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Reign of Secrets
"REIGN OF SECRETS"
The highly controversial story topic reaches into the very depths of deceit so profound, it will have you questioning your own beliefs on several levels. An unforgettable spin on reality which will breach or confirm your own understanding and fears of the age we live in, The Reign of Secrets.
'Jennifer is holding onto a big secret, but her handsome husband is also holding onto a secret of his own. Both secrets will change the outcome of their lives forever.
Several trusts will be broken as the bloodied and battered bodies of their friends are collected in the streets of the upscale neighborhood.
One secret revealed brings hope renewed and the other brings certain destruction.'
The highly controversial story topic reaches into the very depths of deceit so profound, it will have you questioning your own beliefs on several levels. An unforgettable spin on reality which will breach or confirm your own understanding and fears of the age we live in, The Reign of Secrets.
'Jennifer is holding onto a big secret, but her handsome husband is also holding onto a secret of his own. Both secrets will change the outcome of their lives forever.
Several trusts will be broken as the bloodied and battered bodies of their friends are collected in the streets of the upscale neighborhood.
One secret revealed brings hope renewed and the other brings certain destruction.'
55 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2013
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May 14, 2018
For transparency's sake: I was asked by the author to read and review Reign of Secrets. I also know the author from real life interactions and Facebook. This doesn't have any bearing on my review, but it's important to let people know.
Reign of Secrets has an interesting premise, and I honestly want to see it more fleshed out. It follows the story of Jennifer and her husband Jaymes, as they're forcefully removed from their home in Denver by government forces and put through decontamination and examinations; prior to being placed in government built housing under some sort of regime that seems to be operating on the basis of severely depleting the world population. The two main characters are under developed: Jennifer serves as a cautionary tale about why paying attention to world events may be to the readers benefit. Jaymes is definitely more cognizant as he made arrangements to get himself and Jennifer to safety, though he is ultimately a self serving bastard, and that's pretty much the tone that he's written in. It would be interesting to know how exactly he knew...was he a government stooge? How did some of the other women in the decontamination sequence know? Was Jennifer just living under a rock the entire time?
I thought the premise was good, and again exemplified S.J's fantastic imagination. The story felt rushed, and required a lot of suspension of disbelief on my part...so much so that it did detract from the premise. The historicity of the story felt nonexistant; what I mean is, military coups don't happen in a vacuum. There's disturbances in the private and public sectors that hint towards a future coup, and may even contribute to the coup, but there's no mention of such things happening prior to the events of the story, in the story. Even a small mention would be enough to solidify the telling, and make it feel more real. That also would've helped explain why some people were on the up and up, while poor Jennifer was completely clueless (some people watch more news/read more books than others do)
The editing, as with S. J.'s other books, definitely needed polishing.
It's got potential to be fleshed out and made into a damn solid distopian series that could scare the pants off any thinking adult in the US, for sure. It just needs a more realistic build up, fleshed out characters, and better editing.
Reign of Secrets has an interesting premise, and I honestly want to see it more fleshed out. It follows the story of Jennifer and her husband Jaymes, as they're forcefully removed from their home in Denver by government forces and put through decontamination and examinations; prior to being placed in government built housing under some sort of regime that seems to be operating on the basis of severely depleting the world population. The two main characters are under developed: Jennifer serves as a cautionary tale about why paying attention to world events may be to the readers benefit. Jaymes is definitely more cognizant as he made arrangements to get himself and Jennifer to safety, though he is ultimately a self serving bastard, and that's pretty much the tone that he's written in. It would be interesting to know how exactly he knew...was he a government stooge? How did some of the other women in the decontamination sequence know? Was Jennifer just living under a rock the entire time?
I thought the premise was good, and again exemplified S.J's fantastic imagination. The story felt rushed, and required a lot of suspension of disbelief on my part...so much so that it did detract from the premise. The historicity of the story felt nonexistant; what I mean is, military coups don't happen in a vacuum. There's disturbances in the private and public sectors that hint towards a future coup, and may even contribute to the coup, but there's no mention of such things happening prior to the events of the story, in the story. Even a small mention would be enough to solidify the telling, and make it feel more real. That also would've helped explain why some people were on the up and up, while poor Jennifer was completely clueless (some people watch more news/read more books than others do)
The editing, as with S. J.'s other books, definitely needed polishing.
It's got potential to be fleshed out and made into a damn solid distopian series that could scare the pants off any thinking adult in the US, for sure. It just needs a more realistic build up, fleshed out characters, and better editing.
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