Thank you to the author, the publisher, and marketing team for giving me this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book had such great promise. It was marketed to me as a thriller, paranormal suspense novel. Set in New Orleans during a hurricane following a somewhat lost attorney named Jim.

Hey! I’m a southern transplant. I’m a lawyer. I love paranormal suspense. This is right up my alley.

This book turned out to be a lot less paranormal and whole lot more Catholic catechism. As someone who attended Catholic school for close to 20 years, and now considers themselves a recovering Catholic, I turned out to be the wrong audience.

The book was well written, the setting was moody and fun, the characters were entertaining to read… but the plot revolved heavily on Mary (Jesus’ mother) and her ability to create miracles that ultimately lead to the salvation and redemption of our protagonist, Jim.

Oof. This was paranormal alright, but not in the way I think the author intended.

I’d recommend this for readers who are devoted Catholics and enjoy reading fiction where Mary and God come to the rescue.