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Into the Void
New love risks broken hearts. Who knows what demons can lurk behind the veil of infatuation?
Ash and Wren experience a strong mutual attraction from a chance encounter at an art exhibition. Asha’s quirky indifference and unusual character appeals to Wren, who’s relationship with her partner, Mandisa, is in trouble.
Asha’s past is like a deep well of pain, her marriage is failing and she reciprocates to meet Wren’s advances. Asha has been hurt before by unrequited love of a woman, but she promises herself that this time it will be different.
When the sexual chemistry disappoints the experienced Wren, she tries to end the relationship but has no knowledge of Asha’s mental health issues. Setting the encounter on a collision course.
Jacqueline Setti Hardman’s Into the Void is set in the affluent suburbs of present-day Johannesburg, South Africa. Her character driven novel explores the use of first-person narrative, and her writing explodes on to the page in this “not your typical girl-meets-girl” modern lit-fiction debut.
Ash and Wren experience a strong mutual attraction from a chance encounter at an art exhibition. Asha’s quirky indifference and unusual character appeals to Wren, who’s relationship with her partner, Mandisa, is in trouble.
Asha’s past is like a deep well of pain, her marriage is failing and she reciprocates to meet Wren’s advances. Asha has been hurt before by unrequited love of a woman, but she promises herself that this time it will be different.
When the sexual chemistry disappoints the experienced Wren, she tries to end the relationship but has no knowledge of Asha’s mental health issues. Setting the encounter on a collision course.
Jacqueline Setti Hardman’s Into the Void is set in the affluent suburbs of present-day Johannesburg, South Africa. Her character driven novel explores the use of first-person narrative, and her writing explodes on to the page in this “not your typical girl-meets-girl” modern lit-fiction debut.
156 pages, ebook
Published April 29, 2020
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About the author
Jacqueline Setti Hardman
2 books5 followersJacqueline Setti Hardman is a Zambian born novelist who has lived in South Africa for the past twenty years. She has lived in Lusaka, where she was born in 1983, as well as Reading, England where she began school. Her father was a well renowned artist in Zambia. Her mother is a high school teacher.
She moved to Grahamstown, South Africa when her father read for his master's in fine art at Rhodes University. Jacqueline has degree in Politics and History (Rhodes University / UNISA) as well as a post graduate diploma in Creative Writing (UCT / Penguin Random House).
Her debut novel, Into the Void, is a "not your typical girl-meets-girl" modern lit-fiction debut set in the affluent suburbs of present-day Johannesburg, South Africa.
She also writes short stories, on her Freshlybrewd blog, which mainly about her childhood in Zambia and growing up in South Africa.
Jacqueline is married and has three children. Besides reading, a lot, she is an avid runner.
She moved to Grahamstown, South Africa when her father read for his master's in fine art at Rhodes University. Jacqueline has degree in Politics and History (Rhodes University / UNISA) as well as a post graduate diploma in Creative Writing (UCT / Penguin Random House).
Her debut novel, Into the Void, is a "not your typical girl-meets-girl" modern lit-fiction debut set in the affluent suburbs of present-day Johannesburg, South Africa.
She also writes short stories, on her Freshlybrewd blog, which mainly about her childhood in Zambia and growing up in South Africa.
Jacqueline is married and has three children. Besides reading, a lot, she is an avid runner.
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May 7, 2020
Read it in one sitting!
This is a literary fiction novel, with a ‘Romantic/Psychological Thriller’ twist. I’ve been devouring romance novels in the past year, but I am at a point where nothing seems original. Yes, the words are different, but the context of the stories mainly rely on storylines already in circulation. Well, that has been the case, until I came across “Into the Void.”
When I read the summary I knew this was a must-read, so I was ready to set my other books aside and dive in. After reading the first chapter, I felt so absorbed I couldn't put it down! I loved it. Books like this are definitely my cup of tea from now on.
The book revolves around the story of Asha and Wren, two women who come together from a strong mutual attraction and their relationship becomes intimate. The two have had issues in their past relationships, and hence this feels like an awakening until Wren feels like she needs to let go due to developing issues in the relationship.
I found the book as pretty thrilling, suspenseful and engaging. Readers will be engaged with the realistic dialogue and an impressive flow of the story; not forgetting the first person narrative which provides insight into Ash’s mental instability – enough said.
Other than the uniqueness of the story, the author has shown mastery in her character development and style. Besides the twists and turns in the story, the setting in contemporary Johannesburg, South Africa, intrigued me as it is so different from the other novels I have read.
If this is the author's debut book, I can’t wait to get my hands on her next release!
This is a literary fiction novel, with a ‘Romantic/Psychological Thriller’ twist. I’ve been devouring romance novels in the past year, but I am at a point where nothing seems original. Yes, the words are different, but the context of the stories mainly rely on storylines already in circulation. Well, that has been the case, until I came across “Into the Void.”
When I read the summary I knew this was a must-read, so I was ready to set my other books aside and dive in. After reading the first chapter, I felt so absorbed I couldn't put it down! I loved it. Books like this are definitely my cup of tea from now on.
The book revolves around the story of Asha and Wren, two women who come together from a strong mutual attraction and their relationship becomes intimate. The two have had issues in their past relationships, and hence this feels like an awakening until Wren feels like she needs to let go due to developing issues in the relationship.
I found the book as pretty thrilling, suspenseful and engaging. Readers will be engaged with the realistic dialogue and an impressive flow of the story; not forgetting the first person narrative which provides insight into Ash’s mental instability – enough said.
Other than the uniqueness of the story, the author has shown mastery in her character development and style. Besides the twists and turns in the story, the setting in contemporary Johannesburg, South Africa, intrigued me as it is so different from the other novels I have read.
If this is the author's debut book, I can’t wait to get my hands on her next release!
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