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An author to Watch Out For
It’s always informative for a writer to get an unsolicited review of a book and delightful when the reviewer likes what s/he’s read. “Goodreads.com” has turned out to be a great place for providing that opportunity.
So, I just want to share two recent reviews of my novel “Island of Regrets”. The first is from Adele and reads as follows:
“Island of Regrets is a fast-paced novel that emphasizes the darker undercurrents of society. When Alex begins reading ancient letters from Natalie’s ancestors (Natalie is his ex-girlfriend who he still unconditionally loves), he begins the race to find some long lost diamonds on the isolated Campbell Island. Featuring love, lust, aggression, pain, murder, and brimming with past secrets unveiled. Once you are hooked, you are in for the ride of your life. Leading us to question the tumult we leave unnoticed in society, and where a lust for riches takes us in the end.”
The second is by Cherie, who says:
“I enjoyed reading this book because I found that it had a really original storyline and I appreciate this in a book - it isn't just another run-of-the-mill cliché with different names. I got really excited at the end and I found I couldn't stop reading it, because I just had to know more.
“The main setting was in our very own New Zealand, which I thought was the bees knees; the place names and street names made me so excited because I was reading about a place that I was familiar with instead of somewhere overseas which has numbers for streets.
“The only thing that brought it down a bit was that the introduction and beginning of the book was a bit slow, which meant that I was not so keen on reading it. I am so glad in retrospect that I kept reading , because I can see that it was mostly necessary for the intricate build-up of plot that was yet to come, and the middle and end more than made up for the slow beginning.
“I liked how there was a mystery that the characters didn't know the answer to, and how the story integrated people from ages ago, and their story, and how it actually relates to the characters of the book. I really hate it in some books where there is some mystery that no-one can solve, then someone [a character] remembers that they knew the answer all along and it was sitting in the back of their wardrobe. But this [book] was one where there was no way they [the characters] could have pre-known the answer.
“I am really excited now to read other books in this genre, and this is an author to watch out for. Highly recommended!”
Thanks Adele and Cherie. You’ve made my day.
www.thomaswdevine.com
So, I just want to share two recent reviews of my novel “Island of Regrets”. The first is from Adele and reads as follows:
“Island of Regrets is a fast-paced novel that emphasizes the darker undercurrents of society. When Alex begins reading ancient letters from Natalie’s ancestors (Natalie is his ex-girlfriend who he still unconditionally loves), he begins the race to find some long lost diamonds on the isolated Campbell Island. Featuring love, lust, aggression, pain, murder, and brimming with past secrets unveiled. Once you are hooked, you are in for the ride of your life. Leading us to question the tumult we leave unnoticed in society, and where a lust for riches takes us in the end.”
The second is by Cherie, who says:
“I enjoyed reading this book because I found that it had a really original storyline and I appreciate this in a book - it isn't just another run-of-the-mill cliché with different names. I got really excited at the end and I found I couldn't stop reading it, because I just had to know more.
“The main setting was in our very own New Zealand, which I thought was the bees knees; the place names and street names made me so excited because I was reading about a place that I was familiar with instead of somewhere overseas which has numbers for streets.
“The only thing that brought it down a bit was that the introduction and beginning of the book was a bit slow, which meant that I was not so keen on reading it. I am so glad in retrospect that I kept reading , because I can see that it was mostly necessary for the intricate build-up of plot that was yet to come, and the middle and end more than made up for the slow beginning.
“I liked how there was a mystery that the characters didn't know the answer to, and how the story integrated people from ages ago, and their story, and how it actually relates to the characters of the book. I really hate it in some books where there is some mystery that no-one can solve, then someone [a character] remembers that they knew the answer all along and it was sitting in the back of their wardrobe. But this [book] was one where there was no way they [the characters] could have pre-known the answer.
“I am really excited now to read other books in this genre, and this is an author to watch out for. Highly recommended!”
Thanks Adele and Cherie. You’ve made my day.
www.thomaswdevine.com
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