A review by couillac
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond

3.0

This one has such a great hook with the premise of the real historical mystery of the Roanoke Colony - that's why I picked it up, that's definitely how I booktalk it, and it always inspires interest. It's an easy, fluid read with engaging main characters, and I think it will appeal to a broad audience with its fairly independent and capable female protagonist, an edgy outsider male companion, and the requisite romance. I didn't finish it, so I can't speak to how the story plays out, but the first quarter of it kept me engaged, and while it seems a bit predictable in some ways, I doubt that fans of paranormal fiction who are looking for something a bit outside of the angel/demon/werewolf/vampire genre will have a problem with it.