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This was really hard to put down. The characters were rich and vivid, I got the feeling they were based off real people. This entire world sprung to life and I found it hard to believe this was the author's first book. The twists and turns were completely unexpected. Kudos to Louise, this was brilliant!


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The Black Act Louise Bohmer 9781897370162 Books Reviews

The Black Act is a suspenseful, heart-felt, dark-fantasy tale based on a unique mythos as to the creation of our world. Written in a well-executed, non-linear fashion, Bohmer's evocative imagination whisks us away to an old world--- alien, yet familiar.

Ever since the death of their Guild Mother, Anna and Claire's world has been tough. Anna--a second level initiate into the ways of magic--feels her sister has changed. When Anna starts having strange and vivid dreams concerning the beginning of the world--even the inner-thoughts of those who dwelled within it--she approaches her scribe teacher, Rosalind for advice.

Rosalind instructs Anna to scribe what she has dreamed. It is to be part of The Record. Anna, only a second level initiate questions the motives. She feels she is not ready. But she has no choice. For some reason, Anna is watching the forging of the clans that comprise of the Dalthwein lands and the story must be told.

Her sister Claire spends more and more time with her secret lover, Luthien, from the south woods. Anna can't take the pain of being put aside by her sister and her secrets any longer. She implores her for answers. Claire appraises her sister's face to see if she is ready for the truth... the last words their mother spoke before she died.

Once the truth is spoken, Anna's life is turned upside down with a horrible realization that could re-write history in no one's favor. Anna's dreams continue, and when they start contradicting the status-quo of history, she has no choice but to seek help from her Scribe teacher; only to find the harsh truths told by her sister, and the dreams are one in the same.

The Black Act is epic in scope. Bohmer digs deep and immerses us into a world that is fantastical, yet tangible. The use of allegory in history is done very well and is put to good use. The people we come to know along the way are just as human as we are. What truly makes this a gem--aside from creating an entirely believable and fantastical world, unique and rich--is Bohmer's powerful voice and delivery. All of this coalesces into a tale that haunts you long after finishing it. The Black Act heralds the presence of a formidable story-teller.
My original review of the novel from 2010 Sometimes discovering an author feels like you've found a bit of treasure, especially when the author hails from the same region as you. Such is the case with reading The Black Act by Louise Bohmer (a fellow Atlantic Canadian).

In her debut novel, she weaves an intricate story set in a mythological world inspired by Celtic folklore. Bohmer cites some of her influences as Tolkien and Lovecraft, which become apparent with her deft ability at world building. I'm not a guy who goes for the Tolkien kind of stuff, myself. I had presumed this novel had a more contemporary setting in which the mythical characters would appear, but it's firmly entrenched in that other-worldliness of so many epic fantasies. Two things helped me in getting over my prejudices towards the genre, as Bohmer's tale carries an undertone of horror and is a remarkably quick read.

The story starts out with twin sisters, Anna and Claire, who seem poised to relive a family curse involving satyrs (wonderfully rendered as beings made from the very earth they inhabit) and other Wood People (the mythical creatures that populate the land). As members of the Wise Women (a sect in the human Dalthwein clans), they're training to become witches, but forces are at work to disrupt them and exploit a generations old curse known as the Black Act in order to reignite a war. While Claire engages in a secret relationship with a satyr that carries a foreboding sense of history about to repeat itself, Anna starts having violent dreams of their ancestors that could hold the key to their preservation. Or their ruination.

The relationship between the twins with its turmoil and empathy was probably the biggest hook for me--not to mention the wonderful array of creatures brought into the story from folklore. And they are grand in the sense that they harken to a truer interpretation of mythology instead of the homogenized children tales provided by Disney. But the story tends to dip and dive from past to present and between point of views, as the twins' ancestors have their stories told as well. For a book that clocks in at 226 pages, I would have preferred the focus honed in on the two sisters. Fantasies do like to take a broader scope, however, and the backstory involving Anna's and Claire's ancestors does add some meat to the bone. In fact, those storylines set in the past have a habit of stealing the show.

The Black Act offers a solid debut effort from an author with an inarguable passion and deft talent at making fairy tales more tangible than what I'm used to. If you're into reading fantasies with a darker bent than most, you might want to consider this one.
This was really hard to put down. The characters were rich and vivid, I got the feeling they were based off real people. This entire world sprung to life and I found it hard to believe this was the author's first book. The twists and turns were completely unexpected. Kudos to Louise, this was brilliant!