LABS.3

@ the Sterling Heights Public Library during Sterlingfest 2017

Edisto Jinx by C. Hope Clark
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Just finished my first C. Hope Clark book, Edisto Jinx. I realize it is the second in the series, but chose not to backtrack and read the first book first. It's interesting to learn if an author's second book in a series can stand alone. Clark's Edisto Jinx passed the test!

Though it took a few chapters to catch up with the characters, I think reading it as a stand alone allowed me to appreciate the story as an Edisto tourist. I didn't know Callie's Boston background or any of the other characters' history, so I didn't have any baggage clouding my experience. I got to know Callie in her broken state which says so much about a character. Clark put the reader right there in Callie's personal struggle making her more relateable to anyone who's faced difficulties in their lives.

Clark engulfed me in her community. From the smell of the shrimp to the warm winds blowing over the beaches, I experienced Edisto. Throw in a jinx, a few murders, and an eccentric yoga teacher talking about the spirits stirring, and I knew I had to find out what happened next. Edisto Jinx had just enough twists to keep me sleuthing. I'm looking forward to reading another of C. Hope Clark's books. I'm starting with the first in the series this time, Lowcountry Bribe.

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