Ameekial: Abomination

by S.F. Hill

All Ameekial ever wanted was a quiet, ordinary life. Together with her guardian, Honor, Meeka runs Ashford Farms. Under her care, it has become one of the most sought-after horse farms in the area. Few things in life give her more fulfillment than caring for her majestic animals. Despite that, Meeka knows that something is just not right. There is underlying darkness looming closer and it threatens all she thinks she knows. That darkness manifests when disaster strikes Honor’s best friend. They invite him and his daughter to stay with them. Meeka soon discovers that was her first mistake. She questions what she once knew for truth. Old secrets resurface and threaten to reveal themselves. Honor begins to understand that all his efforts to protect his little girl may have caused more harm than good and that his task was a failure. Meeka must come to accept that the world she has known is all but a veil of deception, and the truth may be more than young Meeka can endure. As she will be faced with making the decision of whether to become the savior of the darkness, the messiah of the damned, or allow herself to be judged for what she is, by the light, and accept her fate as the abomination.

384 pages, Paperback

Published September 24, 2018

About the author

S. F. Hill, Born in Claremore Oklahoma in 1989, to a mechanic (father) and an accountant (mother). After graduating high school early at the age of 15, she started her own cleaning business, and began working odd and end jobs. As she made her way through college, eventually graduating in with three separate degrees in business management, interior design, and criminal physiology. Loving referred to by those who knew her as a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. Hill spent much her spare time, working on cars with her father, designing and remodeling houses and writing as a hobby. Now at the age of 29 and a mother of three, and at the urging of her children she has shifted her priorities and turning her hobby into something more. By publishing her first novel (Ameekial Abomination), which was self-published in September of this year. Not stopping there Hill is currently working on a sequel to (Abomination) as well as other books.


Even as a young child I was always conjuring up stories and filling them with colorful characters, sharing them with anyone and everyone who would listen. Since then, I’ve progressed quite a bit to formulating longer and more complex stories and sharing them with much larger audiences. As a professional storyteller, I’m adept at using my imaginative thinking and creative flair to bring my stories to life in engaging and entertaining ways.

Reviews

[Indie Light · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ameekial: Abomination is a dark fiction fantasy book, and the first part in a series, written and self published by author S.F Hill. You can check it out for yourself on Amazon, and become immersed in the world on meeka and Ashford Farms and an oncoming darkness. Before I get started make sure and check out this Interview I did with the author, anyway now that you’ve hopefully done that and learned a little more about the person behind Ameekial Abomination we can move onto the review itself.

I’m a fairly quick reader, but between work and running this website I don’t have as much time for it as I’d like but I flew through this book, not because it’s brief or uncomplicated but because of the sheer readability of the book coupled with the strong characterisation.

Speaking of which, something I look for above everything else in a story is strong characterisation and I really got that particularly from the character of Meeka, so much so that I am genuinely excited for the next part of the series, which I believe is called Ameekial Enlightenment. I can’t wait to find out what happens with her,for answers the questions that are left unanswered and hopeful just a satisfactory conclusion to a robust and appealing story.

On top of the characterisation, the story flows well and it doesn’t rush towards the conclusion but leads you there at an organic pace, and does so in a way that’s both honest and follows a pattern that makes sense without being too obvious. I can’t overstate how easily I got caught up in this story and would recommend that if you’re looking for a story that you can read quickly but will stick with you for a long time then I’d say check out Ameekial: Abomination.

Something I usually don’t talk about in a review is the artwork, but I was impressed with the cover which would certainly have attracted me had I seen it in a bookstore and I also enjoyed the little pieces of artwork interspersed throughout the book. So with all that in mind I think this book more than earns a 4/5.



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