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Sugar Valley: Hollywood's Darkest Secret
Instant Amazon Bestseller! Even Movie Stars Have Incredible Secrets.
This is the one that got out!
When Damen Shultz flew home with a bloodstain on his shirt, and an Oscar in his hand, only he could tell of the horror he saw that the bloodstain begged for him to say. Anything could be covered up. It was just a simple dream. (I want to be famous)
But a deadly massacre would be the price.
Remember... Chase Your Dreams... And Others Will Chase You. But NEVER Back Down.
Fame
Envy
Grace
Fortune
And... reality.
˃˃˃ Names can be changed. Events altered. Fact gently erased for fiction to take its place.
When a farm boy from Mississippi, Damen Schultz, decides to embark on a journey with his best friends, Jose and Darell, to make their dream of becoming famous movie stars come true, they leave more behind than their families and the Valley they grew up in; their innocence.
What happens on this journey will be a pivotal point that changes Damen’s life forever.
Remembering their secret spot called 'Sugar Valley', a place where their dreams began, they arrive in Hollywood and fight for fame, each in their different ways. The different paths they choose cause them to be hunted by the rich and powerful, entwining and manipulating them as they fight to keep their purity that their Valley once gave them. Only one will attain the coveted Oscar trophy and return to Sugar Valley to tell about the horrors they went through. Will they become famous movie stars? Fame and fortune, wealth and power, come with more than a price. And in the end, they learn that this was only the beginning of a story that the business never wanted to get out. All they knew of was a Valley they called 'Sugar' that they fought to leave to attain their desires. And now, all they want to do is return to it, for what they had all along with Sugar Valley was the greatest dream of all; harmony.
How far will they go? Is FAME worth it? These answers are given. A normal life is slow for some, but the life of fame, somehow, speeds it up!
˃˃˃ The Wolves Are Preying On The Lambs
What Damen didn't realize was the valley he grew up near, a place where his dream began, perhaps had a godly connection to the heavens above.
Pawns to the industry, Damen and his friends quickly achieve the fame they dreamt of, but are only hunted by the rich and powerful. At last, the bloodstain was created. Each of them choose different paths to achieve the fame they yearned for, buy the easy and sinful paths collide. Which path would you choose?
STAND BY ME meets VALLEY OF THE DOLLS with a spice of BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY comes a longing adventure that puts the bond of innocence to the test and asks "how bad do you want it?"
˃˃˃ Only one can Win the Oscar!
They left heaven for what they thought would be grace, but was only hell camouflaged as a red carpet. Enlightenment will be the true gift. But the bloodstain will be the price. "I was only but 17 when I wrote this nightmare, but it was the greatest nightmare of all!"
˃˃˃ Welcome to Sugar Valley....
Sugar Valley was originally published in 2001. The Writer wrote it when he was 17. In 2014 it was released and became an Instant Bestseller when the author kindly offered it for free. In one day, thousands were downloaded. It has been completely edited and revised, due to the hunger of the readers. But the writing style has also been untouched, to keep the authenticity alive as it was written by a teenager.
"My gift to you, is to show you that anything's possible, including the impossible."
This is the one that got out!
When Damen Shultz flew home with a bloodstain on his shirt, and an Oscar in his hand, only he could tell of the horror he saw that the bloodstain begged for him to say. Anything could be covered up. It was just a simple dream. (I want to be famous)
But a deadly massacre would be the price.
Remember... Chase Your Dreams... And Others Will Chase You. But NEVER Back Down.
Fame
Envy
Grace
Fortune
And... reality.
˃˃˃ Names can be changed. Events altered. Fact gently erased for fiction to take its place.
When a farm boy from Mississippi, Damen Schultz, decides to embark on a journey with his best friends, Jose and Darell, to make their dream of becoming famous movie stars come true, they leave more behind than their families and the Valley they grew up in; their innocence.
What happens on this journey will be a pivotal point that changes Damen’s life forever.
Remembering their secret spot called 'Sugar Valley', a place where their dreams began, they arrive in Hollywood and fight for fame, each in their different ways. The different paths they choose cause them to be hunted by the rich and powerful, entwining and manipulating them as they fight to keep their purity that their Valley once gave them. Only one will attain the coveted Oscar trophy and return to Sugar Valley to tell about the horrors they went through. Will they become famous movie stars? Fame and fortune, wealth and power, come with more than a price. And in the end, they learn that this was only the beginning of a story that the business never wanted to get out. All they knew of was a Valley they called 'Sugar' that they fought to leave to attain their desires. And now, all they want to do is return to it, for what they had all along with Sugar Valley was the greatest dream of all; harmony.
How far will they go? Is FAME worth it? These answers are given. A normal life is slow for some, but the life of fame, somehow, speeds it up!
˃˃˃ The Wolves Are Preying On The Lambs
What Damen didn't realize was the valley he grew up near, a place where his dream began, perhaps had a godly connection to the heavens above.
Pawns to the industry, Damen and his friends quickly achieve the fame they dreamt of, but are only hunted by the rich and powerful. At last, the bloodstain was created. Each of them choose different paths to achieve the fame they yearned for, buy the easy and sinful paths collide. Which path would you choose?
STAND BY ME meets VALLEY OF THE DOLLS with a spice of BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY comes a longing adventure that puts the bond of innocence to the test and asks "how bad do you want it?"
˃˃˃ Only one can Win the Oscar!
They left heaven for what they thought would be grace, but was only hell camouflaged as a red carpet. Enlightenment will be the true gift. But the bloodstain will be the price. "I was only but 17 when I wrote this nightmare, but it was the greatest nightmare of all!"
˃˃˃ Welcome to Sugar Valley....
Sugar Valley was originally published in 2001. The Writer wrote it when he was 17. In 2014 it was released and became an Instant Bestseller when the author kindly offered it for free. In one day, thousands were downloaded. It has been completely edited and revised, due to the hunger of the readers. But the writing style has also been untouched, to keep the authenticity alive as it was written by a teenager.
"My gift to you, is to show you that anything's possible, including the impossible."
693 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 28, 2001
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March 15, 2015
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I do agree that there may be some minor flaws with the story, but the concept and character development depends on the extra wording. Innocence is displayed and projected to allow the reader to sympathise with the characters in order to reach the climax of the story and to find the turning point easily. It was written by a 17-year old and released later on in his life. The work put forth into this read is amazing and the young mind had a wonderful idea that was incredible visually.
I do agree that there may be some minor flaws with the story, but the concept and character development depends on the extra wording. Innocence is displayed and projected to allow the reader to sympathise with the characters in order to reach the climax of the story and to find the turning point easily. It was written by a 17-year old and released later on in his life. The work put forth into this read is amazing and the young mind had a wonderful idea that was incredible visually.
November 24, 2020
SugarValley
This was possibly the worst book I've ever read. The author went from first names to last names, from first person to narrator. Its was soooooo long-winded and ridiculous. Spelling was appealing as was the grammar. Please do not waste time NM e on this mess.
This was possibly the worst book I've ever read. The author went from first names to last names, from first person to narrator. Its was soooooo long-winded and ridiculous. Spelling was appealing as was the grammar. Please do not waste time NM e on this mess.
February 28, 2015
I know that since the birth of the e-reader many people prefer short reads, but I’m a pretty quick reader and wasn’t fazed by the page count of this book. In fact, I loved the idea of it being quite a long read because it meant I could look forward to really getting ‘into’ it. The cover and blurb of it really grabbed me, too, but I’m afraid I struggled with the writer’s style from the opening page. There were a lot of grammatical, content and spelling mistakes throughout, and it was as if the author was forcing unnecessary words into sentences, maybe to get the word count up. It read like a thesaurus had been used to gather these extra words, which he’d sandwiched into sentences with commas, in the hope of adding greater description, but they felt rather random and weren’t always used appropriately. Reading about the author, it says he ‘enjoys challenging sentence structure, word placement and metaphors, believing that certain placement of words can invoke emotions that are what he truly wants the reader to feel.’ So this probably explains the habit of overusing words, etc, but, unfortunately, I don’t think his sentence structures, word placement and metaphors are used correctly all the time, which means the emotional response the reader feels is one of frustration. There were some glaring errors and it was a chore to read, unfortunately. I found myself having to re-read large chunks of the text in order to try and fathom the author’s meaning. My advice to this author would be to please, please get an editor (assuming he hasn’t already), because on the positive side, the initial idea is an interesting one. Sadly, I didn’t finish the book on this occasion, and I wouldn’t recommend it to friends, but I’m sure some people will enjoy it.
March 12, 2015
I received a free download of this book from Story Cartel, thank you.
This book was difficult to read. The ideas and content were interesting, but the conventions were very poor. There were several misspellings throughout the book, as well as grammar mistakes. It almost seems as if it has been written by someone whose first language is not English.
For me personally, however, the word choice was what made the story most difficult. Almost every description in the story was written with several extra synonyms. The entire book could be written in about half the pages, if the author were to go through and take out all the extra words. I found myself skimming through many of the pages just to get to the main idea of that particular scene.
I was also very distracted by the author's habit of switching back and forth between the character's first names and their formal titles. For example, in a single paragraph, the first sentence would refer to "Damen," and the second sentence would refer to "Mr. Schultz." It was almost like two separate characters, and several times I found myself going back to reread to make sure it was the same character.
As the text is currently written, I would not recommend this book to others. However, I do feel that the plot is interesting, and if the book were edited to be more reader-friendly, I would probably recommend it at that point.
This book was difficult to read. The ideas and content were interesting, but the conventions were very poor. There were several misspellings throughout the book, as well as grammar mistakes. It almost seems as if it has been written by someone whose first language is not English.
For me personally, however, the word choice was what made the story most difficult. Almost every description in the story was written with several extra synonyms. The entire book could be written in about half the pages, if the author were to go through and take out all the extra words. I found myself skimming through many of the pages just to get to the main idea of that particular scene.
I was also very distracted by the author's habit of switching back and forth between the character's first names and their formal titles. For example, in a single paragraph, the first sentence would refer to "Damen," and the second sentence would refer to "Mr. Schultz." It was almost like two separate characters, and several times I found myself going back to reread to make sure it was the same character.
As the text is currently written, I would not recommend this book to others. However, I do feel that the plot is interesting, and if the book were edited to be more reader-friendly, I would probably recommend it at that point.
July 25, 2016
Prior to the red carpet becoming blood-stained, Damen Schultz and a couple of his closest buds must think fast and make the choice whether to take the decent or corrupt route. When they made the decision to leave their safe turf and venture to Hollywood to try and make it big, little did they figure they’d be the prey of the powerful and corrupt elite in the fame business. They ended up needing celebrity to rescue them rather than for their personal glory. Would it be worth it to lose their virtue? ‘Sugar Valley’ has a blend of powerful clandestine, enveloped with passion, close companionship all within the heat of the bright lights of Hollywood. This is the third book of Stephen Andrew Salamon’s I have read. The first was ‘The Wrath of Jeremy’ 2nd ‘Mask of a Legend’ and all have had his convictions of faith weaved throughout them. I have enjoyed all so far and look forward to more of his writing.
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