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Imbolc 2004 - Issue #61
Henge Happings Issue #61 - Reviews - Darksome Thirst
Don’t you just love it when you find a book where the Pagans are the heroes?
Stories like these are too few and far between, so here comes Morven Westfield to the rescue. Darksome Thirst is the first in what will be a thrilling series of novels.
The novel is set in southern New England in the 1970’s and follows Alicia Anderson who is a hard-working computer operator on the night shift at Theoretic Scientific Devices. Working alone during these shifts, she thinks she is imagining strange things in the shadows until she can no longer deny that she has company – the vampire, Wesley.
Matricaria is a young witch who is on the receiving end of some very disturbing messages, which she and her coven take very seriously. We see the group pulling together to try to solve the mystery and do what they can to help. Of course, the answers aren’t obvious, so the two story lines run parallel to each other building the suspense beautifully.
Ms Westfield’s lyrical prose and attention to detail make this an enjoyable read. I will have to admit, though, that I preferred to read this page-turner in the afternoon while sitting in the sunlight rather than at night before going to bed!
Recommended. Darksome Thirst, Harvest Shadows Publication, (June 2003) ISBN: 0974174033. Paperback: 336 pp, $14.95.
