You don't want her to get you, do you?
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Saturday, 2 November 2013
Free Kindle copy of Dark Winter !!
24 hours only though
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All I ask if you get a copy is PLEASE let me know what you thought of it on GR and Amazon! Thank you!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Winter-J...
All I ask if you get a copy is PLEASE let me know what you thought of it on GR and Amazon! Thank you!
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Halloween is not the only time you might see her....
“There’s always a plan. A design. Nothing ever just happens, and you can’t escape your fate. Two will die. Don’t forget that.”
Dana Cullen (Dark Winter)
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Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Monday, 21 October 2013
Cover Officially Revealed by Ashley of The Bookish Brunette!
Okay, so you may have seen the cover floating around. A few other places doesn't hurt though, and Ashley's blog is one the best. And it is certainly the best if you are as crazy about zombies as team BB are!
http://www.bookish-brunette.com/cover-reveal-dark-winter-john-hennessy/
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Book Review #6: Waterfall by Lisa T Bergren
You can't beat a great fantasy, and this series has all the makings of one. Our heroine, Gabi, is a real firebrand and yet you don't get the sense of the epicness of the story until you are some pages in.
When the story opens, we learn that Gabi's father was a much respected archeologist had died, but her mother continued with his work regardless, bringing both Gabi and her sister Lia along for the ride.
I like that the story starts with its base in Italy, a country I had the good fortune to visit in 2010. I loved the energy from the outset, with 5:00am starts being the norm for the two sisters to go out on digs with their mother.
As I was reading, I couldn't help but think of Indiana Jones or Lara Croft. That's no bad thing. I spent many enjoyable hours watching Raiders of the Lost Ark, and playing Tomb Raider for hours on end.
The great descriptions Miss Bergren uses dropped me straight over the shoulder of the trio when at an important site, and there's loads of those in a super old country like Italy.
So I felt immediately drawn in.
There is a huge MacGuffin at the start of the story and it's so big, I couldn't let on here, you'll just have to read it.
But suffice to say that Gabi's first encounter with Italy's past comes to face her, head on, literally.
We find ourselves back in time with Gabi seeing and experiencing at first hand how the ruins used to look, before they were actually ruins.
At this point I wondered where the story was going.
That's when I was happiest. This YA aimed book doesn't foist some hack handed dystopian world on you. Whilst that's no bad thing, there's been rather too much of it in YA for a while, so this acted like a breath of fresh air with its detailed historical perspective on things.
This is where the book is at its strongest, so I forgive certain things like that Gabi fights with much apparent ease. She is skilled in fencing, but that wouldn't necessarily translate to being a great swordfighter, much like practising Tai Chi forms wouldn't make you a super skilled martial artist that was ready for battle.
That wouldn't be so plausible, and yet, the story is told which such style and verve, it just carries you along.
I'm being picky of course. James Bond has had many situations where he could have been killed, but you buy it because it is 007 ! So whilst Waterfall has its flaws, I think it is leading to a much bigger story with scope I cannot yet imagine, and it is that which will make me read others in the Rivers of Time series.
Fun, fearless, cool, and different. My favourite fantasy book of 2013.
Currently Reading: A Ravishing Redhead (Wedded Women, 2) by Jillian Eaton
This is a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining read. The author has a very lively writing style, and the characters are believable and well thought out.
The story revolves around Margaret (who detests being called by her title of Lady Winter, though in a very funny exchange her butler faux pas by calling her it aanyway) and Henry, her husband of rather questionable morals.
Spoiler: Henry knows that it is he who has made the Winter household a shambles. Genetics might enter into it, but at some point you have to accept that you make your own mistakes.
Margaret, for her part, does her best to keep the house going, and it's clear that whilst they didn't marry for love, there is a fondness between them.
You might think this is the kind of soppy romance that would turn some people off. I actually think it avoids that by having strong characters with a well thought out plot. If it ends the way I think it will, fine. But that's okay.
This is number two in a series. I've started on this one, because I had a former girlfriend who was a redhead. That may not be a great reason, but it's reason enough for me.
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