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Cursed
Evil stalks fourteen year-old Zarah Cloud. She hears its whispers in the dead of night, urging her to terrorize and murder those closest to her.
What frightens her the most?
She wants to.
Her friends and family embark on a treacherous pilgrimage in search of a lost civilization, hoping their mysticism will provide answers.
What frightens her the most?
She wants to.
Her friends and family embark on a treacherous pilgrimage in search of a lost civilization, hoping their mysticism will provide answers.
210 pages, ebook
First published February 13, 2015
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March 23, 2015
A Review of Cursed by Sherrod Wall
Sherrod Wall begins his story, Cursed, with a very ordinary Native American teenage girl by the name of Zarah Cloud who is living a very ordinary life in an ordinary family, attending an ordinary high school and dealing with the ordinary things that a teenager has to deal has to deal with - peers, teachers, parents and friends while studying, singing, dancing and living her life.
Once Zarah develops a friendship with Eric which begins as a fascination with Eric’s conversations with his ‘imaginary’ friend, things change very quickly. The reader is taken on a journey from the ordinary normal events to extraordinary paranormal events, accompanied by repulsive odors, bites, infections, black oozing goo and blackouts, experiencing spiritual mystic energies, conflicts of good and evil and ancient tribal rituals with heinous acts by half animal and half human spirits.
It is a quickly paced, action filled story but in my opinion the pilgrimage taken by Rose and Eric, was ‘over the top’, for lack of a better term. The duration of it, along with the extraordinary occurrences, dragged me down but perhaps in all fairness to the author, that may be what the author intended. At times, I also felt confused as to what was happening and to whom.
This book would probably appeal to the sci-fi and adolescent readers.
I received it free from the author through Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
Sherrod Wall begins his story, Cursed, with a very ordinary Native American teenage girl by the name of Zarah Cloud who is living a very ordinary life in an ordinary family, attending an ordinary high school and dealing with the ordinary things that a teenager has to deal has to deal with - peers, teachers, parents and friends while studying, singing, dancing and living her life.
Once Zarah develops a friendship with Eric which begins as a fascination with Eric’s conversations with his ‘imaginary’ friend, things change very quickly. The reader is taken on a journey from the ordinary normal events to extraordinary paranormal events, accompanied by repulsive odors, bites, infections, black oozing goo and blackouts, experiencing spiritual mystic energies, conflicts of good and evil and ancient tribal rituals with heinous acts by half animal and half human spirits.
It is a quickly paced, action filled story but in my opinion the pilgrimage taken by Rose and Eric, was ‘over the top’, for lack of a better term. The duration of it, along with the extraordinary occurrences, dragged me down but perhaps in all fairness to the author, that may be what the author intended. At times, I also felt confused as to what was happening and to whom.
This book would probably appeal to the sci-fi and adolescent readers.
I received it free from the author through Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
March 26, 2015
"Cursed" is a little outside of my normal reading genre but I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. What makes this book a standout from so many others is that the author combines elements of fantasy and Native American culture in a way I found intriguing and very entertaining. The characters were unique and interesting and best of all - were always surprising.
My favorite concept of the book was the idea of the evil goddess Tezca being powerless until one believes in her. This opens all sorts of interesting possibilities which I hope the author explores in future works.
Well done!
My favorite concept of the book was the idea of the evil goddess Tezca being powerless until one believes in her. This opens all sorts of interesting possibilities which I hope the author explores in future works.
Well done!
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