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Cordelia Bone's meticulously crafted life and career in Dallas are crashing down around her thanks to a philandering husband with criminal debts.When her older, carefree sister, Eustace—a cannabis grower in Boulder, calls to inform her the great aunt they never met has died and they must travel to a small town in Connecticut to deal with the estate, she sees an opportunity to unload the house and save herself.But once there, the sisters learn they are getting much more than they bargained for. The Victorian mansion they stand to inherit is bound in a dynasty trust controlled by their late aunt's aging attorney who insists they inhabit the house and retain it but keeps them in the dark about the peculiar rituals of their ancestors. Not to mention a sexy, tattooed groundskeeper with a shrouded past who refuses to leave the carriage house and a crypt full of dead relatives looming at the property line.As both women grapple with their current predicament, they come face to face with a haunting family secret, the truth of what happened to their mother, and the enemy that's been stalking them from the shadows for generations. In a twisting torrent of terror and blood, the sisters must uncover the power within them to heal their fractured relationship, reverse their mysteriously declining health, and claim the lineage they wanted to escape but now must embrace if they are to survive at Bone Hill.
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As someone who was more than a little obsessed with the TV show Charmed as a kid, the premise of this book excited me. Sisters who realize late in life that they have witchy powers? Heck yes.
When this book is good, it's GOOD. The two sisters and main characters of this book - Cornelia & Eustace - have such a fun dynamic filled with banter. The interactions between the two of them as they explored the family's mystery was one of the highlights. The mystery aspect was also highly intriguing, and the author did an excellent job at building intrigue throughout the first half of the novel.
Sadly, I felt that the build-up of intrigue didn't really reach a satisfactory climax until very close to the end. From about the 50% mark until 80% or so, I kept thinking to myself, "Alright, alright. Come on, let's start getting some answers."
(Spoilers ahead!)
<spoiler>I also wasn't a fan of the romance aspect of the book. I didn't buy into the chemistry between Gordon and Cordelia, and so it all felt a little forced into the story simply for the aspect of her being pregnant with an heir by the end of the novel.
The Mafia side plot - although probably necessary to paint a scenario in which Cordelia would stay put at Bone Hill - felt a little haphazard. That conflict seemed to wrap up way too quickly & easily.</spoiler>
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