[(The Sorrow Within)] [By (author) P L Green ] published on

by P.L. Green

Nine months ago, when visited by a muse, Tom McManus wrote a prophetic story. As predicted in the story Tom has lost his wife and unborn child during birth, and now he's running for his life. A coven of witches has chosen Tom because he is unlucky enough to have a life-force that shines more brightly when he suffers intense sorrow. Now he must escape from the coven or they will use him to call upon the Goddess and renew their youth. As the full moon and the time of the ceremony draw near, with the help of Megan Birch, the woman that appeared as his muse, Tom flees from town to town. Ultimately they are driven, by shadow beings and hypnotic songs, to the very location they are trying to avoid. While struggling to evade the coven Tom finds himself falling for Megan even though his family just died. Now he must decide if what he’s feeling is real and if he has the strength to go through with the plan to ruin the ritual and save Megan’s life.

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First published September 21, 2011

Reviews

[Maxwell Smart · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Sorrow Within was recommended by a friend and after seeing 0 reviews on Good reads I wanted to see what people were missing out on. I sat down with this book and started reading. The characters were introduced nicely and the story started off pretty slow to get going but as soon as it got rolling, it held momentum pretty well. The chapter endings were just enough to make me want to keep reading. I really really enjoyed the use of multiple perspectives and time frames throughout the book and was pleasantly surprised to find that the events didn't overlap entirely from one characters perspective to the other.

While Tom was the main character for most of the book, I Truly believe that Megan was the most developed character in this book. I kept waiting to see Tom in a different light and I never found him standing out as much as I thought that he should.

The hardest part about reading this book is trying to gloss over some of the phrasing and spelling mistakes. While it does not detract from the overall story, I found myself having to re-read a section quite often before moving on. That took a 250(ish) book from 2-3 days of reading to 10 days of reading. I know I read fairly slow but this is still quite an issue for this read.

Overall I really enjoyed the story and the changes of perspective. It's almost like reading a few stories at once while gaining a better understanding of the different characters. The ending was wrapped up nicely while still leaving a cliffhanger that, hopefully, will lead into a second book.