By: James Quinn
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There was so much to discover and revelations in this book. There was the history of the South from which I learned a lot from. And there was also lobotomy and electric shock; and how it was used to cure the mentally ill in the past. And of course, there was the horror…raw, of orange eyes, experimental, and evil worship. If you imagine it, it is almost too much to take but at the same time, you cannot also stop yourself from finishing the book. The enigma that is the Fairoaks Sanitarium is another kind of horror...you would think it’s purely psychological but Delia and Max are just some proofs there is something else, something malefic going on in there. Just talking about it here is giving me the goosebumps!
Horrifying suspense, compelling drama, detective action. Nightshades of New Orleans is bound to let you enjoy every page.
Defenceless…that is how I exactly felt when I came to know about the vampires. They can attack at any unexpected moment or you can plan an attack against them and still, any wound you will inflict will just completely heal. Thing is, they are not alone, they have their own backup system but when they do strike, you are often alone. What a frightful situation to be in! But the thing that I like about how the author wrote it is that it makes you actually feel and experience it.
That’s why this is a great book to read. Not even movies or other multisensory multimedia can evoke that in you.
This is the first adult book I’ve read since I turned 16 and I am glad it was given to me on my birthday. My aunt didn’t probably know what to give me but she knew I was a voracious reader especially of vamp novels and I was happy she trusted my maturity for this kind of material. I had a great time reading it. The story itself stays true to everything vampire but it has surprising twists that appealed to me very much.
Moreover, I like how Roxanne and Alice are so different from each other, and yet they are the best of friends. Roxanne is a margarita and Alice is a coke.
Of course, Roxanne’s parents detested her boyfriend Adam. Though I can relate to these two more than the other characters in the book, I have no doubts recommending it to those interested in reading it.
“The demons created in our past lives are not very forgiving,” goes on one of the most striking lines in the novel that stuck with me. For there are genetic monsters out in New Orleans that should be feared but there are also demons inside our head. Nightshades of New Orleans is not your ordinary fiction novel.
I see it as stark parallelism between the darkness that lies in the internal and external world of humans. While outside in the dark, there are monsters lurking and waiting to pounce, inside our own minds, within our families, and our communities there are scarier monsters that need to be dealt with.
This is an incredibly profound and extraordinarily entertaining piece of work. A must-read for sure.
Yellow eyes, serial killers, blue-blooded Southern families, voodoo queens, and priestesses…Quinn has concocted a massively potent tale in Nightshades of New Orleans.
It is in New Orleans that you will find the tomb of the so-called Voodoo Queen as well as Sante Angeline, the most powerful of the living priestesses. There is also Dr. Roth who has devoted himself to human experiments that lend them recovered from a debilitating disease; that is if the experiment was successful. When it is not, oh well, the creatures escape the sanitarium to do God-knows-what and yes, possibly bring harm to other people.
There is so much that you will uncover as you read the book and I tell you, it won’t be a waste of your precious time.
This vampire fantasy novel is not to be underestimated.
If you are a vampire saga enthusiast, you probably hunger for a good story as I have. It is the most fascinating genre for me and yet I also know how it has been used over again that it can grow dull at some point. I thirst for something original and meaningful at the same time.
Nightshades of New Orleans by James Quinn is that longed-for exception. From the characters to the plot twist, it never failed to keep me on the edge of my seat. What’s more? This book is full of mysteries that never let you get off the hook. You don’t know how elated I was to have found it after having been disappointed in the past.
I never got tired nor disappointed reading it.
With an exhilarating lineup of characters, this outstanding novel was never a drag. It was well-thought-of and carefully planned that the result was a page-turner for a plot. The protagonist who has my attention caught the most is the detective from New York, Trevor Howard. He was the one who was brought in to help finally catch the serial killer which has been haunting New Orleans for years. The mysterious thing about him is that Trevor likewise hails from a high-society Southern family. Meanwhile, his experience is valuable in the investigation and he was smart enough to recognize the role that women’s intuition plays in trying to catch criminals. He is someone you can watch out for.
I recommend Nightshades of New Orleans without an ounce of hesitation.
I still can’t get over this book. I am hoping for a sequel? Anyway, Nightshades of New Orleans has everything that is new and unique in its perspective. And by this, I meant that the story is refreshing and it never came to the point where I had to put it down because it was becoming too dragging. What it is really is some kind of high-end psychological thriller that features different characters dealing with different kinds of demons. Evil is both literal and symbolic in this case and that’s what makes it so terrifying exciting.
It is soaked in mystery and it is up to the reader to discover the different truths that surround the lives of the characters, living, dead, or undead. I have only praise for this book and you should take time to read it.
