So many twists and turns...keeps you from putting it down

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	• Four and Twenty Blackbirds Cherie Priest Tor Books, 2005 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 81 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Awesome read !

I'm discovering a lot of new authors with my new Kindle. I've had it only 2 weeks and already read like 10 new books. This book was great. It drew me into the story right away, I couldn't put it down.

So many twists and turns...keeps you from putting it down

When I first started reading this book, I had mixed feelings. I wasn't sure where this story was going or if I even wanted to finish it. But I am really glad that it became so, that I didn't want to put it down. This is one southern gothic-horror/mystery that I will always remember, that is for sure.

The story starts out by introducing Eden Moore, a little girl who sees ghosts. Eden is haunted by the images in her mind and as a small child she doesn't understand exactly what they mean. She starts to draw what she sees, which is turned over the the school officials. During a meeting with this official...a simple hand gesture is the start of a whirlwind of events for Eden. The sudden hand motions trigger something in her mind, an image from her dreams, and she acts out violently toward him. That is where the story starts to become more clear for me. She sees these ghosts and hears them speak as well. She is unable to get answers from her Aunt as to who these ghosts are...three women. The plot thickens. It becomes so fast paced and the images become more pronounced. A cousin, who has tried to repeatedly murder Eden, becomes somewhat of a physco character. Appearing and reappearing. You don't know when he will appear again or what else he will try to do to Eden. It fills the reader with guessing. Just when you think you know where it is heading, it takes a whole different turn. Eden is a strong willed, determined young woman who doesn't quit turning up stones of her family history, of a mother she never knew, a past that she has been warned will only cause her more heartache. A past that could very well be the end to Eden. And her family...but Eden doesn't know that this could be the end for her or her family. Not until the very...end! She discovers so much more than she ever thought possible. Her childhood dreams become reality. The three ghosts become reality...the reality of who they really are. The "magic" of the past almost destroys the entire family of Eden and their history came close to be rewritten into one horrible, unthinkable furture....but Eden doesn't give up and the ending will surprise you as it did me....

I thought with each page I could figure out Edens past and the secrets, but each time I was wrong. But as the end of the story approached, I got the feeling that there should have been just a tad more to it. I, like other readers, feel that the end of the book was rushed. The novel is very descriptive. The horror of it all was great...but I just felt that the end didn't quite do justice to the novel like it deserved. However,it is incredible the way Cherie Priest is able to write with such imagery.

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Intriguing Tale with a Few Loose Ends

I was on the fence between giving this 3 stars or 4 and went for the 4. This was a great read, I like stories with geneaological backgrounds. It reminded me a bit of Monsters of Templeton....what disappointed me in the end was (at least for me), the author failed to tie it all together. I would have enjoyed one of the characters doing a quick explainer of how everything tied together in the end. Part of it may have been that I was reading the Kindle edition, and therefore have a hard time searching back to look up references to history / kinship,I had the same problem reading Monsters of Templeton. I'm still a little fuzzy on how the family relationships in this novel shook out. Even a little family tree at the end of the book would have helped me. Overall, though, this book grabbed me and kept me intrigued to the last pages.

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four & twenty blackbirds

"Four & Twenty Blackbirds" is a Southern Gothic ghost story. At times, the story is disjointed & a bit too confusing, but the atmosphere Priest creates more than makes up for these shortcomings. The feeling is spooky & authentic. The plot heavily involves religion & the narrator's shady family tree, two things almost essential to any Southern Gothic novel.

A wondeful read

Do you like a book tha pulls you in in the first 10 pages? this will be one of them. greatghost story and mystery.

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Although she was orphaned at birth, Eden Moore is never alone. Three dead women watch from the shadows, bound to protect her from harm. But in the woods a gunman waits, convinced that Eden is destined to follow her wicked great-grandfather--an African magician with the power to curse the living and raise the dead.

Now Eden must decipher the secret of the ghostly trio before a new enemy more dangerous than the fanatical assassin destroys what is left of her family. She will sift through lies in a Georgian ante-bellum mansion and climb through the haunted ruins of a 19th century hospital, desperately seeking the truth that will save her beloved aunt from the curse that threatens her life.

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