J. P. McLean

In all the years I have been reading, I have never read a book like this. The storyline and premise is the most original I have come across in decades.

I have to say, I have been know to read explicit romance, blood guts and gore, non-fiction biographies, epic historically based fiction, and everything in-between. Blood Mark is by far the most unique story I can remember reading.

The story centers on Jane/Joyce, an orphan just shy of her 25th birthday. Jane was born with port wine birthmarks that were on various swaths of her body and the ability to dream of incidents in peoples' lives who she comes into contact with. Similar to premonitions but these deal with events that have happened in the past.

When she starts having dreams of a young woman who had tried to commit suicide she is intrigued when she finds out the woman - Rebecca - had the same ability she (Jane) does.

Because of the dreams and what happens to her when these visions appear, Jane is on a mission to find Rebecca to see if she has learned a way to control them.

Jane does meet a professor of Inca studies who is able to shed light on the birthmarks with are mysteriously disappearing and eventually that the dreams she has been having make her "A Witness".

I don't want to give too much away, but although this book is considered horror or occult it really is suspenseful and full of mystery. There is a love interest and there is implied sex but there is no explicit sex or sex on the page.

Recommend?
I absolutely recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery and is open to the unexplained being part of our world.

Disclaimer
I borrowed this book via the OverDrive/Libby app from the Harris County Library system. It was read as a Kindle Book.

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