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Jessica Penot

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Verk av Jessica Penot

The Twilight Saint (2012) 11 exemplar
Circe (2011) 10 exemplar
The Accidental Witch (2013) 10 exemplar
Haunted North Alabama (2010) 8 exemplar
Death's Dream Kingdom (2011) 3 exemplar
The Midnight Queen (2012) 2 exemplar
The monster hunter's manual (2014) 2 exemplar

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Circe. Jesssica Penot. 2011. What a strange book. It is set in at the old Searcy Hospital in Mount Vernon, Alabama, hence the title! There is a quote at the beginning of each chapter and a strange word which is a rune. Although they are Norse in origin, runes apparently serve a function in magic and witchcraft. The narrator is Eric Black, a self-important, snob. He and 2 other psychologists begin their internship at Circe. Black volunteers to work in the worst ward with a strange director .Suspense bills but you know terrible things will happen at the hospital and with Black and his wife. I have “outgrown” supernatural books and movies, but I really enjoyed the descriptions of Mobile and surrounding areas in the book. Violence… (mer)
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judithrs | 1 annan recension | Jul 18, 2021 |
A rather heavy story ...filled with life and death (and the in-between), gods and goddesses, demons and myths. Everything from the light to the darkest dark comes to life as the Fates weave their tapestry. It had me pondering whether or not I may have bitten off more than I could chew.


Cera, our leading lady, begins life in a most ordinary way, but it’s ended very suddenly leaving her in spirit form to continue on her journey…and although she doesn’t know it, carry out a prophesized upheaval within Death’s Dream Kingdom. It’s a task she’s not prepared for but one that in time will come as naturally to her as breathing albeit much harder thanks to events yet to unfold. One of those events is her meeting the “ruler” of this purgatory-type kingdom, Dismis. Let’s just say this is one fellow (or whatever he was/is) that you DO NOT want to tangle with. Second meeting to note is her introduction to Adewyn. Though she doesn’t know it (yet), he’s the love of her life and the connection fostered between them is irrepressible…the stuff legends are made of.

Another character whose name will cause you a curious grin…Sin. Sin’s character is hard to puzzle out as her allegiances are murky at best. One moment she seems friend, next your instincts are screaming foe….the truth is uncovered over the course of the story though, leading to a fitting end and a well of respect for the hardships endured. One of my favorite appearances was the presence of the Fates as I’ve always found their lore most intriguing…complex and a bit scary, yes…but intriguing nonetheless. To summarize, the characters are a mix of myth, legend, and religion all blended together to make one heck of a brew.


A brief "warning" or two just to touch on quickly. First up, language. The few sensual scenes are chaste enough, but the language? Oye, my head! It’s no ‘Trespass’ and most of it is sporadic…during the first half. The second half, to put it somewhat bluntly, just because one is talking with a demon or happens to be one, does not mean you have to call someone vulgar names multiple times in ONE conversation.

Second item on the table for discussion is sentence structure. A large portion of the text had me wincing to some degree because of the continual use of short sentences. It’s a bit too step by step and breaks up the flow of the story for the reader. Again, purely my opinion, and obviously neither “point” was so strong that I had to stop reading.

Last but not least, something that either gets too much discussion or not enough…the cover image; beautiful is it not? At first glance, I merely saw the young woman at the top looking up (back?) to the heavens for what…I wasn’t certain….and the predominantly red cover. As with most books, there was careful planning when this particular combination was decided upon and after completing my journey through the story, I can now see how they fit together. Did you catch the graveyard in the back image there? How about the expansive river? Each is a piece of the overall puzzle that when finally revealed, brings things to a natural order.

All in all, though I began the book perplexed as to how much I would enjoy the story, in the end…I felt satisfied with the journey taken. It’s a beautiful world that author Jessica Penot has created, though not always in the conventional sense of the word. The paths she’s given her characters are riddled with choices and believe you me, there is a right option and a wrong option even if it’s not always clear. A picture perfect masterpiece? Depends on your point of view….but from where I’m sitting, it’s certainly a book worth your notice.
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GRgenius | Sep 15, 2019 |
The writing is absolutely terrible. It's overly repetitive, and a bit degrading. The MC works on a psychiatric ward of a hospital and describes her patients as "crazies" After the third or fourth repetitive phrase, I had to give it up. I abandoned this at only 3%
 
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Melissalovesreading | Sep 30, 2018 |
I ask to read this book because it reminds me a little bit about a mental hospital that is near me. Granted the hospital near me does not has the strange history that Circe has it still has some weird history. The mental hospital near me actually has documentation where they would offer $50 dollars and a 50 pound sack of potatoes to people that brought in others that needed help. I wonder how many people were placed in the hospital that did not need to be there.

Circe starts out with a young doctor and his wife. They are in up north while he is in college. He tells his wife that he has taken an internship at a hospital in Alabama. She is so happy to get back to their home state. She wants to be with her large family. I do not have a large extended family however I can understand why she wants to move back home. Considering I have lived in one stop my whole life, I know where she is coming from.

David is not your average male. He likes to have meaningless sex when women. He just enjoys having sex with any woman that he meets. It does not seem like he has any requirements in the women he meets and wants to have sex with, this is not an erotic book. The few sex scenes in the book are minor. However they do add to David’s character.

I honestly do not understand why any wife would put up with a husband that cheats. It does not matter if it is meaningless sex. It is still cheating. However Pria, must either have low self-esteem thinks that she has to have him not matter what David does. To me I got the feeling that Pria felt her life would be meaningless without David as her husband.

This book has a paranormal twist, some mystery with a little sex and voodoo thrown in. The author of this book states that she is a therapist and actually worked at the hospital that this book is based on. To know that there is a place like this hospital close to me makes me want to search and hopefully make visit to see this amazing place. I loved the plot and even the characters. They may be a little mental however they felt real to me while reading. The author did an amazing job while taking a little bit of history and turning it into a fictional novel.

Thanks for a great read Jessica.
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kybunnies | 1 annan recension | Oct 19, 2014 |

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Verk
9
Medlemmar
58
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#284,346
Betyg
½ 3.3
Recensioner
9
ISBN
12

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