It’s official! We’ve received our first online review for Seeking the Storyteller and you can read it on Amazon, Goodreads or the linked review website.
Thank you so much Rinny and Kimmy for reviewing our book!
It’s our first review and actually the first review I’ve ever gotten of one of my books, I’m super excited!
So many things to share tonight. What else happened while we were outside, huh? Jeez! :)
My first five star review on my new book! Here it is:
The first thing that struck me about Double Hue is that it is written in present tense, which always makes it difficult for me to really get into a story. However, the writing itself was good and somewhere halfway through the prologue I had been drawn in thoroughly and felt the pain of loss as the story of a young man learning that his lover had been killed began to unfold.
It got even better.
As the story description says, Gable learns that his boyfriend, Avery, has been killed, but every time he dreams, it’s as if time resets and Avery is alive again. Most of the first half of the story occurs inside the mind of this confused young man as he tries to determine reality from dream, while also trying to deal with studies for his final year in university as well as the issue of ‘coming out’ to his parents.
The narrative is artfully done so that the reader lives within the thoughts of Gable, feeling his uncertainty and struggling to determine what is real. I soon lost any sense of what tense the story was written in and was completely caught up in this dilemma.
Everything becomes very real about halfway through and the action increases to a fever pitch. There were times that I wanted to yell at a character “Why don’t you…” or “Check the computer history to find out..”, but these minor frustrations just show how involved I had become as I read. The parents might have played a more active role, but the artistry put into how the primary characters deal with the conflict more than makes up for any lack of activity from peripheral characters.
I read the second half of this book in one sitting, ignoring all the other books I had on the go. It was that engrossing. Easy 4.5 stars for this one.
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Have you gotten your copy yet? You can get it here:
1. Publisher Link
2. Amazon Link
3. Barnes and Noble Link
WHOO! This is a great way to wake up on Christmas Eve!
When Gable’s boyfriend Avery goes missing, it sparks a chain of events that lead to Detective Maurice Ashford showing up at his door to tell him that Avery has been murdered. But Gable has a power granted to him by a box of mysterious crayons: he can turn back the clock and relive the worst days of his life all over again. Determined to find the killer and stop him before he can end Avery’s life, Gable turns the clock back over and over again. Can he stop the Double H Killer or is Avery’s fate already set in stone?Got a stellar review on my book whoo!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah <3<3<3
I was lucky enough to get a review copy of Briana Lawrence’s “Treat Me Kindly"; I enjoyed it so much that I bought it too. (Yay! Support authors that you love and tell them about it too.) After a rock star is found dead, Detective Alex Sampson finds embroiled in a case where the cause of death points towards an extinct animal; in the basement of a high-profile business, an exclusive auction invites society’s elite to purchase themselves a rare animal that suits their exclusive lifestyle; a young man, heart broken and defeated, attends the auction in lieu of his father.This review just made my life!
Huzzah for good reviews for the book.
Also, I should say this real quick while we’re on the subject of reviews:
1. If you’re reading the book, please leave a review somewhere. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads. Even if it’s just one sentence, even if it’s just a star ranking, the more reviews it gets the more noticeable it is.
2. If you, or someone you know, is a reviewer, even if you just actively read and post reviews on Amazon, or on tumblr or a blog, let me know. I have free copies I can give to reviewers :)
Happy reading, everyone!
