Southern Gothicism - rooted in hoodoo and debt in physical.and otherworldly forms. It's everything I wanted but didn't know I wanted. Watch me go "quick as a jitterbug" to add a bunch of Southern gothic horror to my October tbr.

It has also made me rather curious about African American Hoodoo and actually the entire diaspora's connection to hoodo/vodou etc. That's another book I need to be on the lookout for.

Plot/Storyline/Themes:
Is this what they call rootwork? Or is it more like the devil at the crossroads? What really makes this so eerily beautiful in its haunting is that it's not some horror - its a slow burn into hell or a version of it without ever setting foot outside Savannah. In a word - claustrophobic.

Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Maybe they would have all been better off in thr north. Although I highly doubt it. Once "The Sight" made itself known, Maggie's life shifted into a perpetual path of tragedy.

Jackson and his "benefactor" are quietly terrifying.

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
The phantom funeral procession.😬
She raced outside, screaming, “Leave us alone!”

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “There is something about this city, more abominations like her here than anywhere else. All I ask is that you use what I have given you to point me to them. If you cannot do that, you are of no use to me.” (the horror of being in an other things' crosshairs)

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts :
■ Candles

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