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A review by horrorbutch
The Impending Possession of Scarlet Wakebridge-Rosé by Samantha L. Strong
3.0
Disclaimer: I received an e-copy of this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Scarlet is a black lesbian, living with her wife and her daughter. But for a while now she felt haunted by some weird presence. When therapy and pills don't help her and the presence gets more and more terrifying, she turns to her last refuge. An exorcism led by a catholic priest. A race against time begins as Scarlet and Father Angelo try to figure out how to save Scarlet and her family.
I enjoyed Scarlet's character most of the time, she was wonderfully flawed but I couldn't help but root for her. We can see how she struggles with the stress the impending demon possession puts her trough, which at times causes her to lash out at her wife and her daughter. It was also amazing to read a book featuring an older character.
Angelo was also an interesting character, he is haunted by his past in which he did dark and terrible things. To be able to help Scarlet he has to deal with it. His story takes a long time to unravel, but I found it definitely refreshing to read about a non-homophobic catholic priest, who is still faithful.
I adored Zoe. In her chapters I felt that the writing was particularly strong and she is definitely a character you just have to feel sorry for. She is probably my favorite character. Her characters were really dark and twisted, I loved it.
The writing was pretty good and I got sucked straight into the story. I was incredible happy how diverse the story was too. Sadly I think some of the subplots could have been done away with, they just felt stretched out for too long (like the homophobic exorcist helper at church)
The ending was truly disappointing for me. I won't spoiler it here, but it definitely let me down a lot and so the story only gets three stars. It just felt like a great disservice to some characters.
Scarlet is a black lesbian, living with her wife and her daughter. But for a while now she felt haunted by some weird presence. When therapy and pills don't help her and the presence gets more and more terrifying, she turns to her last refuge. An exorcism led by a catholic priest. A race against time begins as Scarlet and Father Angelo try to figure out how to save Scarlet and her family.
I enjoyed Scarlet's character most of the time, she was wonderfully flawed but I couldn't help but root for her. We can see how she struggles with the stress the impending demon possession puts her trough, which at times causes her to lash out at her wife and her daughter. It was also amazing to read a book featuring an older character.
Angelo was also an interesting character, he is haunted by his past in which he did dark and terrible things. To be able to help Scarlet he has to deal with it. His story takes a long time to unravel, but I found it definitely refreshing to read about a non-homophobic catholic priest, who is still faithful.
I adored Zoe. In her chapters I felt that the writing was particularly strong and she is definitely a character you just have to feel sorry for. She is probably my favorite character. Her characters were really dark and twisted, I loved it.
The writing was pretty good and I got sucked straight into the story. I was incredible happy how diverse the story was too. Sadly I think some of the subplots could have been done away with, they just felt stretched out for too long (like the homophobic exorcist helper at church)
The ending was truly disappointing for me. I won't spoiler it here, but it definitely let me down a lot and so the story only gets three stars. It just felt like a great disservice to some characters.