C. Blue Ridge legends into the mix.
I just left a review for this book on Amazon, so I'm going to copy it here: I picked up this book through my Kindle browser and reading all the reviews, thought to myself, "It's only $1.99". Was it worth the money? Well, I don't know if I'd fork out the $12.99 for the paperback edition, but this book was worth the money I paid and more.
The book stars Sibilant Bedgood, the everywoman palm reader and tells the story from her perspective. A woman comes to seek her services, leaves without leaving her name, and then dies a few days later.
Sibilant is unaware of this and when a man named Jordan Long -lawyer to Elicia Ford- comes knocking on her door, she is astounded to learn that he wants her help to prove that Elicia's death was not a suicide, but a murder.
Sounds like a typical murder mystery, right? WRONG!
Through a series of letters, interviews, and sleuthing trips into the back woods of the Ozarks, Sibilant runs like a rat through a maze trying to find the clues to lead her to the real cause of Elicia's death.
This book kept me guessing till the very end and I am pleased to say I wasn't disappointed with where the story ended up.
There are a couple of reasons I couldn't give this book a 5 star recommend. First, I wish that Copeseeley had taken the time to explain in more detail how Sibilant's gift works. Though we were given a couple of examples, I was hoping for more background, maybe some information about her childhood or a few more clients would have made that part of the book feel more fleshed out. Also, the places and times were kind of vague sometimes.
I'm happy to say, all in all, this was a great first try. I hope to see a prequel or sequel of some sort.
This book had an interesting plot and lots of potential but the writing was very tedious at times. The first 20% of the book drags on but toward the end it does pick up and become more interesting. The story is about a woman who is a fortune teller who has a customer who comes to her for help. The story is based around an evil curse that is killing people.
Also I am not a very big fan of being spoon fed information by an author. It seemed like the author reiterated everything over and over again like I would forget what happened two paragraphs ago.
I had a hard time getting going in the beginning. Not sure why, but then all of a sudden I'd read one hundred pages in a day! Quick read, just the way I like it! The characters are likable, focusing on characters of most importance adequately. The story moved forward at a nice pace and I enjoyed the paranormal aspect a lot. Nice job!
I enjoyed reading Six Keys very much. It's a great combination of mystery and paranormal. It keeps you reading and wanting to find out what will happen at the end. Great story line!