Debut author Lorion mixes up an unsettling tale of time travel, betrayal, murder, and dark magic that never really gels. Centuries-old Native American twins arrive in a Massachusetts town in 1978; one of them is in service of an ancient evil spirit, the other desperate to stop the spirit's scheming. Two other teenagers, reeling from family issues and romantic troubles, are roped into a plot to unleash supernatural revenge on the town. As the magical nightmare slowly unfolds, several intersecting affairs among middle-aged married couples lead to bloodshed. These stories mostly get in the way of the supposed main plot, and the teen and adult voices sound much the same. So many side characters are introduced in such a short time that it's hard to feel empathy for anyone at all. There's also very little space to explore the magic system, which is ostensibly based on indigenous cultures but so generalized as to be vaguely offensive. With so little worldbuilding and so many tangled threads of story, it's hard to imagine where the series might go from here. (BookLife)