Today I take a trip to the blog of M.T. McGuire, another AIA author who is helping me to spread the word about the Diamond Peak Series. Her book, Few Are Chosen, is a delight and the K'Barthan Trilogy is my favourite series at the moment. She writes light-hearted fantasy that has lots of action and drama in it as well as humour. She also designs her own delightful covers. Click on the link or the cover to find out more about her books. They are well worth a read. I hope you'll leap over to her blog and discover why I say that I'm a visual author. http://hamgee.co.uk/blog/guest-post-how-i-write-by-tahlia-newland/ Don't forget that book one, Lethal Inheritance , is on sale on Kindle and Kobo until the 5th of July for only 99c . This book will never be offered free, so this is your best offer! … [Read more...]
Can author’s review their own work? This one can.
Today, or yesterday, depending on where in the world you are, I visited the blog of new adult fantasy author Katie Stewart. Katie is a fellow Australian and also an Awesome Indies Approved author.If you follow the link to her blog, you'll find the review I wrote of Demon's Grip. It's a very candid review. You may be surprised at what I'm willing to say about my latest book. I didn't say it was weird, but actually I think it is a bit; at the end anyway. We'll see what the reviewers say when they start to come in. http://kates-scribbles.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/guest-post-tahlia-newland.htmlDo pop over and give Katie some support. Check out her books while you're there. Like many independently published books, they're unique.Don't forget that book one, Lethal Inheritance ,is on sale on Kindle and Kobo until the 5th of July for only 99c . This book will never be offered free, so this is your best offer! … [Read more...]
Wonderful Jungeon imagery: Lost in Thought by Simon Townley
Title: Lost in Thought. Author: Simon Townley Genre: Sci fi/fantasy/ metaphysical fiction I loved this book, reminiscent of the movie Inception in that it is about a group of people who enter another person's brain to retrieve some information and wake him from a coma. The man, a scientist called Richard, has discovered that the man backing the development of his project, a machine for entering peoples' brains wants to sell it for use as a weapon, whereas Richard has developed it for gaming and medical applications. The machine has the problem that some who go into someone else's mind return dead, crazy or in a coma. He has just discovered the algorithm that will make the machine safe and usable in a commercial sense, but in light of the new information he doesn't a want to share it with Dubois, the financial backer. Dubois decides to steal it. He breaks into Richard's house, but Richard catches him in the act. A scuffle ensues and Richard ends up bashed over the head and in a … [Read more...]
A well written, original YA urban fantasy: ‘Buried’ by Gerilyn Marin
Buried is a well-written, very original young adult urban fantasy, and is far better than some of the offerings from much larger publishing houses (this is from Curiosity Quills Press). It is well thought-out, well finished and very streamlined. Nothing necessary is missed and nothing is overdone. It flows well, unravelling the mystery at just the right pace, and the plot has enough twists and turns to keep you on your toes. The story is about two teens. The boy, Grey, has just arrived in Cadence's town. Yes, he's the new boy in school, and, yes, he is cute, but that's as far as the cliched YA beginning goes. The story soon became unique; Cadence is barely aware of his cuteness, what bugs her about him is that he is not remotely perturbed by the strange poltergeist activities in the town. The town has always been like that, but someone from outside should be freaked out by dusters flying, unthrown by human hands, at a teacher, and other such things. So Cadence makes up a reason to … [Read more...]
A surprising, gripping and somewhat profound contemporary fantasy: ‘Pilgrim of the Sky’ by Natania Barron
Title: Pilgrim of the Sky Author: Natania Barron Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Gebre: Contemporary /metaphysical fantasy Description Just when Maddie Angler thinks she's over the death of her longtime boyfriend, Alvin, she discovers that he's not only alive, but he may just be part god. And a killer. Now it's up to her to unite Eight Worlds she didn't even know existed in the first place, before chaos reigns. My Review Pilgrim in the Sky is a surprising, gripping and somewhat profound contemporary fantasy. It begins in our world, takes us on a shocking journey to another, and just when we think we have it all sorted it, we find ourselves one level deeper again. I loved it, not only because it’s a very different story but because it stretches your mind with metaphysical themes—alternate worlds, beings that are connected, the same yet different, linked, like the eight points of a compass through time and incarnations. Pilgrim in the Sky takes you on a journey that gets … [Read more...]
A lyrical multi-layered metaphysical mystery:Equilibrium by Evie Woolmore
Title: Equilibrium Author: Evie Woolmore Publisher: allonymbooks Genre: Historical fiction /metaphysical fiction Equilibrium is a lyrical multilayered mystery of spiritualism, love, betrayal and learning the distinction between our perception of a situation and the reality of it. It's also about revisiting the past in order to find a sense of peace and balance, not only for oneself, but also for others affected by one's ill-considered actions. There’s a sadness to the book, but also a healthy sense of cleansing and new beginnings. It starts slowly. At first, I wondered what was going on and where it was going, because the author dishes out information in tantalizingly brief snippets, but the elegant writing held me, and I soon became ensnared in the mystery of what happened to a young man who went from England to south Africa during the Boer War and never returned. The method of unravelling his fate falls to a medium who, despite one bit of subterfuge in her 'act', seems to be … [Read more...]
Unrealised potential: YA fantasy review of ‘Some Quiet Place’ by Kelsey Sutton
Some Quiet Place Kelsey Sutton Flux Books Pub Date Jul 8 2013 This story had a lot of potential but overall I found it an unsatisfying read due to lack of conceptual clarity, a disjointed plot in the first half of the book and scenes that were longer than they needed to be. The idea of personifying emotions is an interesting one, but it does require a certain amount of world-building as regards their purpose and their nature, something that isn't done sufficiently in this book. The questions raised about this vision of the world are many and few of them are answered, so the world really didn't hang together for me. The opportunity to make a useful statement about dealing with emotions is also missed so the personification is nothing more than a way to create an interesting character with supernatural abilities. I was quite happy to accept this, but the book had other problems as well. Elizabeth is supposed to not feel emotions, but clearly she does care, which is lucky … [Read more...]
Another good one from Kady Cross: Review of ‘The Girl with the Iron Touch’
Title: The Girl with the Iron Touch The Steampunk Chronicles: Book 3 Author: Kady Cross Publisher: Harlequin, Harlequin Teen Genre: Steampunk The Girl With the Iron Touch delivers the same kind of good YA steampunk read as the previous two books in this series by Cady Cross. We have the same team, Emily, Sam, Griffin, Finley and Jasper, though Jasper is very much on the sidelines, taking off on his own intrigue with Wildcat for much of the book. Jack Dandy plays a pivotal role and we get to see a little of the real man for a moment when his cockney mask slips at one point. By the time we get to the finale, they also have a new member on the team, Mia, a girl who began life as a machine, but organites using flesh from no other than 'the team', turned her into a human. Mia was created by Garabaldi, the mad mastermind behind their troubles in book one - I don't remember if he had anything to do with the events on book two or not. Garabaldi should be dead - Griffin did bring a … [Read more...]
Another 5 star review for Stalking Shadows: once again, a well-driven, well-plotted voyage through well-drawn, well-imagined worlds
Evie Woolmore wrote a review of Stalking Shadows in which she says (among other things) "once again, a well-driven, well-plotted voyage through well-drawn, well-imagined worlds." She also notes the importance of Nick's POV in the this installment of the series. "Often YA fiction sees things from only the girl’s point of view, so this is a welcome addition to the novel." Her review gives an insight into the issues dealt with in the novel. Follow the link to read the full review http://allonymbooks.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/indie-book-reviews-4/ … [Read more...]
Another 5 star review of ‘Stalking Shadows’ : A great story with love, jealousy, betrayal, battles, and hard lessons
I'm back at Book Broads today for Stacy's review of Stalking Shadows. She starts by saying she 'just got done with Stalking Shadows and it was really good,' then gives a run down on the story and finished by saying that she's looking forward to reading more of the story. Pop on over to read the review and leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of Lethal Inheritance. http://bookbroads.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/stalking-shadows-blog-tour.html … [Read more...]
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