This is a book I actually read a couple of months ago, but haven’t had much of a chance to encourage anyone else to read….because it only just came out today. But! Now you can buy it and read it! Preferably at Lemuria, where you can pick it up right off of my recommended shelf. That’s what your plan was, wasn’t?

WFES399174001-2The Gates of Evangeline is a great psychological thriller written in a Southern Gothic style. Although Young isn’t from the South herself, the setting of her novel definitely is. Evangeline, a beautiful old plantation home, is captured perfectly in Young’s description of Louisiana’s swamp land. It’s here where our heroin, Charlotte “Charlie” Cates begins working on her writing assignment, a thirty-year-old missing child case, for a true crime magazine. It’s a chance for her to move on from her own son’s death, but that’s not the only reason Charlie has taken the assignment. She thinks that the missing child is communicating with her, to help her find out what happened to him.
I know what you’re thinking, “Eh…paranormal is not my thing.”
Trust me, it’s not really mine either. But, Young has written Charlie’s character in such a way that you can’t help but believe in her. I wanted so badly for her to figure out what had happened those thirty years ago because she was such a sympathetic, strong and heartwarming character. There’s a lot of loops and turns before that happens, but Young’s writing sucked me right in and I couldn’t wait to figure it all out.
If you’re not a fan of paranormal, but you are a fan of romance…there’s a little bit of that thrown in there too. *wink wink* Charlie has a bit of a thing for Evangeline’s landscaper. Yet again, the relationship between the two was believable, and I was definitely rooting for them.
This was a really good read. If you’ve always considered getting into a little Southern Gothic feel, I recommend checking this book out.
Also, if you want to be really cool, you should come meet Hester Young on Friday, September 4th at 5 o’clock! She’ll be signing and reading from her psychological, eerie, paranormal thriller with a touch of a romance novel, The Gates of Evangeline.
See you there!
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