The first reviews are in!
Entangled Earth is averaging 4.5 stars on Amazon.co.uk right now and doing well on Goodreads. Nothing on Amazon.com yet (sad face) but a few bloggers have reviewed it. Here’s what they had to say:
“‘Entangled Earth’ by David Lea, is an enjoyable and thrilling apocalyptic story. The originality of the premise and the engaging and grounded characters drew me into a story that was compelling, and both exciting and horrific at times.
Physicist Mia Green is in Paris for a conference and whilst she is visiting the Eiffel Tower, the apocalypse seemingly descends upon Paris, destroying the world famous Tower and most of the city with it.
Somehow Mia escapes the destruction, and her only thought is to get back to her husband and son back in England, in the hopes that they are safe. Bruce, the only other survivor from the Eiffel Tower, and Abraham, a professor who knows what happened – it’s a scientific experiment gone horrifically wrong, join her on her journey back home. Along the way they find out that it wasn’t just Paris that was affected but the entire world, and they must try to survive the apocalyptic journey to Cambridge, England and hopefully rectify the situation.
I liked the way the main characters dealt with the obstacles that came their way. And there were certainly plenty of them to get through! It felt like they were very real-world solutions to their problems, with the characters actually having to think about what to do, and then still sometimes getting by with a sliver or two of good luck.
The world building was pretty good too, giving us a believable world of chaos and devastation, thanks to the lab experiment, and seeing how the world is coping with the dire situation. *Spoiler* Not very well!
It’s an apocalyptic sci-fi story that is fast paced and action packed. There are elements of horror, especially at the beginning of the destruction of Paris and the gory deaths, but it’s more of an exciting adventure story as Mia, Bruce and Abraham race against time and try to save the world.
Definitely a good read and one that I enjoyed.” Geeky Nerfherder
“When an experiment goes horribly wrong, three people must escape the devastation and reach the lab in Cambridge in time to save the world.
Physicist Mia Green is in Paris for a conference when invisible, indestructible intrusions from another world start colliding with things, resulting in destruction and gory deaths all round. Apparently this is all the fault of an experiment at her Cambridge lab, so the only hope is to get there (without being killed on the way) and turn things off.
Scientifically, the premise is a bit daft, but it’s carried through with a lot of thoroughness and ingenuity as the heroes navigate all manner of nasty invisible obstacles. The writing is slightly clunky in places, but with few editing errors and very readable. Personally, I could have done with less gore at the start, YMMV. Overall, a good apocalyptic adventure story enlivened by a clever ending.
Expect a lot of gory deaths. Also some sexual references.” Ingenious Cat
“Okay, that gave me serious chills and it had nothing to do with my confusion if this was a sci-fi or horror book. It’s probably the end that caused my hair to rise.
A trip to the Eiffel tower like no other.
Mia watches the Paris pause and crumble as all hell breaks loose. She tries to find her way back to her son while trying to stop the experiment that caused the work to entangle with a parallel universe, only to be entangled her self.
So, yeah. I confirm that this is just an end of the world book…. That may casually cause the hair at the back of your neck to rise. No big deal… I’m not afraid of a little scare…
…. Serious chills.” Pointy Hat’s Realm
