Reseña: Bayou Born (The Foundling #1)

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Bayou Born  (The Foundling 1)

by  

Hailey Edwards

Paperback, 329 pages

Published October 17th 2017 by Piatkus

ISBN: 0349417067 (ISBN13: 9780349417066)

Edition Language: English

Series: The Foundling #1

BLURB:  Her beginning may be our end... 

Deep in the humid swamps of the Mississippi bayou, a mysterious, half-wild child is dragged just in time from the murky waters. She has no memories, no family and is covered in strange markings, the meaning of which no one is able to decipher. Adopted by the policeman who rescued her, Luce Boudrou follows him into the force, determined to prove herself in the eyes of those who are still suspicious.
However, there's more of a battle ahead than Luce could possibly imagine. She may be an orphan without a past, but no one - including Luce herself - could ever be prepared for the truth of her dark, powerful destiny...

 

 

My rating: 3.5 stars

Luce Boudreau fue una niña encontrada hace 15 años en el pantano, sin memoria previa. El sargento Edward Boudreau que la rescató, más tarde la adoptó, y ella también se convirtió en policía. Ella es la celebridad local , la 'niña salvaje', perseguida por periodistas por algunas marcas extrañas en su cuerpo. De modo que, cuando un caso sobre una joven desaparecida la llama a ella y a su pareja policiaca al pantano, y descubre a una mujer con sus mismas marcas, Luce está ansiosa por obtener finalmente sus respuestas.

Pero tal vez eso de 'ten cuidado con lo que deseas' venga a morderla.

Este es el tipo de historia donde nadie es lo que parece, donde hay una historia detrás de todo que la autora nos entrega con cuentagotas y nos deja con todas las ganas de saber qué cosa esta pasando y de donde saldra la próxima sorpresa desagradable y temiéndolo.

Y al mismo tiempo, la historia es adictiva. Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que seguí una serie, y ahora estoy devorando un libro tras otro. Eso no significa que no entre en conflicto con la historia, especialmente con todas las cosas que están ocultas de la actitud de Luce y Cole hacia ella. Entiendo sentimientos encontrados, pero Cole se comporta como un balancín ( venga, controla ya tu rollo, idiota). ¿Y todas esas menciones de /SPOILER--->cConquest y los terresnes??<--SPOILERS:   Nunca los explica bien. No puedo creer que esté diciendo esto, pero quiero info-dump, maldita sea.

Todos los personajes secundarios son estupendos. La interacción de Luce con su padre y con su compañero policia , Rixton, destacan en su camaraderia, servicio a la comunidad , moralidad y sensación de familia.

Luego, la coterie, el equipo de White Horse, con sus diferentes personalidades te conquistan.

 

 

Luce Boudreau was a child found 15 years ago in the swamp, with no previous memory. The Sergeant Edward Boudreau who rescue her, later adopted her, and she become too a cop. She is the local celebrity 'wild child' , persecuted by journalists because of some strange markings in her body. So when a case about a missing young woman call her and her partner to the swamp , and she discover a woman with her same markings, Luce is eager to finally get her answers.

Phrases like dissociative amnesia and depersonalization disorder had been murmured in soft voices across my hospital bed once the doctors realized my memory stretched back minutes instead of years. They postulated that my lack of an identity cornerstone might explain why I had trouble connecting with the person who looked back at me in the mirror.
The former was public knowledge. The latter, I usually hid better than this.

But perhaps that 'be careful what you wish for' thing applies to her with a vengeance.

This is the type of story where no one is what it seems, where there is a story behind everything that the author gives us with a dropper and leaves us with all the desire to know what is happening and where the next unpleasant surprise will come from, and fearing it .

And at the same time the story is addictive. It's been a long time since I've followed a series, and now I'm devouring one book after another. That does not mean that it does not conflict with the story, especially with all the things that are hidden from Luce and Cole's attitude towards her. Conflicting feelings I understand, but Cole behaves like a seesaw (get a grip, moron). And all those mentions of previous (view spoiler)[conquests and of the foreign terrenes? (hide spoiler)]...never explains them well. I can't believe I'm saying this but I want info dump - darn it.

All the secondary characters are great. Luce's interaction with her father and fellow police officer Rixton stand out in their camaraderie, community service, morality, and sense of family.

Then the coterie, the White Horse team, with their different personalities conquer you.

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“We’re a coterie, so yes. We all live together,” Miller said, joining me while Thom crouched where a third chair might have gone. “None of us are the same as Cole, or the same as each other for that matter, but we are all charun.”
“Demons,” a smug voice grated out behind me. “The closest approximation for you is to say we’re demons.”

Yeah, this kind-a like-a 'Supernatural' Meet 'Jupiter Ascendant'.

['Supernatural' Meet 'Jupiter Ascendant'.


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