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The Messenger (Mortal Beloved)
by
Pamela DuMond (Goodreads Author)
For fans of THE HUNGER GAMES, THE IMMORTALS, and MORTAL INSTRUMENTS.
Sixteen-year-old Madeline’s cheated death once. She was but a baby in a booster seat in her mama’s car when they were rammed off a tall, Chicago parking garage. She lived. Her mama disappeared. But when Madeline’s shoved in front of a speeding commuter train she believes death has claimed her.
Maybe. Maybe...more
Sixteen-year-old Madeline’s cheated death once. She was but a baby in a booster seat in her mama’s car when they were rammed off a tall, Chicago parking garage. She lived. Her mama disappeared. But when Madeline’s shoved in front of a speeding commuter train she believes death has claimed her.
Maybe. Maybe...more
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Published
April 10th 2012
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I really wish I could give this book the stars that the story itself deserves, but the execution and lack of a proper editor hinder me from doing so.
If you are a fan of My Name is Memory, then you will definitely like the premise of The Messenger's Handbook. But you'll also find yourself, like me, comparing the two, which isn't good. MNiM is executed flawlessly aside from the still lacking sequel. Brashares' debut adult novel is well composed, precisely edited, and told with the fewest inconsi...more
If you are a fan of My Name is Memory, then you will definitely like the premise of The Messenger's Handbook. But you'll also find yourself, like me, comparing the two, which isn't good. MNiM is executed flawlessly aside from the still lacking sequel. Brashares' debut adult novel is well composed, precisely edited, and told with the fewest inconsi...more
I would like to thank AToMR Blog Tours for allowing me to read this book and be a part of the tour. I have to say that I love time traveling books. This book held me captive because not only did it have time traveling in it but it had Native American history in it. I love the combination of both.
Madeline and her mother are in a car accident and Madelines mother has disappeared. When everything settles Madeline is given a book that her mother has passed down to her. In the book she reads about fa...more
Madeline and her mother are in a car accident and Madelines mother has disappeared. When everything settles Madeline is given a book that her mother has passed down to her. In the book she reads about fa...more
The Messenger by Pamela DuMond is the perfect mixture of so many different elements. With time-travel you get a bit of historical fiction mixed with present day, but there is also romance, mystery and a little action. After an accident, Madeline wakes up in colonial Rhode Island in 1675, and in the middle of a war between the colonist and the Native Americans. She discovers that in this time she is known as Abigail. Since Madeline is from the future, it does make for a bit of awkward, sometimes...more
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This young adult novel is strong on romance. Unlike most romance novels that are slow and rudderless, this book has a fast pace that employs a lot of thriller elements to keep the main plot moving. I especially loved the historical setting of 1675 as a backdrop. It’s a time of superstitions and blind faith among a group of colonists rigid in their ways and beliefs. In their eyes, almost everything is seen as witchcraft. And they wouldn’t hesitate to hang a teen girl who acted “strange.”
I also lo...more
I also lo...more
Apr 11, 2012
Pamela
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Recommends it for:
Young Adult, Romance, Thriller readers
Recommended to Pamela by:
I wrote it.
The Messenger's Handbook is a YA romantic time travel thriller. It's inspired by all the fabulous YA romance adventure/thrillers already out there, as well as Last of the Mohicans, the movie, directed by Michael Mann. I wanted to create a fierce, dangerous love story set during the confines of a real War. I wanted my sixteen year old heroine, Madeline, to arc over the course of the story. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
The Messenger's Handbook: What if you discovered...more
The Messenger's Handbook: What if you discovered...more
This isn't the kind of book I would normally go for and the cover actually put me off, It was going for free so I thought I would give it a chance. I am so glad I did, The story of the book was brilliant. I could not put it down. I loved Madeline, she was intriguing and funny and I enjoyed her story, Samuel I wanted to stick my hands in and grab him by the breeches and pull him out, I loved him, he was my kind of dream man. I finished this book at 4am and went straight on to Amazon to see if the...more
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Fantastic book! It pulls you in and holds you there. I did not want to stop reading it. I loved the world this book created. I was surprised how much I actually loved it.
It's a new concept in paranormal ability/time travel/young adult literature.
I don't like the new term young adult because aren't most fiction stories about a young persons adventures?
It was great on details but not tedious and it was fantastic in creating a bond between the reader and the characters. I was in love with the char...more
It's a new concept in paranormal ability/time travel/young adult literature.
I don't like the new term young adult because aren't most fiction stories about a young persons adventures?
It was great on details but not tedious and it was fantastic in creating a bond between the reader and the characters. I was in love with the char...more
You can read this review on my blog http://onlectus.blogspot.com/2012/07/...
How to start reviewing a book you don’t like? There, I said it from the beginning so you don’t have to read through the end to find that out.
The prologue starts promising, with Madeline (or Abigail) running in the forest trying to reach a spot that would take her time traveling. I just got excited with this opening … to become quickly bored with the rest of the book.
Thanks to a “lucky” accident, Madeline travels 300 yea...more
How to start reviewing a book you don’t like? There, I said it from the beginning so you don’t have to read through the end to find that out.
The prologue starts promising, with Madeline (or Abigail) running in the forest trying to reach a spot that would take her time traveling. I just got excited with this opening … to become quickly bored with the rest of the book.
Thanks to a “lucky” accident, Madeline travels 300 yea...more
Time travel is tops on my short list of wishes. While I would not wish to live through colonial times, Madeline/Abigail's culture shock was entertaining. The book was vivid with imagery and detail. I felt like towards the end, I knew how most of the characters were going to end up...it was still fun finding out how they got there. The book read like a movie in my mind. I could see one being made, after all, the author has experience with Erin Brokovich.
All I can say is the 2nd book better be coming and SOON!
I fell totally in LOVE with this book! The writing was great, not a literary masterpiece, but who wants that? Those are boring!
Great Love story, great time-traveling story, great mixing of genres! I totally LOVED it!
Completely recommend adventerous YA readers to enjoy this book!
I fell totally in LOVE with this book! The writing was great, not a literary masterpiece, but who wants that? Those are boring!
Great Love story, great time-traveling story, great mixing of genres! I totally LOVED it!
Completely recommend adventerous YA readers to enjoy this book!
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This book's creative plot drew me in. I love the concept of time travel, and it was interesting to see how this works for Madeline. Since she is a Messenger, she has the ability to move throughout time, reconnecting with familiar souls time and time again. When she unexpectedly appears in the past, she must deal with an unfamiliar culture including close minded villagers and evil people posing as good as well as face danger from multiple places.
What I enjoyed most was Madeline herself, her quirk...more
What I enjoyed most was Madeline herself, her quirk...more
Although I found the beginning slow and difficult to get into, the story grew on me as the romance began to emerge. I enjoyed the second half of the book much more than the first because of the amount of historical detail that was contained at the start. Once the story began to be more about the characters and the main plot - the difficulty of soul mates being separated by time and space - it became more interesting and riveting.
Read 36% of this one and I just couldn't do anymore. I like time travel but this one went back a little too far for me and I didn't care about any of the characters, at all, not any.
The Messenger is an interesting concept. basically
the story was good. However, the switch between lives
in the first part wasn't connected well and left the
reader to wonder if they had missed a chapter.
There were several grammatical errors but I will
determine it is because it is a proof and not a final
printing.
There was adventure, mystery, drama and romance. It was
clean enough for YA and OK for Book Club's discussion.
the story was good. However, the switch between lives
in the first part wasn't connected well and left the
reader to wonder if they had missed a chapter.
There were several grammatical errors but I will
determine it is because it is a proof and not a final
printing.
There was adventure, mystery, drama and romance. It was
clean enough for YA and OK for Book Club's discussion.
When Madeline is kicked out of her regular life, she grows by leaps and bounds and she becomes stronger and more real to me. I really liked the last 15 or chapters when the story really began to move. And like all romantics, I love the idea of an everlasting soul mate and the wisdom to love the best we can in this life we're now in. There's a great setup for more...
Exciting, action-packed YA novel. I hope the next book in the series comes out soon.
YA time traveler novel. Definitely worth the .99 cent download from Amazon.
I couldn't put this book down. It was fabulous.
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I cannot believe I won the giveaway! I would like to thank Pamela for the book and lovely message of congratulations. Thank you so much Pamela. I can't wait to read the book.
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I love this book. It was touching and adventurous. It is YA book and yet I never felt like it had been written for just YA. I was totally wrapped up in Madeline and Samuel. I am happy it is book 1, because I want to know what happens next. Time travel and romance. Beautiful combination.
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At 50 pages in we still hadn't gotten around to what we knew would happen because of the book blurb and I was bored out of my skull. Maybe it was me, I don't know. But I just couldn't hold my attention.
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Pamela DuMond is the writer who discovered and sold the real-life Erin Brockovich story to Hollywood. She is repped for film and TV by Jeffrey Thal of Ensemble Entertainment.
Pamela writes comedic sexy Cupcakes mysteries: Cupcakes, Lies, and Dead Guys (An Annie Graceland Mystery) was published by a small press in 2010. She indie published the book's second edition as well as Cupcakes, Sales, and Co...more
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Pamela writes comedic sexy Cupcakes mysteries: Cupcakes, Lies, and Dead Guys (An Annie Graceland Mystery) was published by a small press in 2010. She indie published the book's second edition as well as Cupcakes, Sales, and Co...more
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