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Catharsis
Catarina Perez has become stronger than any other person she has ever met. She can sprint for miles without breaking a sweat, and punching through solid oak doors is no longer a challenge. She can hear a person's heartbeat from across the room and smell their emotions when they begin to fear her.
She has power beyond her wildest dreams, but she is discovering that they come with a price. A price that is quickly becoming too steep for her to pay. For what's a little immeasurable power when all you have to hand over is your soul?
She has power beyond her wildest dreams, but she is discovering that they come with a price. A price that is quickly becoming too steep for her to pay. For what's a little immeasurable power when all you have to hand over is your soul?
266 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 12, 2013
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About the author
D. Andrew Campbell
4 books8 followersCatharsis is D. Andrew Campbell's first novel although he has been writing and creating stories for decades.
He continues to teach seventh grade English in Fishers, Indiana and mine his students for their wonderful stories and advice. His free time is split between creating stories, playing sports and spending time with his family and two young daughters.
He can be reached via email at DAndrewCampbell@gmail.com.
He continues to teach seventh grade English in Fishers, Indiana and mine his students for their wonderful stories and advice. His free time is split between creating stories, playing sports and spending time with his family and two young daughters.
He can be reached via email at DAndrewCampbell@gmail.com.
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December 3, 2013
I recently read a rather unique story that is not like any of the other vampire or succubus-type novels that I have ever read. Our norm for these stories goes along the lines of a girl falling in love with a guy that is a vamp and they aren't supposed to be together because the guy wants to kill her because of her good smelling blood or they are mortal enemies. Inevitably, everything the girl does is more based on how the boy would feel about it or something to that effect. Now, I love a good romantic story as well as any other. But the story told by Andrew Campbell is woven a little differently. How about a story with a strong heroin in no need of a guy?
Life for 16-year-old Catarina Perez has just gotten very complicated. She wakes up in the middle of a bad part of town not remembering what happened. Oh, and she's covered in blood while there's a dead guy in the alley with her. Hmm. Cat's body starts to change. The light is difficult for her eyes. She has incredible strength and agility. And she suddenly wants to eat people. After almost eating the school nurse, Cat leaves and finds an abandoned warehouse to live in. She decides she can no longer be around other people. Fighting within herself about what she is, she does her best to figure out how to turn around her dark gifts for something good. However, even then, sometimes doing a good thing is something that you have to live with for the rest of your life. Everything has its consequences.
I love how Catharsis is so in depth about the struggles that Cat goes through while she tries to figure out where she now fits into the grand scheme of things. She is utterly alone until she almost kills a dog, but ends up keeping him and calling him Lazzy. Lazzy is the reason she keeps going at times, even though she is disgusted with herself and what she has to do to survive now. Drinking blood isn't exactly ideal. And it seems that the blood of certain people call to her more than others do. And you see why later on. That becomes one more problem on her list. Her becoming "Super Cat" also has its own set of issues that come along with it. Using her darkness for good means that while she is trying to take down the bad guys, she is still having to hurt people, normal people that do bad things. Some people do these things for the money, some for the drugs, and some have other reasons. Some of these reasons are what will haunt Cat possibly forever.
This book is very clean and safe for the younger teens to read!!
Life for 16-year-old Catarina Perez has just gotten very complicated. She wakes up in the middle of a bad part of town not remembering what happened. Oh, and she's covered in blood while there's a dead guy in the alley with her. Hmm. Cat's body starts to change. The light is difficult for her eyes. She has incredible strength and agility. And she suddenly wants to eat people. After almost eating the school nurse, Cat leaves and finds an abandoned warehouse to live in. She decides she can no longer be around other people. Fighting within herself about what she is, she does her best to figure out how to turn around her dark gifts for something good. However, even then, sometimes doing a good thing is something that you have to live with for the rest of your life. Everything has its consequences.
I love how Catharsis is so in depth about the struggles that Cat goes through while she tries to figure out where she now fits into the grand scheme of things. She is utterly alone until she almost kills a dog, but ends up keeping him and calling him Lazzy. Lazzy is the reason she keeps going at times, even though she is disgusted with herself and what she has to do to survive now. Drinking blood isn't exactly ideal. And it seems that the blood of certain people call to her more than others do. And you see why later on. That becomes one more problem on her list. Her becoming "Super Cat" also has its own set of issues that come along with it. Using her darkness for good means that while she is trying to take down the bad guys, she is still having to hurt people, normal people that do bad things. Some people do these things for the money, some for the drugs, and some have other reasons. Some of these reasons are what will haunt Cat possibly forever.
This book is very clean and safe for the younger teens to read!!
September 23, 2013
Catharsis takes a thrilling, brand new approach to the whole becoming a being with superpowers and murderous urges, scenario. The main character, Catarina Perez or Cat, wakes up in an alley with a dead man for company, blood all over the place and no idea how she got there. Soon she discovers that she has unusual and highly enhanced senses of hearing, sight and smell. An altercation with a mugger convinces her that she also has strength and speed beyond what any human should have. Too bad that she seems to have lost her ability to taste food.
What a fantastic experience to read a book with a strong and absolutely unique female lead who is dependent on nobody and has to learn to cope with her new powers on her own. After she discovers that she would really like to drink the school nurse's blood, she flees to where she can't harm others. From then on she has the lengthy, frustrating and often frightening task of learning her own powers and dealing with her thirst.
This story, told from the first person perspective of the main character, truly gets the reader into the head and mind of someone who discovered that she changed into something that should only exist in myths and legend. She has a constant battle in her mind about good and evil. In her life before she woke up in that alley, she was a person who avoided swearing and blaspheming and now she might have to kill to stay alive. She tries to do something good with her wonderful strength and senses but even that turns out to have a price of evil that she must pay.
I have to warn readers that they might want to keep the Kleenex handy as there are some thoroughly heartbreaking moments in this story. On the other hand the whole tone of narration throughout the book is quirky, witty, and full of word play and hilarious references to popular culture.
For an absolutely unique reading experience, worthy of more than its five stars, treat yourself and get hold of Catharsis. (Ellen Fritz)
What a fantastic experience to read a book with a strong and absolutely unique female lead who is dependent on nobody and has to learn to cope with her new powers on her own. After she discovers that she would really like to drink the school nurse's blood, she flees to where she can't harm others. From then on she has the lengthy, frustrating and often frightening task of learning her own powers and dealing with her thirst.
This story, told from the first person perspective of the main character, truly gets the reader into the head and mind of someone who discovered that she changed into something that should only exist in myths and legend. She has a constant battle in her mind about good and evil. In her life before she woke up in that alley, she was a person who avoided swearing and blaspheming and now she might have to kill to stay alive. She tries to do something good with her wonderful strength and senses but even that turns out to have a price of evil that she must pay.
I have to warn readers that they might want to keep the Kleenex handy as there are some thoroughly heartbreaking moments in this story. On the other hand the whole tone of narration throughout the book is quirky, witty, and full of word play and hilarious references to popular culture.
For an absolutely unique reading experience, worthy of more than its five stars, treat yourself and get hold of Catharsis. (Ellen Fritz)
August 25, 2013
This book was amazing! I really enjoyed it! As a 17 year old girl, I loved the fact that the main character, Cat, was strong, independent and didn't have a nagging love interest getting in her way. This book had just the right amount of action, humor, and tough moral decisions. I could not put this book down for the life of me! Great job Mr. B!!!
December 4, 2014
Good surprise
I would never have started this book if I had known it was about a vampire. It's not the kind of book I'm inclined to read. It was the most thought provoking book I have read in a while. It just never occurred to me that vampires would have a morality struggle.
I would never have started this book if I had known it was about a vampire. It's not the kind of book I'm inclined to read. It was the most thought provoking book I have read in a while. It just never occurred to me that vampires would have a morality struggle.
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