Down Two Paths

Borderline #2

by Taya DeVere, Becky Stephens (Editor)

Two lifetimes, two parallel realities—based on one true story.

Dee continues her survivor story in two alternative realities. In America, she and her new family move to California, where she faces cultural shock, financial struggle, and dealing with thorny personalities. Back in Finland, she embarks upon another kind of a cultural taking care of her baby. The two fast-paced stories intertwine perfectly and are filled with unconventional families, second chances, and a peek into the human heart.

EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the second book in the “Borderline” series, offering a compelling story of one woman’s journey back from the edge of despair—two tales, of two parallel realities, based on one true story. [DRM-Free]

269 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2019

About the author

Born in Sweden, raised in Finland, I’ve wandered the corners of the world for two decades. I’m a life-experience junkie, writing sci-fi stories about unlikely heroes in dystopian and post-apocalyptic settings. Untouched nature, society’s marginalized misfits, made-up song lyrics, and licorice ice cream make my simulation go round.

Reviews

[Kabir · Rating 4 out of 5]

We've seen what's the behind the doors to the two parallel realities in the first book of the Borderline Series. Now, the author navigates us through the two dissimilar but equally challenging paths behind them. The author's flair for character building really comes through as we traverse the paths with her. Reading the unconventional family develop and interact with each other was a real pleasure. The dramatic moments in the story are never forced and happen as a logical progression of series of decisions made by the characters. Both realities are so engrossing that, at times one can forget about the other for instant only for the author to close the curtains, change the stage and ask the question, "What if it was like this, instead?"

As to the protagonist herself, she's definitely grown and seems to have developed a dark/ironic sense of humour as a defense mechanism. Both versions of her seem to have realised by the end that they need to make an effort to take control of their lives. I'm intrigued to see where they go from here.

[C.M. Martens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Taya Devere's style sucks you in until you are the character. It's why I love these books so much. The volume and intensity of feeling invoked are unique and beyond what most reading experience is like. If only a quarter of this passion is evoked in my readers, I would be proud! Well done, Ms. Devere!

The only thing negative I have to say is: Why did the end come so fast!

If you loved book 1, there is no reason not to dive right into book 2. Dee's hopes and dreams and achievements and failures, on both sides of the border, are real and relatable and turn the human condition into something warm and great and magical, even in the face of overwhelming adversity. Sometimes, it's all in how you look at. Others, it just sucks, but how will we face that? Both Dee's teach us something about this, and ultimately, about ourselves.

Happy Reading :)