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Sick as our Secrets by Jim Christopher
With his second book “Sick As Our Secrets” Jim Christopher makes a comeback, and things have changed. Our story starts up with the characters in completely different circumstances two years after the events of Season of Waiting. Due to her brother’s abduction, Irene Allard never left Texas after her father passed away. Irene moves in with Finch, a recluse with third-degree burns all over his body, as she looks for Wes and answers regarding their father’s death.
Emerson, our magical healing child, is currently living with his mother, her boyfriend, and a man by the name of Hawk. They construct a compound to take advantage of cultivating legal marijuana using Emerson’s developing skills. Although the operation seems legitimate, there is a mystery that can completely destabilise characters that lies beneath the farm. Questions will be asked. Trust will be broken. And secrets will be unearthed.
Once more, Christopher creates characters that brim with uniqueness in vividly described surroundings. As the POV shifts from one character to the next, suspense develops smoothly. However, the work has a clear direction while still being enigmatic enough to keep readers guessing. Most significantly, as Emerson adjusts to the possibilities, we get to see more of his skills in this book.
The book Sick As Our Secrets showcases Christopher’s skill with words. The book is a little verbose, though, much like its predecessor. It’s challenging to determine the actual word count because there is only an advanced digital copy available, but an informed guess places it in the 90K range. A few story details from the beginning of the book and its predecessor are barely mentioned.
specifically “the voice,” however a resolution might be provided in the subsequent book (s). The last unconventional modification has little to no impact on the story but offers an intriguing style shift for a series. Chapters are no longer formatted from the Character’s POV.
The plot of Sick As Our Secrets is unpredictable and moves quickly. The supernatural component and the narrative as a whole have a unique vibe, which adds a lot of mystery and suspense to a setting that is otherwise modern. Readers who appreciate “shining” characters by Stephen King will enjoy Emerson’s journey as he deals with family secrets, evil forces, and a world that wants to use his talents.
About The Book
Hawk’s life is a secret. Wanted for murder, he hides from the law on a marijuana plantation in the Texas hill country. The violence of his past pales against the depravities he endures on the farm: dangerous and miraculous secrets he must protect if he wants to survive.
Then a cunning stranger arrives bearing a grudge from Hawk’s past. The outsider unleashes his sinister preternatural ability in a frantic lunge for the farm’s most innocent soul. As the bloody standoff erupts between the dark interloper and Hawk’s motley family, the deepest shadows of the farm reveal themselves—death refusing the dead while the living struggle to survive.
Betraying the farm’s secrets will cost Hawk his freedom. Keeping them will cost the lives of those he loves. The choice that abandoned Hawk on the farm presses him once more: save himself, or save his family.
The Review
Sick As Our Secrets
8 Score
Jim Christopher has continued his Utopia Series with another book that will keep you guessing to the end with countless twists and turns. “Sick as Our Secrets” begins two years after the evens of the first book, “Season of Waiting.” Be sure to read the first book in the series before this one to get the background stories of Emerson, Irene, and Wes. I actually felt a bit lost at the beginning of the new book, but it all fell into place as the story progressed. The Utopian Testament books are paranormal, psychological thrillers in the same vein as Stephen King. The characters are complex and fallible, yet they show change and growth while facing life threatening situations.
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