Saturday, April 30, 2011

Book Review: Espersanza by Trish J. MacGregor.

The cover flap reads:
When Tess Livingston got off the bus at the roadside stop high in the Andes, she couldn’t quite remember how she got there.  She’s an FBI agent, and the last thing she remembered was tracing a group of counterfeiters to Ecuador.  But now she’s at the bodega Cielo, waiting for the bus to Esperanza – or at least that where her ticket says she’s going. 

Ian Ritter, a journalist from Minneapolis, is also at the Bodega. He was planning a trip to the Galapagos Island, and his limited Spanish isn’t up the explaining why he needs to chance to Bus 13 to Esperanza. 

Their meeting will change their lives forever.  For there are ghost in Esperanza—Hungry ghost who call themselves brujos, who can possess the bodies of living people, angry ghost who can’t let go of life and the sensual pleasures of the flesh.  The people of Esperanze are in great danger, and the rest of the world will be too, if the brujos cannot be defeated ands send from this mortal plan.  Ian and Tess are the living keys who will permit humanity’s guardian spirits to wage this war, and together they hold a power that neither can imagine alone.
And in the midst of this war, Tess and Ian will find a love that can transcend time, and a cause that not even death will overcome. 

This is my first time reading this author.  I adore the supernatural stories and fantasy fiction.  This one was very good. Lots of twist and turns, a real page turner.   I do have one complaint.  The end of the story was not well rounded.  What I mean by that is the end didn’t tell the story enough to satisfy my curiosity of the characters and what happened to them.  I believe that was done because sequels are coming. 
I would have like to know more about them.  That is all.  I really enjoyed this story and couldn’t wait to get to it even when my eyes closed of their own accord for sleep. 

To find out more about Trish J, MacGregor click here.  trishjmacgregor.com

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