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The Pull
Evie Remington had always done what people expected of her. As a result, at twenty-six she finds herself the unhappy owner and manager of a Denver hotel. That is, until deep-rooted memories of a past life and the hidden knowledge of a promise she made in that other lifetime pulls her away from it all. Without knowing where it will lead, Evie sets out on a cross-country journey that will challenge what she believes about life, death, and love.
185 pages, ebook
First published June 13, 2011
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Chelsie Shakespeare
1 book25 followersHello fellow book lovers! I am a newly published author, my first novel The Pull was released June 13th, 2011 and I am close to finishing my second novel, Split.
I love reading almost as much as I love writing. You can read excepts from both my novels and learn more about me at www.chelsieshakespeare.com
I love reading almost as much as I love writing. You can read excepts from both my novels and learn more about me at www.chelsieshakespeare.com
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February 28, 2012
This book was so awesome. It made me laugh, cry, and all that good stuff. Great job!
December 4, 2011
The prologue, I think, is the cleverest one I’ve read for some time. It immediately sets the scene for the entire novel and instantly drags you in. I was hooked from the very beginning of this story, even with struggling to read it in PDF format on my phone in tiny writing because my e-reader seems to have given up the ghost on me!
We are introduced to Bria and Jude, who have just been told that that Jude is dying and that they should say their goodbyes. From the moment the door shuts behind the doctor you feel like you know Bria, what she feels. Her despair at the impending loss of the man she loves so much, her guilt at the pity she feels for herself at the thought of him not being there and the terror of carrying on living her life alone after he’s gone. Upon returning to the bedroom, we meet Jude, who is accepting of his demise and tries to comfort his wife as best he can. Through their conversation the reader discerns that they will meet again, that they are meant to be together as they have been before and will be again. The rules this time will be slightly different, this time they must wait until they are twenty six before they can meet again. We also learn that while Bria will not remember their past life together until she turns twenty six, Jude will remember everything. Before they drift off to sleep in each other’s arms, they settle on a meeting place for their next life. Bria awakes in her dead husbands arms. Unwilling to live the rest of her life alone, knowing that the sooner her life ends, the sooner they will be together again, she makes the decision to end her life.
At this point I have to confess I cried. I haven’t felt this emotionally invested in a book so early on for such a long time. So amazingly well written and such relatable characters, even at this point had me glued to my phone screen!
We meet Evie on the day of her twenty sixth birthday and realize very quickly that she is not at all happy in the life she is leading. After her father died, she finds herself running his hotel. Having given up her dreams of going away to college and the career she truly wanted to look after him after his first heart attack, she feels resentful and trapped in the situation, while also suffering from the guilt that goes along with those feelings. It finally becomes too much and after suffering a panic attack in her office Evie flees. She gets in her car and drives in a direction that feels right and that night she dreams. She dreams of the life that Bria and Jude had and knows it was her life too.
Over the course of the book, we meet both characters. We learn about their lives to date and how they search for the other halves of their souls. I felt so sorry for Easton, he’s known all these years about Bria, that he was meant to find her, doubted that he would ever find her and feels horribly guilty about the one girl he has slept with, because he feels like he cheated on his soul mate. The ending of the book may be abrupt to some, but I clapped my hands with glee as, to me, it was the perfect finishing point to this tale.
At times there is a distinct lack of reality in the writing, there are no money worries, and they both just take off to find their love. If I hadn’t been so swept up on the story this may have gotten to me, as I’m usually a stickler for a bit of reality.
If you haven’t guessed by now I totally loved this book! Maybe it’s a case of the right book at the right time, but something about it really hit the spot and I think it’s awesome! Quite possibly one of my favourite books of the year!
We are introduced to Bria and Jude, who have just been told that that Jude is dying and that they should say their goodbyes. From the moment the door shuts behind the doctor you feel like you know Bria, what she feels. Her despair at the impending loss of the man she loves so much, her guilt at the pity she feels for herself at the thought of him not being there and the terror of carrying on living her life alone after he’s gone. Upon returning to the bedroom, we meet Jude, who is accepting of his demise and tries to comfort his wife as best he can. Through their conversation the reader discerns that they will meet again, that they are meant to be together as they have been before and will be again. The rules this time will be slightly different, this time they must wait until they are twenty six before they can meet again. We also learn that while Bria will not remember their past life together until she turns twenty six, Jude will remember everything. Before they drift off to sleep in each other’s arms, they settle on a meeting place for their next life. Bria awakes in her dead husbands arms. Unwilling to live the rest of her life alone, knowing that the sooner her life ends, the sooner they will be together again, she makes the decision to end her life.
At this point I have to confess I cried. I haven’t felt this emotionally invested in a book so early on for such a long time. So amazingly well written and such relatable characters, even at this point had me glued to my phone screen!
We meet Evie on the day of her twenty sixth birthday and realize very quickly that she is not at all happy in the life she is leading. After her father died, she finds herself running his hotel. Having given up her dreams of going away to college and the career she truly wanted to look after him after his first heart attack, she feels resentful and trapped in the situation, while also suffering from the guilt that goes along with those feelings. It finally becomes too much and after suffering a panic attack in her office Evie flees. She gets in her car and drives in a direction that feels right and that night she dreams. She dreams of the life that Bria and Jude had and knows it was her life too.
Over the course of the book, we meet both characters. We learn about their lives to date and how they search for the other halves of their souls. I felt so sorry for Easton, he’s known all these years about Bria, that he was meant to find her, doubted that he would ever find her and feels horribly guilty about the one girl he has slept with, because he feels like he cheated on his soul mate. The ending of the book may be abrupt to some, but I clapped my hands with glee as, to me, it was the perfect finishing point to this tale.
At times there is a distinct lack of reality in the writing, there are no money worries, and they both just take off to find their love. If I hadn’t been so swept up on the story this may have gotten to me, as I’m usually a stickler for a bit of reality.
If you haven’t guessed by now I totally loved this book! Maybe it’s a case of the right book at the right time, but something about it really hit the spot and I think it’s awesome! Quite possibly one of my favourite books of the year!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 18, 2012
Rating 8/10
What starts off as a slow read with an annoying main character turns into a beautiful love story of epic proportions! At times it took my breath away and the idea of reincarnation was just so fascinating it kept the pages turning. I thought that the past lives idea was well developed and made for a unique read.
Filled with past life “flashbacks” for Evie, who at first seems very superficial, but grows on you. As well as “present moments” with great friends and acquaintances along the way. It is a novel of growth and love.
The little things were so well described and I really felt like I was buying fish with Evie and Audrey while naming them all. The writing got better and better and at the end I could hardly put the book down. I had to know what happened!
What I also really loved was that each chapter started with a quote from a song. I knew almost all the songs and found myself singing them throughout the day.
“I wish you wisdom. I wish you years. I wish you armies to conquer all your fears. I wish you courage for all that life demands. I wish I could be there, but I can’t.”
Marc Broussard, “Gavin’s Song”
“And she walked along the edge of where the ocean meets the land just like she’s walking on a wire, in a circus.”
Counting Crows, “Round Here”
Once again another reason to accept Indie Novels. This is something every Romance lover should read. Chelsie Shakespeare has a bright future and I can’t wait for more of her novels.
What I liked:
* Songs before each chapter
* Unique love story
* The main character is not perfect
What I didn’t like:
* Started off slow
What starts off as a slow read with an annoying main character turns into a beautiful love story of epic proportions! At times it took my breath away and the idea of reincarnation was just so fascinating it kept the pages turning. I thought that the past lives idea was well developed and made for a unique read.
Filled with past life “flashbacks” for Evie, who at first seems very superficial, but grows on you. As well as “present moments” with great friends and acquaintances along the way. It is a novel of growth and love.
The little things were so well described and I really felt like I was buying fish with Evie and Audrey while naming them all. The writing got better and better and at the end I could hardly put the book down. I had to know what happened!
What I also really loved was that each chapter started with a quote from a song. I knew almost all the songs and found myself singing them throughout the day.
“I wish you wisdom. I wish you years. I wish you armies to conquer all your fears. I wish you courage for all that life demands. I wish I could be there, but I can’t.”
Marc Broussard, “Gavin’s Song”
“And she walked along the edge of where the ocean meets the land just like she’s walking on a wire, in a circus.”
Counting Crows, “Round Here”
Once again another reason to accept Indie Novels. This is something every Romance lover should read. Chelsie Shakespeare has a bright future and I can’t wait for more of her novels.
What I liked:
* Songs before each chapter
* Unique love story
* The main character is not perfect
What I didn’t like:
* Started off slow
August 27, 2016
When I was contacted by the author to review this book, I didn't understand why this novel was labeled as "Young Adult". The main character is twenty-six, although there was no overly mature content in the story, it does not deal with teen or even young adult issues in any way. It does however fit into the new publishing niche of "new adult" that is becoming more popular these days. After finishing the story I figured that maybe some of my blog readers would be interested in picking it up and decided to post about it.
The book is really kind of a sad story. It starts off with the death and deciding to get away from her current situation. There was a lot of flashbacks of her childhood and her loss. The relationships of her past and why she could not return to her life as she knew it. There is a very heavy weight of the despair that she feels to this book, saddness and loss and the unknown.
Later in the book it starts to take a turn with an idea of reincarnation. The idea that maybe it's like Deja Vu or always feeling that you can't quite remember things or her dreams coming true, only with the person that they are remembering now has a different face. It was interesting to find out how the story unravels, and what her dreams turned out representing.
Overall it did take me a little longer to get through this one, I am not much of a romance reader and the story had a little bit too much saddness in the opening of the book that I took it slow, but I do know there are some of you that like the stories that have interesting twist, some romance and overcoming a loss.
The book is really kind of a sad story. It starts off with the death and deciding to get away from her current situation. There was a lot of flashbacks of her childhood and her loss. The relationships of her past and why she could not return to her life as she knew it. There is a very heavy weight of the despair that she feels to this book, saddness and loss and the unknown.
Later in the book it starts to take a turn with an idea of reincarnation. The idea that maybe it's like Deja Vu or always feeling that you can't quite remember things or her dreams coming true, only with the person that they are remembering now has a different face. It was interesting to find out how the story unravels, and what her dreams turned out representing.
Overall it did take me a little longer to get through this one, I am not much of a romance reader and the story had a little bit too much saddness in the opening of the book that I took it slow, but I do know there are some of you that like the stories that have interesting twist, some romance and overcoming a loss.
December 6, 2011
The Pull, unfortunately, didn't exactly pull me in right away.
Let me explain. The first few chapters of the book had our protagonist leaving behind her everyday life. Great! Then we spend quite a while on a road trip. Again, that's just fine. The thing I had trouble with was that the road trip wasn't eventful. There was a lot of day dreaming, sleeping so we could have more dreams, and memories. I could see exactly what the author was doing, and it was done well, I just wanted more external struggles.
For me, things picked up when Evie decided to fly across the country. It got more interesting as it went from there, and my disappointment was that just when I was sure things were going to get really good, I hit the words "The End." I wish I'd gotten another two or three chapters!
There were a lot of fun musical references throughout the book, which was great.
While this book wasn't my cup of tea, I know several people who would really enjoy it.
Let me explain. The first few chapters of the book had our protagonist leaving behind her everyday life. Great! Then we spend quite a while on a road trip. Again, that's just fine. The thing I had trouble with was that the road trip wasn't eventful. There was a lot of day dreaming, sleeping so we could have more dreams, and memories. I could see exactly what the author was doing, and it was done well, I just wanted more external struggles.
For me, things picked up when Evie decided to fly across the country. It got more interesting as it went from there, and my disappointment was that just when I was sure things were going to get really good, I hit the words "The End." I wish I'd gotten another two or three chapters!
There were a lot of fun musical references throughout the book, which was great.
While this book wasn't my cup of tea, I know several people who would really enjoy it.
March 18, 2012
I will post review later
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