Invisible Chains
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Jacqueline is a young Creole slave in antebellum New Orleans. An unusual stranger who has haunted her dreams since childhood comes to stay as a guest in her master’s house. Soon after his arrival, members of the household die mysteriously, and Jacqueline is suspected of murder. Despite her fear of the stranger, Jacqueline befriends him and he helps her escape. While running from the slave catchers, they meet conjurers, a loup-garou, and a traveling circus of supernatural freaks. She relies on ancestral magic to guide her and finds strength to conquer her fears on her journey.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A fascinating premise goes nowhere in this grim novel. In antebellum New Orleans, Jacqueline is born into a family of enslaved Creole conjurers. She endures the horrors of slavery and is able to stay with her mother until her master's daughter marries a rich young man in the city and brings Jacqueline with her. There, she meets a man who has haunted her dreams since childhood. She soon learns he's a vampire who professes to be in love with her, but their potential romance is spoiled when a werewolf comes to town and goes on a killing spree. Soon, her new master and his wife are dead, and Jacqueline is running toward freedom with the vampire, only to be enslaved anew by him. Lane's novel begins with particularly brutal scenes of Jacqueline suffering rape and other horrific abuse, making the tale feel like slavery torture porn. Furthermore, there is little tension, and the rapid-fire action scenes are sometimes hard to follow. Readers excited by the thought of paranormal creatures and daring escapes will find their treatment here disappointing.
