Looking at this as a cozy mystery now, it was fun. This has a cozy mystery feel for me, so don't come looking for deep drawing characters. it was just super lacking in what I thought it was going to be. I think maybe it's her pride for the sake of liberating the Vodou traditions from bad press? I don't know. I have no clue how she made connections, what experiences she had to make those connections, and what even compelled her to go about solving the murder to begin with. Events happened, Mambo Reina did things, and the story turned out in the end. By the end of the story, I didn't care a smidge about the Mambo Reina. I was looking for some good inter conflict. This is very much a plot based book, which was really disappointing. As a killer wields dangerous magic to thwart Reina’s investigation, she must tap into the strength of her own power and faith to solve a mystery that threatens to destroy her entire way of life. Reina resolves to find the real killer and defend the Vodou practice and customs, but the motives behind the murder are deeper and darker than she imagines.Īs Reina delves into the city’s shadows, she untangles more than just the truth behind a devious crime. Detective Roman Frost, Reina’s ex-boyfriend - a fierce nonbeliever - is eager to tie the crime, and half a dozen others, to the Vodou practitioners of New Orleans. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors.Īfter a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant.

Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home. A practitioner of Vodou must test the boundaries of her powers to solve a ritual murder in New Orleans and protect everything she holds sacred.

The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry