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Resurrection
From the mind of Zed Amadeo, granddaughter of rock and roll legend Jimi Hendrix comes an enchanting magical realism tale!When a night out leads to tragedy, one life ends and a new one begins!Despite her best efforts, Dina’s life felt ordinary - until the night her life was threatened by otherworldly forces. Now plunged into the extraordinary, Dina discovers a mysterious realm of demons, fantastic creatures, and powers beyond her dreams. Intent on revenge, Dina’s new life seems boundless. But the cost of her thrilling new life means leaving behind everything she had known, and even loved, and risking dangers beyond her worst nightmares. Her decision to embrace this mysterious new world will forever change her fate and, perhaps, have irrevocable consequences on more lives than just her own.In her debut novel Resurrection, Zed Amadeo combines her mastery of horror fiction with the wonder and magic of Harry Potter to delight readers with a contemporary dark fantasy. This chilling debut is perfect for fans of A Discovery of Witches and The Last Apothecary! There’s treachery around every turn in Resurrection, a new fantasy release from (SF/F)or the Culture.1-Click to start reading now!
185 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 26, 2021
About the author
Zed Amadeo
4 books16 followersZed Amadeo, indie author of fantasy and horror, has always held a curiosity for the unexplained. Especially that of the most elusive mystery: the human psyche. After gobbling up works of speculative fiction and experiencing adventures across the globe, Zed studied the world's greatest enigma with an undergraduate degree in Psychology. Zed continues to be inspired by strange happenings and unresolved mysteries, serving as fuel for her latest fiction works and bringing her writing dreams to reality one story at a time.
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June 13, 2022
This is another e-ARC that I received from (SF/F)or the culture. It’s a dark urban fantasy that centers around magic and revenge.
I believe I saw that this was an earlier release that later got reworked and released as a Wahida Clark Presents. Which is cool with me, I love when authors get a second chance at presenting what they really wanted. This release had very few errors and was concise, so it seemingly went well!
When the story begins we have a very timid, damaged, and trapped main character. Throughout the novel we get to see a change over time, where now our MC is strong, purposeful, energized. I think this speaks to the author’s abilities with character development. It’s not an immediate shift, we see the struggles, and that’s exactly what development looks like.
As an atmosphere I would relate this to a few things. It does have the whole hidden magic from the real world building like in Harry Potter (but no wands!), as a dark fantasy it has a grittier world feel kind of like Underworld with witches, and because of the deep rooted revenge quest it read to me like a magic The Revenant. And this very well could be a villain origin with its vengeful body horror.
For me, I will say the ended did wrap up a little too quickly. With a vast majority of the story taking place in a single setting, it just kind of slams you into the ending. If the overall climax had been mentioned earlier in the book, I think it would have fit into its trajectory better. But those are just my personal thoughts!
Absolutely worth your time, effort, and money to read this book.
I believe I saw that this was an earlier release that later got reworked and released as a Wahida Clark Presents. Which is cool with me, I love when authors get a second chance at presenting what they really wanted. This release had very few errors and was concise, so it seemingly went well!
When the story begins we have a very timid, damaged, and trapped main character. Throughout the novel we get to see a change over time, where now our MC is strong, purposeful, energized. I think this speaks to the author’s abilities with character development. It’s not an immediate shift, we see the struggles, and that’s exactly what development looks like.
As an atmosphere I would relate this to a few things. It does have the whole hidden magic from the real world building like in Harry Potter (but no wands!), as a dark fantasy it has a grittier world feel kind of like Underworld with witches, and because of the deep rooted revenge quest it read to me like a magic The Revenant. And this very well could be a villain origin with its vengeful body horror.
For me, I will say the ended did wrap up a little too quickly. With a vast majority of the story taking place in a single setting, it just kind of slams you into the ending. If the overall climax had been mentioned earlier in the book, I think it would have fit into its trajectory better. But those are just my personal thoughts!
Absolutely worth your time, effort, and money to read this book.
March 28, 2022
Definitely an author to keep an eye on. Extensive world building. Perseverance. Self-empowerment. Kinship. Excited to see where the rest of this story goes!
(Side note: I read updated version that was published in 2021 and released by Wahida Clark Presents).
(Side note: I read updated version that was published in 2021 and released by Wahida Clark Presents).
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