(4) YA Heirs of Watson Island series. In this series conclusion, Barrie struggles to heal Watson Island's rifts and salvage her romance with Eight Beaufort. Origins of the paranormal gifts and ancestral curses ornamenting this Southern gothic series are finally explained. The book somewhat awkwardly struggles to sustain the plantation heirs' primacy in the story while still acknowledging injustices suffered by its African and Cherokee slaves and their descendants. Historical notes included.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Heirs of Watson Island series. Barrie's understanding of the tangled curses and powers that link her family with those of her boyfriend, Eight Beaufort, and her nemesis, Cassie, grows. Tensions rise as new ancestral secrets and strange spirits are revealed; an archaeological excavation beneath Colesworth Place may provide greater answers. Readers aren't afforded much resolution in this atmospheric, subplot-heavy second volume of Boone's Southern-Gothic series.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Heirs of Watson Island series. Arriving at her ancestral home, Barrie discovers she's heir both to a special power for finding lost things and a generations-old feud. Her cousin and an old family friend have unspoken designs on Barrie; discovering the secrets that link them all together reveals unexpected threats. A "Native American Fire Carrier" thread comes out of nowhere and falls flat, but the magical realism of the tale creates effective tension.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac