What do a defrocked priest, a witch and a creepy
house have in common? Punch lines on a postcard please. Joking aside, this is
the set-up for author Danielle Devor’s paranormal thriller, Sorrow’s Point.
This is the third book by Devor that I have read and
probably the darkest. The story is told from the first person perspective of
Jimmy, a former priest. When an old friend he has not seen for years shows up
at his door during the middle of the night, Jimmy agrees to travel to the
cheery-happy-fun named Sorrow’s Point. His friend Will takes him there to help
his daughter, Lucy, who he believes to be possessed and asks Jimmy to perform
an exorcism. But it quickly becomes apparent that whatever’s happening to Lucy
will not be so easily solved.
Sorrow’s Point is definitely a slow burner but it is
worth the wait for what happens later in the story. As I said earlier, compared
to the author’s other books (Tail of the Devil, Constructing Marcus), this
story definitely has a darker edge to it. It can be gory and unforgiving in
some places.
Also, Devor has done well to weave Christian mythology
and magic together into the fabric of the story without making the book feel
silly. It’s not overdone and the characters react to such circumstances in a
believable manner. There’s definitely a lot more going on in the story than
there originally appears to be and it’s well worth a read if you are a fan of
tales about the paranormal.
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