Genre: Paranormal
Mystery
Description:
“Lacey and Sam had heard of doulas, but hadn’t given them much
thought. Similar to a midwife, a birth doula provides emotional and physical
support for a woman during pregnancy, helping to ease the process and ensure
the smooth birth of a new life. But a death doula? That was a new one. When Sam
is asked to come out to the reservation and help a family friend, he’s not at
all sure he’s up to the task. After all, this is not help with a haunting, and
not with a spirit that has already crossed over. This is helping a man who is
still alive—but dying.
How does one birth a soul through death and into the next world? Sam
has no idea.”
Author:
“Melissa Bowersock is an eclectic,
award-winning author who writes in a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres:
paranormal, biography, western, action, romance, fantasy, spiritual, and
satire.”
For more visit Ms.Bowersock’s website and
follow her on Facebook.
Appraisal:
This is the 49th book in this series and while I haven’t
read close to all of them, I have read more than just a few, and they all fit a
certain high-level pattern. Or at least they did before this book. Prior books
all involved Sam Firecloud, one of the two main characters, communicating with
ghosts who are stuck in this world unable to move on to the next world due to
some unresolved issues. In this case, they’re asked to help a family friend who
has a member of their family who is still alive, although on the verge of
death, wanting Sam to help ease the transition. Sam and his partner Lacey, just
like those of us who are regular readers of the series, weren’t sure quite what
to expect. It made for an interesting twist to the pattern. I’ll hint that in
this case Sam uses some of his normal skills to help him figure some useful
things out, and he also gets some new experiences in dealing with a real live
human. How it all turns out I’ll le you discover yourself when you read the
book. It’s a good one that ended up fitting the series better than it felt like
it might in the beginning.
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Format/Typo
Issues:
Review is based on an ARC (advance reviewer copy) so I can’t gauge the
final product in this area.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 25-30,000 words
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