The Spiritualist vs Voodoo

The Lady in the Paneling

De: Jeanie Lewis

Narrado por: Jennifer Foulk

Get ready for the ride of your life in this exhilarating adventure into FEAR!

In the vibrant heart of New Orleans, young Chef Isabella Smith finds herself haunted by an apparition that awakens childhood nightmares. As the supernatural darkness seeps into the city, Izzy teams up with Detective Jacob Hebert to confront a malevolent force lurking within the shadows of her past. Their quest for answers leads them to the enigmatic voodoo Priestess Lucy Freeman, who teaches them the ancient arts of defense against black magic. Together, they must unravel the mysteries of fear, faith, and the power of the spirit world before chaos reigns. Can they vanquish the evil threatening their lives and love?

From the author of Zephra Elaine the Zombie Killer

©2024 Jeanie F Lewis (P)2025 Jeanie F Lewis

Out of box thinking

I like her fresh writing style and out of box thinking. Her other books are very good as well

The Spiritualist vs. Voodoo

I enjoy stories involving Voodoo and those set in Louisiana since I lived there for 4 years. The book is set in two timelines and the author does a good job melding these two stories together. Izzy is a young woman, working as a Chef in the French Quarter of New Orleans. She soon finds herself being haunted by a supernatural entity that seems to be living in the paneling in her home.

She meets a handsome detective named Jacob Hebert and they team up with Izzy's friend, Haley, and her employer, a Voodoo priestess named Lucy, to try to rid her home of the malevolent ghost. The story of the past and what lead to this occurrence is truly heartbreaking and I would have liked to know more about the couple involved. the Powers. The last part of the book seems to be a lead in to a series involving a team trying to solve supernatural based mysteries. It sounds interesting, but I would have liked more substance about the Powers and how they became so powerful (sorry about the pun!).

I have to say that listening to the audiobook was a disappointment. The audio quality was poor at times, with the voice being muffled/muddled and the volume changing from time to time. And, the mispronunciations drove me crazy! Izzy meets Jacob at Cafe du Monde and they eat beignets every morning. However, the narrator cannot seem to pronounce beignet correctly (or even consistently wrong). The worst was her continuously calling them BAYONETS! Other French names were also botched and often pulled me out of the story. This might not bother a lot of people, but someone should have given her a quick lesson in how to pronounce these words.