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Red Mark
A captivating story set in modern times about a young man afflicted with an ancient curse and the young woman with strange powers that help him. The events unfold with all the magic and drama of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings."
224 pages, ebook
First published September 30, 2012
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April 13, 2015
This was a Netgalley book; I always try to give Netgalley books a fair chance. On this I could manage about four pages - it was, for me, unreadable. I don't know if a team of perf - er, professional editors could save it, but they couldn't hurt it.
Also:
Note to all aspiring writers in the fantasy genre (and I'm putting this in all caps because it deserves to be shouted): DO NOT COMPARE YOURSELF TO TOLKIEN. DO NOT COMPARE YOUR BOOK TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Don't. If your book is mediocre to start with, or - as in this case - worse, it will only look incredibly foolish and will prompt one of two reactions: pointing and laughing, or simple fury.
Just don't.
Also:
Note to all aspiring writers in the fantasy genre (and I'm putting this in all caps because it deserves to be shouted): DO NOT COMPARE YOURSELF TO TOLKIEN. DO NOT COMPARE YOUR BOOK TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Don't. If your book is mediocre to start with, or - as in this case - worse, it will only look incredibly foolish and will prompt one of two reactions: pointing and laughing, or simple fury.
Just don't.
May 10, 2013
I received the ARC from Verona Publishing in exchange for a honest review.
The review is posted on my blog Una dressed in Books and on Amazon
Talking cats,parallel spirit world,demons,body possession,shaman magic,boy likes girl,girl has powers,weird things happen...
"Your Grandfather is possessed. We’ll have to cross over and get his spirit back and return it to his body.!
Reminds me a bit,with the basic idea,of The Abhorsen trilogy.
Because the shamaness is crossing to the spirit world (world of the dead) to fight demons and spirits.
"Fair enough, ‘If he could be rude so could I,’ I said to myself as I coughed up a hairball on his pillow. How did I get the great displeasure of babysitting this ignorant boy?"
The author made a splandid job by brething animals human intelligence and emotions in.
I liked that too.
I found that The red mark was a very fast and light read,you can savor it easily for one afternoon. It was a bit to short so i had a feeling ,the characters just didnt had enough time to develop particularly complex or deep.
I am curious if the sequel will bring us a bit more of the story and expand the roles and the world into some deeper level.
The review is posted on my blog Una dressed in Books and on Amazon
Talking cats,parallel spirit world,demons,body possession,shaman magic,boy likes girl,girl has powers,weird things happen...
"Your Grandfather is possessed. We’ll have to cross over and get his spirit back and return it to his body.!
Reminds me a bit,with the basic idea,of The Abhorsen trilogy.
Because the shamaness is crossing to the spirit world (world of the dead) to fight demons and spirits.
"Fair enough, ‘If he could be rude so could I,’ I said to myself as I coughed up a hairball on his pillow. How did I get the great displeasure of babysitting this ignorant boy?"
The author made a splandid job by brething animals human intelligence and emotions in.
I liked that too.
I found that The red mark was a very fast and light read,you can savor it easily for one afternoon. It was a bit to short so i had a feeling ,the characters just didnt had enough time to develop particularly complex or deep.
I am curious if the sequel will bring us a bit more of the story and expand the roles and the world into some deeper level.
October 13, 2012
3.5 stars. This was a good book. It started out slow and a bit confusing. The start of the book was interesting, and drew me in. After that though it became slightly confusing until all the details became revealed later on. The story was engaging and detailed with some new ideas to make it different.
The down side of this book that, I feel, it should have been longer to make it more satisfying to read. The book could have used more to it to have the reader wanting more, I am not saying it the ending didn't do that, but it could have more in it so the reader new more about this alternate real world that the book takes place in.
This book was still enjoyable enough for me to want to read the next one.
The down side of this book that, I feel, it should have been longer to make it more satisfying to read. The book could have used more to it to have the reader wanting more, I am not saying it the ending didn't do that, but it could have more in it so the reader new more about this alternate real world that the book takes place in.
This book was still enjoyable enough for me to want to read the next one.
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