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Savannah is considered a Southern treasure, a city of beauty with a rich, colorful past. Some might even call it magical....
To the uninitiated, Savannah shows only her bright face and genteel manner. Those who know her well, though, can see beyond her colonial trappings and small-city charm to a world where witchcraft is respected, Hoodoo is feared, and spirits linger. Mercy Taylor is all too familiar with the supernatural side of Savannah, being a member of the most powerful family of witches in the South.
Despite being powerless herself, of course.
Having grown up without magic of her own, in the shadow of her talented and charismatic twin sister, Mercy has always thought herself content. But when a series of mishaps - culminating in the death of the Taylor matriarch - leaves a vacuum in the mystical underpinnings of Savannah, she finds herself thrust into a mystery that could shake her family apart...and unleash a darkness the line of Taylor witches has been keeping at bay for generations.
In The Line, the first book of the Witching Savannah series, J. D. Horn weaves magic, romance, and betrayal into a captivating Southern Gothic fantasy with a contemporary flair.
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In high school I almost always carried around a well-thumbed copy of “The Modern Witch’s Spellbook”, but for me, sadly, none of the spells ever panned out as promised. So I always enjoy a good book about witches and witchery in general, and was very happy to get my hands on an ARC of “The Line” by J.D. Horn. It’s a captivating and enjoyable read. We’re introduced to the graveyards and back alleys of Savannah, itself a main character, as well as a powerful family of witches who have produced the first non-magic “dud” in their history, Mercy Taylor, while her fraternal twin, Maisie, seems to have won the magic genetic jackpot .
This doesn’t seem to trouble Mercy particularly – she’s got a refreshingly practical head on her shoulders and a talent for conducting “Liars Tours” of Savannah for the tourists more interested in a Southern gothic tale than actual history. Her life, however, and the fate of the entire Taylor clan, is upended when on the eve of her 21st birthday, the most powerful witch among them, Mercy’s Great-aunt, is mysteriously murdered.
Horn evokes a very natural, human world for magic, where ghosts and other paranormal creatures live in tandem with our known reality, and the writing is stellar, from the engaging first person narration to the evocative descriptions of Savannah itself. Fans of “The Discovery of Witches”, “The Mortal Instruments”, or “Practical Magic” will find a new addition for their real or virtual shelves. But what impressed me most was that Horn doesn’t let his characters take easy ways out, and the problems they face, as well as the consequences of their actions, are as unpredictable as ‘real’ life. A great debut in what promises to be a fantastic series, I’m already counting down the days for the next novel.
By J. Lincoln Fenn (POE: The Novel)
Most of the time I was reading The Line, I was imagining it as a mediocre made-for-TV movie. The kind where the plot is interesting enough to keep watching for the moment, but easy to move on from if something better comes on a different channel. The book seems confused as to what genre it belongs in. Is it Young Adult? Adult? The simple writing style and characterization of the main character, Mercy, leads me to say young adult, but the sprinkled mature themes and language leads me to believe it's meant for adults. The dialogue is perfunctory, and though some characters speak with dialect, it feels rather forced. The "acting," so to speak, lacks heart. I found it hard to engage with any character with the exception of Mother Jilo. Consequently, that made it hard to care about what happened to anyone.
The book isn't bad, and I wouldn't say I wasted my time reading it. However, I do think the author was trying so hard not to fall into cliche-land that the story ended up having too many elements to control effectively, which is what leaves me with that "meh" no-closure feeling. Some of the side-drama/love-triangle bits could have been removed and the story wouldn't have suffered. After awhile the constant switches between "bad guys" made me roll my eyes because it felt like the author was deliberately trying to trip you up instead of letting the story flow naturally. This was especially true of the final bad-guy flip-flop, which came abruptly. I don't like sensing the author's hand when I read, which is definitely the feeling I had while reading this book.
To end on a good note, I do have to give the author credit for his fantastic world building. I've never been to Savannah, but I was able to imagine the world vividly in my head, from the streets and buildings and cemeteries, to the hot air and sounds of summer surrounding everything.
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