Look At A Book: Obsession

This is an interesting one for me – Obsession is the only book I have published under ‘O.T. Leonard’, when I was still quite early into using Oskar as my name, and it’s one of my only romance/love-focused books. It’s also pretty dark, akin to Cicerone, and it’s a fantasy book, which I’ve got a couple of now. So, let’s take a closer look at Obsession today!

ObsessionThe Essentials

Obsession is a dangerous beast.

Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance

Age Range: Adult

Length: Novel

Main Character: Rosaline, she/her

Themes: Love, Magic, Adventure, Manipulation, Power

Excerpt

After her last question, the world began to fade. It was subtle at first – sometimes she thought the fog was looking a little more grey than white, or shimmering less, until it became a matter of the fog being a darker shade of grey, and finally the annoyance that she couldn’t see where she was going at all. Granted, she couldn’t see much anyway, what with all the fog blocking her vision – if there was anything to look at in the first place, which, somehow, she doubted – but at least, before, she could see the fog. Now, there was nothing. No fog. No voice. No bed, which she hadn’t stumbled upon since she first woke up in this strange place. Just quiet darkness, which seemed to be getting darker with every passing moment even though that was quite impossible.

If she reached out in front of her with one trembling hand, she couldn’t see it. Her skin, obviously, had decided not to shimmer or shine any longer. The pleasant absence of any feeling of temperature was gone, replaced with a warm feeling around her body, as if she was back in the stranger’s bed, wrapped in his silken sheets, staring up at the wooden beams criss-crossing the roof. It was as if she could reach out a hand and touch his body, stroking the light-peach skin, fingertips tracing every well-defined muscle. It was almost as if she had gone back in time, or was trapped in a vivid memory, of that morning, before everything. That morning, of relative quiet and bliss, when there were no major problems or disasters happening in her life. She wished she could go back to feeling that way. Sure, there were minor troubles, and she was far from being completely content, but she was so much closer to happiness then than she was just a few hours later, when her entire world came crashing down.

And, just like that, she woke up.

The Background

As one of my first published books, Obsession isn’t what I would call the absolute best example of my writing voice and style, which has changed quite a bit since then. However, it is an interesting read and one that I’m still proud of. I think it’s the first one of my more ‘mature’ reads, in terms of being more orientated towards an adult audience, and it was my first dive into full-on fantasy too – obviously, the talking cat characters in the Cats Collection are a little fantastical, but Obsession takes place within a firmly fantasy setting, which makes all the difference to me.

Is It Right For You?

Again, if you do pick up this one, I will say not to go into it expecting perfection. It’s my early work and I’m pretty sure that the print edition – the only available edition – has at least one typo in it. On the plus side, if you’re like me and you love hunting for the occasional typo in every book you read, then happy searching! Obsession might be the book for you if you like fantasy, romance elements and pretty dark books. There’s also magic in there too!

Once again, this is one of my early books so there’s only a print edition available, but it’s quite cheap on UK Amazon (literally a couple of pounds) if you want to give it a try!

Obsession can be purchased here, if you’d like to support me!

(You can also tip me on my Ko-Fi page if you’d like to help out more directly!)