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Echo Falls
He’s a dream...
Emily Dawson is a 16-year-old girl torn from her home in Los Angeles and forced to live with her mother in Echo Falls, New York. She loses her boyfriend to her best friend on the same day she starts at her new school, where the kids relentlessly tease her for her Goth look. After finding an old pendant behind a forgotten waterfall, she starts to dream of a boy. A boy that heals her broken heart. A boy that she soon finds herself falling in love with. But he’s more than a dream.
He is real...
Their love grows, until it is so strong that she risks unknown dangers to bring him back from the shadow lands where he is imprisoned, neither alive nor dead. The magic of the old pendant is the key. The key to freeing him. The key to resurrection.
Can the two of them survive in her world, nearly 150 years after he died? And what of the pendant and its powers? Is it a tool for good...
...or evil?
Echo Falls is ‘written’ by Alexander Thomas, the main character of the Vacant Hearts trilogy and DJ Larkin the author of the Vacant Hearts trilogy.
Emily Dawson is a 16-year-old girl torn from her home in Los Angeles and forced to live with her mother in Echo Falls, New York. She loses her boyfriend to her best friend on the same day she starts at her new school, where the kids relentlessly tease her for her Goth look. After finding an old pendant behind a forgotten waterfall, she starts to dream of a boy. A boy that heals her broken heart. A boy that she soon finds herself falling in love with. But he’s more than a dream.
He is real...
Their love grows, until it is so strong that she risks unknown dangers to bring him back from the shadow lands where he is imprisoned, neither alive nor dead. The magic of the old pendant is the key. The key to freeing him. The key to resurrection.
Can the two of them survive in her world, nearly 150 years after he died? And what of the pendant and its powers? Is it a tool for good...
...or evil?
Echo Falls is ‘written’ by Alexander Thomas, the main character of the Vacant Hearts trilogy and DJ Larkin the author of the Vacant Hearts trilogy.
319 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2015
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About the author
D.J. Larkin
6 books23 followersDJ Larkin was born in New England in 1971 and wrote his first short story in first grade. It was about bunnies and dinosaurs. It didn't end well for the bunnies. All throughout school, he enjoyed writing short stories and essays for classes. It was the beginning of a love affair with writing that has lasted to this day.
But it wasn't until 2014 that he took the plunge and released his first novel out into the wild titled Vacant Hearts - a love letter to his wife. The trilogy was wrapped up in the same year with Confessing Hearts and Healing Hearts following.
When he's not writing, DJ Larkin enjoys martial arts, photography, and watching his kids in their various activities such as hockey and gymnastics.
But it wasn't until 2014 that he took the plunge and released his first novel out into the wild titled Vacant Hearts - a love letter to his wife. The trilogy was wrapped up in the same year with Confessing Hearts and Healing Hearts following.
When he's not writing, DJ Larkin enjoys martial arts, photography, and watching his kids in their various activities such as hockey and gymnastics.
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May 13, 2015
If you haven't read anything by D.J. Larkin - do it. You're in for a real treat. His way of writing is poetic and unique. His stories are not the same run of the mill romances that we sometimes see today.
This one is different from his others and I was thrilled reading it. This one can be categorized as a paranormal romance but not in a traditional sense, at least not to me.
It's a magical story about a 16 year old girl who is is forced to move away from her friends, boyfriend, and the life that she has and move to a small town. After she finds a mysterious pendant near a waterfall, the small town doesn't seem so boring anymore.
If you're looking for a different story, one that will keep you wondering what happens next while at the same time, not wanting the story to end, this one is for you.
5 stars all the way...I will read anything that has D.J.'s name on it!
This one is different from his others and I was thrilled reading it. This one can be categorized as a paranormal romance but not in a traditional sense, at least not to me.
It's a magical story about a 16 year old girl who is is forced to move away from her friends, boyfriend, and the life that she has and move to a small town. After she finds a mysterious pendant near a waterfall, the small town doesn't seem so boring anymore.
If you're looking for a different story, one that will keep you wondering what happens next while at the same time, not wanting the story to end, this one is for you.
5 stars all the way...I will read anything that has D.J.'s name on it!
June 18, 2015
Emily's parents have gotten a divorce. Her mom gets a job in Albany New York. So Emily has to move across the country from California. She is not happy to leave her friends and her boyfriend. Emily finds it hard to fit in at her new school with her Goth look. When she tries to get a hold of her boyfriend and old friends she is finding they are not as eager to talk to her. Emily decides to go explore. She ends up finding the fall that Echo Falls is named after. She finds a cave behind the falls before she leaves the cave she finds a pendant. She notices after while that when she wears the pendant that she dreams of a boy named Daniel that lived 150 years ago. The only person she has become friends with Becky helps her figure out how the pendant is doing this. Between the two of them they realize they can actually bring Daniel to their time. They just did not realize at the time that in doing so will also bring his brother Jonah. Jonah is nothing like his brother Daniel. He and his mother would practice black magic and Jonah likes to do nothing more than torment his brother. Jonah has a dark side and wants nothing but revenge at any cost.
This book is a great read. Definitely a page turner. I almost did not want the book to end. Emily's attitude in the beginning of the book seems so real to how a moody teenager being forced to move would be. I was happy that after she meet Becky she started to let her Goth look go because that did not go with the real person she is. She was just doing it to fit in with her boyfriends crowd back in California. I liked that Daniel and Emily were very into each other even though the differences from when they were born. It just seemed to draw them more together. I liked that Becky ended up playing such a useful part in the book considering she had no friends and her mother kept her very sheltered. I liked that this book had some time travel and magic in it. Those are always good books to read.
I would recommend this book to any adult or YA who enjoys paranormal. Reviewer for Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock.
This book is a great read. Definitely a page turner. I almost did not want the book to end. Emily's attitude in the beginning of the book seems so real to how a moody teenager being forced to move would be. I was happy that after she meet Becky she started to let her Goth look go because that did not go with the real person she is. She was just doing it to fit in with her boyfriends crowd back in California. I liked that Daniel and Emily were very into each other even though the differences from when they were born. It just seemed to draw them more together. I liked that Becky ended up playing such a useful part in the book considering she had no friends and her mother kept her very sheltered. I liked that this book had some time travel and magic in it. Those are always good books to read.
I would recommend this book to any adult or YA who enjoys paranormal. Reviewer for Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock.
May 19, 2015
Have you ever read a book where the main character was a writer and you wanted to know what they were writing? This is the story that the male lead of the vacant hearts series "wrote" how fun is that? Now here's the big thing these book are totally seperate so there's no need to have read the other series. There's no crossover of characters in fact it's not even the same genre. Understand? Ok.
Emily is in a terrible mood these days, forced to move away from everything and everyone shes ever known into a town so small it's barely a point on a map. As she starts school no one will talk to her because of her "different" look and at home she learns that her boyfriend is dating her best friend so all those amazing friends she left behind will never talk to her again.
Out of the dark there's gotta be some light right? As she explores her new surroundings she finds a waterfall and behind it she finds a secret that will change everything for her, hopefully for the better.
Daniel is the boy that changes so much for her at a time when everything is hopeless and lonely. But all they have are their dreams, because as much as she wants him to be real he isn't. But what if that's not true and there's a way to bring him back? What happens after is where the story really begins.
Emily is a typical teen where everything bad that happens is the end of the world and she knows everything or at least she thinks she does. At the beginning that was her, but as the story moves foward you see her maturing and becoming more of a grown up and rather than following the crowd like she did in LA she becomes her own person.
The story is interesting moving foward at a fast pace but not so fast that you feel like you are missing something. It was one of those books where I was in bed saying just one more chapter every time I got to the end of one until it was midnight and I was forced to go to bed. A great read I definetly recomend!
Emily is in a terrible mood these days, forced to move away from everything and everyone shes ever known into a town so small it's barely a point on a map. As she starts school no one will talk to her because of her "different" look and at home she learns that her boyfriend is dating her best friend so all those amazing friends she left behind will never talk to her again.
Out of the dark there's gotta be some light right? As she explores her new surroundings she finds a waterfall and behind it she finds a secret that will change everything for her, hopefully for the better.
Daniel is the boy that changes so much for her at a time when everything is hopeless and lonely. But all they have are their dreams, because as much as she wants him to be real he isn't. But what if that's not true and there's a way to bring him back? What happens after is where the story really begins.
Emily is a typical teen where everything bad that happens is the end of the world and she knows everything or at least she thinks she does. At the beginning that was her, but as the story moves foward you see her maturing and becoming more of a grown up and rather than following the crowd like she did in LA she becomes her own person.
The story is interesting moving foward at a fast pace but not so fast that you feel like you are missing something. It was one of those books where I was in bed saying just one more chapter every time I got to the end of one until it was midnight and I was forced to go to bed. A great read I definetly recomend!
October 25, 2015
What an extraordinary book. I first "met" D.J. Larkin at an online release party for another author. I was intrigued by this book but since paranormal is not one of my preferred genres, I put it on my wishlist while I debated purchasing it. I am so mad at myself for waiting to read it. I could barely put the book down. It is not like the usual paranormal books I have had exposure to.
After her parents divorce, Emily's mom moves her away from her friends, her boyfriend and the life she has known in L.A., to a small town near Albany N.Y.called Echo Falls.
Emily is angry, barely speaking to her mother and does not fit in at all in the small town. She goes exploring and finds the actual waterfall that the town is named after. In a cave behind the falls, she finds a skull pendant which fits into her "Goth" look.
Shortly after, she meets Becky who quickly becomes her BFF. Then, strange things begin to happen....she starts dreaming of a boy who lived almost 150 years ago. Then stranger still, bad things begin to happen in town.Emily and Becky start researching the town and the pendant and make some startling discoveries.
This book is amazing with a lot of twists and turns and the characters are realistic. Don't miss out on this great read!!!
After her parents divorce, Emily's mom moves her away from her friends, her boyfriend and the life she has known in L.A., to a small town near Albany N.Y.called Echo Falls.
Emily is angry, barely speaking to her mother and does not fit in at all in the small town. She goes exploring and finds the actual waterfall that the town is named after. In a cave behind the falls, she finds a skull pendant which fits into her "Goth" look.
Shortly after, she meets Becky who quickly becomes her BFF. Then, strange things begin to happen....she starts dreaming of a boy who lived almost 150 years ago. Then stranger still, bad things begin to happen in town.Emily and Becky start researching the town and the pendant and make some startling discoveries.
This book is amazing with a lot of twists and turns and the characters are realistic. Don't miss out on this great read!!!
February 25, 2017
4.5/5.0
DJ Larkin has created a story that has intriguing characters and a plot that twists and turns at every flip of the page!
Read full review in the 2015 September issue of InD'tale Magazine.
DJ Larkin has created a story that has intriguing characters and a plot that twists and turns at every flip of the page!
Read full review in the 2015 September issue of InD'tale Magazine.
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