Review: Bad Moon

Bad Moon by Jodi Taylor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Where to begin? Well definitely not her at the fourth book in the series LOL! Seriously, so much happened in the first three books that you will be completely lost starting here.

To briefly recap, Elizabeth Cage is a widow. Although (relatively) young, she describes herself and comes across as a bit of a 1950s housewife. Part of her reticence may be because she can see people's auras and generally tell if they are telling the truth. Her parents (who turned out to be her adoptive parents) always told her to keep her powers secret.

Her husband was the head of security for the Sorensen Clinic before his death, the clinic was partially owned by some top secret branch of the military/security for rest and recuperation of operatives who had seen things they couldn't explain/comprehend - ie a secure mental institute. Dr Sorensen was experimenting with psychotropic drugs on his patients and became obsessed with Elizabeth, something that led to a near catastrophic annihilation of the world by the goddess who 'rests' inside Elizabeth's brain. Some supernatural warriors helped Elizabeth to forget what happened that Christmas, although she 'knows' that something bad happened because her sort-of boyfriend, the James Bondesque Michael Jones now has a faint aura of fear when he is around her.

Things have been very quiet for a while now, until Iblis comes round to watch soaps with Elizabeth and she channels a supernatural being (while writing down their take-away Chinese food order) with the chilling message

I will send the Serpent
I always send the Serpent
It's kind of my signature move

What follows is once again a bizarre mix of sarcasm, cosiness, sheer supernatural terror, a smelly dog, a troll, a snake, a wood full of thousands of dead men, a bizarre secret stone ritual, a haunted student house, the legend of a country mansion massacre, and so much more.

I have reread my reviews of the previous books and other peoples reviews and I think we all agree this series defies description, but its funny, scary, cosy, and sad all at once.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.

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