Crossroads of Bones by Luanne BennettMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Dragons, Tattoos and Voodoo
This book was an unexpected gem. I picked up the book for free because it sounded ok and I’m so glad I did. I love Urban Fantasy and this was right up my street.
Katie Bishop is a tattoo artist who owns her own shop, in Savannah. She also happens to have an amazing dragon tattooed on her back, that occasionally moves around. She hasn’t lived in Savannah long but has made a few good friends, including her employee Sea Bass (Sebastian) and Lady Sugar a big, beautiful, black trans-gendered woman.
Katie has been keeping her dragon a secret from her friends but one day a man walks into her shop asking for a strange tattoo, she has seen in her dreams, and everything about her life in Savannah changes.
This is my favourite type of Urban Fantasy, with a strong female protagonist with a good group of friends around her. I particularly like that Katie has such good friendships with Sea Bass and Sugar, both of whom are fantastic characters who really care about her well being.
I like that we learn about Savannah’s supernatural community and history alongside Katie as it is revealed to her throughout the book, as she is a recent transplant, but I feel that there are some things that are half explained about Katie’s past. I felt that there was some information I was missing and it was a little annoying.
I can see from the Author’s Goodreads page that she has a series set in New York, so I wonder if Katie’s character was introduced in that series as a support character, as that is where she originally lived. Plus, there are references to all the weird stuff that happened in New York, so this is what has led me to make assumptions about previous books. I’d be interested to know if I’m right, but not interested enough to read the other series, just to find out.
I really enjoyed this book as it has an interesting plot and the characters are great. The world building isn’t perfect but it’s still good enough to keep me within the moment as I read. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series.
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