Review: Bayou Born

Bayou Born by Hailey Edwards
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Four and a half stars.

I'm a critical fan of Hailey Edwards' writing, sometimes I think she knocks it out of the park and other times I truly struggle to finish her books. Yet her writing is so fresh, interesting and different that I keep requesting her books. As I hadn't read the last couple of books in the Lorimar Pack series I wasn't sure whether this new series was a spin off or something totally different.

Lucy Boudreau is an enigma. She was found in the swamps of the Mississippi bayou as a young girl fifteen years ago. Her arms and shoulders are marked with metal bands, which resist all attempts at surgical removal. She heals unnaturally fast, she has lightening fast reflexes and she doesn't recognise the face in the mirror - ever! Lucy was adopted by the police officer who found her in the swamps and as a tribute to him she joined the police.

She and her partner are working a missing person case so when a female matching the description is found in the swamp, much like Luce herself was found, they rush to the scene. The young Jane Doe they find is still alive but being guarded by the most enormous alligator who clearly sees Jane as his dinner. Just when Luce and her 'uncle' Harold are running out of options to rescue Jane Doe a group of private security men from White Horse Security arrive on an airboat, they have been hired by the missing girl, Angel Claremont's family to track her down.

I spent a good deal of this book wondering what Luce and the people from White Horse Security and Jane Doe really are (and let me tell you it's a doozy). Clearly they are all 'other' but precisely what does not become clear for quite some time. This is most definitely a mystery wrapped up in a mystery as the reader discovers Lucy's history at the same time as Lucy and the White Horse Security team find out Jane Doe's identity and who has been kidnapping young women. Unfortunately because I think the revelations are SOOOO good, I can't tell you anything else.

Just, this is a totally new series that just blew me away, loved it!

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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