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November 29, 2016
Book Review: The Band 4 - The Air We Breathe
Today I will be reviewing: The Band 4 - The Air We Breathe
ReviewThis one was interesting, but certainly not my cup of tea. My biggest complaint with the book, and where I feel the author should focus, is developing unique and strong characters that are easy to relate with. The problem was that they occasionally blended together and it was difficult to tell them apart.
That isn't to say that the story was bad, it was just that there was so much going on it was very important for characterization to drive this story, but at times they were weak or barely visible. I thought that the plot itself was good, and there were moments in the story where the author really did a great job of driving the story, but unfortunately I would have liked to see just a little bit more about the background and personalities of our characters so that they would come to life a little easier. It might be worth spending more time thinking through characters and giving them little quirks and character traits because there wasn't a lot of antagonism in the story.
Rating: 3-StarCertainly enjoyable, but with weak characters the story suffered and needed a little bit more to bring it all together.
About the Book
The Band 4: The Air We Breathe
By Marguerite Nardone Gruen
Marguerite is on holiday in London, finally free after 27 years of feeling like a hostage to her strict and overbearing parents. Also in London, and struggling with his thoughts of freedom, is Chase Martin―one fourth of the most successful band on the planet―who knows that freedom can only come at the expense of his band-mates.
They come from completely different worlds, but when those worlds collide―on a rainy night in a small coffee shop―nothing will ever be the same again. Before ever laying eyes on him, his pain and anxiety somehow reaches her, and she feels moved to alleviate it… to offer comfort, which he desperately needs. After years of performing with his band-mates, they are closer than brothers. They are a part of one another, and the compulsion he is feeling to separate from them, is tearing him apart.
The strange bond Marguerite and Chase discover goes beyond attraction or desire. It goes beyond love or lust or anything either of them have ever experienced. It is absolutely terrifying, but to walk away from its pull would be like choosing not to breathe.
This is a story of love, oss and heart-break… of family and friendship. This is their story.
November 28, 2016
Book Review: Angel
Today I will be reviewing Angel by Sebastian Michael
ReviewThis book was captivating and interesting because it managed to take concepts that are extremely old but make them unique to this story and intrinsic to everything that is happening. A person so perfectly beautiful that everyone falls in love with him, but the idea that this isn't necessarily a gift and could easily be seen as a curse.
The story flowed extremely well and was fun and interesting the entire way through. I think the author did a really good job of bringing the story together and adding in some really cool characters and situations, and I liked the way in which Damion spread chaos wherever he went through no fault of his own.
There were a few missteps in the story, but in general the messages of 'beauty isn't everything' is a great counterbalance to just how obsessed our culture is with beautiful people and the idea that beauty is equal to worth.
All in all, I'll give this four-stars.
Certainly recommended for the right audience, written well enough to read in one sitting and with a lot of uniqueness. Looking forward to more from this author!
About the Book
Angel
By Sebastian Michael
"A delight to read. So delicate, casually cruel, wickedly funny and wildly alluring."
- Stephen Fry
Damion is a boy so beautiful that everybody falls in love with him. This, his greatest advantage in life, gradually turns into his heaviest burden and so as he reaches adulthood, Damion, in an act half wanton, half heroic, destroys what for most people - but not for him - has come to define his essence. - A classic tale of a young man in search of his destiny.
Sebastian was born in Manchester, UK, into a Swiss family and grew up in Basel, Switzerland, where his first two plays were staged while he was still at school and university.
Since moving to London at the age of 21, he has written several stage plays, among them The Power of Love, Love Hurts and Time After Time, which together now form the Love Trilogy and each of which individually reached the shortlist, long list and final ten respectively of Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate Award in separate years. His play Top Story was presented as a rehearsed reading at the ICA in May 2008 as part of the Accidental Festival and then became the last professional production at London's legendary underground venue, The Old Vic Tunnels, before it closed in 2013. In 2014, he wrote and also performed in The Sonneteer – a play on power, passion and possession, about William Shakespeare's Sonnets and The Fair Youth, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Earlier plays of Sebastian's were seen on the London and Edinburgh fringe and include QED, Sisters and All the World. He also wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Monstersound which made it into the final round of the Musical of the Year Competition in Copenhagen and the book for Icon, which, after a rehearsed reading and a Fringe production in London, was invited to the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) 2016.
Sebastian has written and directed two short films: Twenty-Six Takes on Life Without Allen which was screened at festivals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Lisbon and Padua, and The Study of Bunkers & Mounds in a Temperate Climate (Relatively Speaking) which was in the official selection for the International Film Festival Locarno 2007. His first feature film as a writer/director is The Hour of Living was completed in February 2012 and has since been nominated for the Basel Film Prize in the Best Feature category and shown at Festivals in New York, Australia and Italy. Sebastian is currently working towards realisation of his second feature film, Soho, Night 9X9.
Sebastian has so far written one novel, Angel, and he is the writer of A Genius Planet, a collaboration with Professor Ludger Hovestadt and Vera Bühlmann of ETH Zürich, which postulates a networked energy model for the Digital Age, and is due for publication in 2017. He is also contributing author to A Quantum City (Birkhäuser, 2015) and he is the author of the ongoing online project EDEN by FREI – a concept narrative in the here and now about the where, the wherefore & forever, which can be found at EDENbyFREI.net.
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Cyber Monday!
Last day of my sale! If you haven't picked up your copies yet, now would be the time! Everything, even my newest work Collision of Worlds, is on sale!
Winter Solstice: KP Anthology Volume 1
The Kindle Press Anthology has a cover and title!
It should be out sometime in the next few days provided everything goes according to plan. Everything will be updated with sales links and other features as soon as it is available!
November 27, 2016
Holiday Lull: Still on Sale!
I hope your Thanksgiving was awesome and Black Friday didn't get the best of you!
I'm working on a new book in the same world as World on Fire, but it's going to be a prequel series. I'm about halfway done with the first draft, so still a long way to go. Finding writing time is difficult, especially around the holidays, but I'll hopefully have more information for you in the next few weeks.
November 26, 2016
November 25, 2016
Black Friday Sale!
It is Black Friday, and all of my books are on sale! Check them out and pick them up before they go back to full price
November 24, 2016
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you are having a wonderful holiday and enjoying some great food and company! Today all of my sales start, so make sure to check them out if you haven't yet!
Books on Sale
Nine books are going to be on sale through Black Friday! And don't forget to grab Ripples Through Time on Saturday while it is free!
November 23, 2016
Sale Starts Tomorrow!
Tomorrow almost all of my books are going on sale for anywhere from 40% to 70% off through Cyber Monday. If you haven't picked up any of them yet, then this would be the perfect time to look into them!
You can check out the sale page in anticipation of the deals (and some of the books are already on sale!) and get ready for the holidays!
A special note, a couple of books will be free. Saturday, the day after Black Friday, Ripples Through Time will be free. It is only for one day, so don't miss your opportunity to grab a copy!
Books on Sale
