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When eighteen-year-old Lucy unexpectedly inherits a home, she discovers a series of letters alluding to peculiar events in her family’s history, letters drawing her to the mysterious world of tarot. She develops an uncanny ability to read the cards, but her new talent doesn’t go unnoticed; she draws the attention of Gavin, a sexy artist on a mission of his own, and of the Divinatory Guild of Savannah, an enigmatic organization with historical ties to Lucy’s family.
The Guild asks Lucy to find The Empress, an invaluable tarot card last believed to have been held by Lucy’s grandmother. With Gavin as her partner, she begins the hunt, hoping to unravel the secrets in her family’s past.
Now the search for The Empress has become deadly; Lucy's been threatened and her time is running out. She has only twenty-four hours, or the killings will continue...
In Tarot's Kiss, the main character conducts several tarot readings. These are included in the book for readers interested in learning the art of tarot reading while following the story.
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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
Lucy lives
with just her mom. Her dad left them
years ago to keep them safe. Her
grandmother lives down the road and is a big presence in her life. On her eighteenth birthday she heads to her grandmother’s
house for her ritual birthday surprise only to find her grandmother’s body and
a strange man looming outside. Lucy’s
world is, from that moment, turned upside down.
Her
grandmother had secrets about her life.
She has sewn secret letters into a quilt. There were mention of a secret guild and
tarot cards, reading fortunes and fears of Nathaniel. Lucy is shocked and determined to learn all
she can about what went on. She buys
some tarot cards and learns how to read them.
Her gift is strong. It brings a
strange boy to her door. It also brings
a big mystery about deaths of guild members and the cards from an Oracle deck
of tarot cards. The deeper she digs the
more secrets she uncovers. Her
grandmother’s life starts to unfold.
When the empress card from the Oracle deck becomes the focus of a
murderer, Lucy must choose her path carefully to save those she loves.
I actually
liked this book. I wasn’t sure what to
expect but it was like nothing I’ve read before. I know next to nothing about tarot cards and
how they are read. So, the story was
fascinating. The villain of the book
wholly believed the cards could do the impossible and killed to try to gain
them.
Lucy is
completely taken by surprise. She has no
clue about any of it. I hate it when
parents do that. Withhold all
information about family issues that come back and can affect your life later.
It annoys me. This author used it as the
basis of her storyline which worked but Lucy would have been spared a lot of
trauma and been more prepared for battle if she had information that both her
mother and grandmother kept from her. In
that sense the story frustrated me, but the characters didn’t. It is important for me to like the characters
and to have them be strong and smart.
Lucy was young, but she was both.
The reader travels with her through her whole experience. It was a good read. I give it a 4 out of 5.
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