You can't lose someone you truly love. Love doesn't come with an on- off switch. It's made of too many threads of memory and hope and heartache that weave themselves into the very core of who you are.
Barrie Watson is not normal. Barrie Watson has baggage. Barrie Watson had a silent, tough, mother, who never really approved of her and never left their house because of the scars she bore, leaving Barrie to be raised be her gay Godfather, who was brilliant, until he announced that he has pancreatic cancer and he was dying, which made Lula Watson die of a heart attack instantaneously.
So, Barrie is shipped to her ancestral home. A huge, falling apart plantation, with an eccentric aunt, a beautiful boy with a number as his name, a slimy uncle and a gorgeous cousin – none of whose intentions are clear, none of whom will explain what the mystery about Watson Island is all about – its magic, its history, its abnormalities.
Except, Barrie isn't normal either. She has a gift – to find lost things – and the house is filled with them. Then she sees a man made of fire, and shadows calling out to her in the dark, and everything goes missing – and she knows nothing will ever be what she thought it was…
Compulsion was everything I thought it would be and SO much more. It had the capturing power that only very few books do – to keep you so hooked in that world that you find it hard to believe you're actually living in another. It had everything one could expect from a good book – romance, family, spirits, history and a bit of the paranormal.
I absolutely loved the characters that Martina created, especially Eight Beaufort, with his perfect imperfections, his gift, and just everything about him that made him SO SO SO swoon worthy!
I will definitely be reading the sequel! 5 golden stars!
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