Here’s a chilling read for a hot day! Daughter of the Drowned by Kerry Williams mixes Greek myth with Voodoo and trauma. Take a peek.

Daughter of the Drowned is a dark and intense tale about addiction, trauma, and death. The victim of a swimming accident during which she was dead for four minutes, Lovely Timms, is obsessed with death. And, since the accident, the dead clamor for her attention. Her family thinks she’s mad, and she agrees with them, falling into the unfortunate trauma response of addiction.

At last, she finds a glimmer of hope with acquaintances in New Orleans. There, she enters the world of the occult and Voodoo with a hint of necromancy on the side.

Seeking a solution, a reason the dead keep appearing to her, she is tempted to recreate the brush with death that caused her trauma, but she finds herself in the Underworld.  The solution to her trouble may be one she can’t live with.

Very emotional and, well, watery. Daughter of the Drowned is a tantalizing look at the afterlife. Gritty in parts and all too real, the story merges with Greek myth.

Not a cheery tale, but an interesting idea, nicely done.

This is the first in a two-book set. Be aware that the ending of Daughter of the Drowned will not feel complete since the rest of the story is in the next book.