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Realm of Essences #2
On Broken Wings
You're a young woman with no memory of your past. You've been made a sexual slave by a gang of vicious bikers. After ten years' agony, you've freed yourself by committing murder and earning a faceful of scars. But the biker king is obsessed with you. Your sole chance of escaping him lies in trusting an unassuming young man you've just met. Do you choose the devil you know...or the devil you don't?
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First published February 15, 2010
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March 19, 2011
A novel that both shed light to the goodness of man and the evil that he can inflict upon another man. Ok, well it isn't that profound but it was a good read and I am interested on reading its sequel. For a free e-book, the novel was well edited. Probably the best free e-book editing I've read to date.
March 21, 2024
Really good! Book two is quite a bit different than the first book; it has a great story idea and just enough detail to fill in gaps nicely. It’s not a clean continuation from book one, but I found it gripping. Still has a couple of loose ends, or rather, incomplete sub plots. And of course, the story itself is a little short. Well worth the time to read.
April 23, 2012
Warning! Once you start this book you won't be able to put it down, so get a big drink, plenty of kleenex and tell your spouse/SO that you won't be making lunch or dinner because you'll be busy. The pages virtually turn themselves and I found myself completely lost within the story. That doesn't happen very often, but it surely happened here, and my prediction that this book would be as good or better than the first book came true;it's better by a long shot and I loved the first one (Chosen One).
We continue with the story of Louis Redmond, our moral, honorable and protective hero who saves Christine from a biker gang after 10 years of maltreatment. He not only saves her but helps her gain self respect, and gives her skills to live and protect her. With Helen, he teaches her to love. Again Porretto has the courage to ask life's major questions: what is religion? What is love? When is it okay to kill? What is God? What happens when we die? What do we owe our fellow man? What do we owe ourselves? He answers most of these questions in a clear and lucid way. That is pretty amazing all by itself.
The second half of the book focuses on Christine. She is being trained by Malcolm, works at OA and lives at Louis' house then all hell breaks loose. The ending of this book is far more wrapped up then the last one. Don't forget your kleenex because this one is far more emotional too. This book celebrates life and love and friendship. On the flipside, it also shows grief and how we can get over it. There is also a strong message about good versus evil and what you must do to protect yourself, your loved ones and the world from the bad guys.
While doing all of this, Porretto gives us simply lush characterization; you cry before they do because you know tragedy is coming, you're scared for them when they go into danger, you rejoice with them when they find love. The story is so deep, so spiritual, so wonderful that I find myself short of comparisons. The writing is superb ; just enough and no more to communicate perfectly the people, emotions, setting, great dialogue, and spiritually to perfectly describe it without any extraneous adjectives or adverbs. What a joy!
I would recommend the first two books in this series to anyone who has any interest in lifes' big questions or religion in general. The third book is out and it's the next on my list. If you ever looked up at the stars and wondered about God, or thought that the bad people were taking over - then these books are for you.
We continue with the story of Louis Redmond, our moral, honorable and protective hero who saves Christine from a biker gang after 10 years of maltreatment. He not only saves her but helps her gain self respect, and gives her skills to live and protect her. With Helen, he teaches her to love. Again Porretto has the courage to ask life's major questions: what is religion? What is love? When is it okay to kill? What is God? What happens when we die? What do we owe our fellow man? What do we owe ourselves? He answers most of these questions in a clear and lucid way. That is pretty amazing all by itself.
The second half of the book focuses on Christine. She is being trained by Malcolm, works at OA and lives at Louis' house then all hell breaks loose. The ending of this book is far more wrapped up then the last one. Don't forget your kleenex because this one is far more emotional too. This book celebrates life and love and friendship. On the flipside, it also shows grief and how we can get over it. There is also a strong message about good versus evil and what you must do to protect yourself, your loved ones and the world from the bad guys.
While doing all of this, Porretto gives us simply lush characterization; you cry before they do because you know tragedy is coming, you're scared for them when they go into danger, you rejoice with them when they find love. The story is so deep, so spiritual, so wonderful that I find myself short of comparisons. The writing is superb ; just enough and no more to communicate perfectly the people, emotions, setting, great dialogue, and spiritually to perfectly describe it without any extraneous adjectives or adverbs. What a joy!
I would recommend the first two books in this series to anyone who has any interest in lifes' big questions or religion in general. The third book is out and it's the next on my list. If you ever looked up at the stars and wondered about God, or thought that the bad people were taking over - then these books are for you.
September 21, 2011
I rather enjoyed this book, but I never really got a sense of it's purpose and it left a lot of questions unanswered. It had a straightforward main plot line but there is an undercurrent that was never fully addressed that made me feel like there was supposed to be more that was never fully committed to.
It was very exciting and intriguing with lots of characters that I liked. But I found it kind of disconcerting how important characters were treated like expendables. There were a lot religious arguments to ponder which were interesting but not fully developed. And quite a few explicitly brutal moments that are explained in graphic detail.
Also, I found out at the end that it is part of a series so maybe that is part of the incomplete feeling I had while reading this book... And not only is there another book after it, but evidently there was a book before it as well.
Overall I liked it, but it kind of felt like a movie version of the book where things are left out and you think "Man, the book was so much better than the movie!" Except it WAS the book so it was just a feeling of unanswered potential.
It was very exciting and intriguing with lots of characters that I liked. But I found it kind of disconcerting how important characters were treated like expendables. There were a lot religious arguments to ponder which were interesting but not fully developed. And quite a few explicitly brutal moments that are explained in graphic detail.
Also, I found out at the end that it is part of a series so maybe that is part of the incomplete feeling I had while reading this book... And not only is there another book after it, but evidently there was a book before it as well.
Overall I liked it, but it kind of felt like a movie version of the book where things are left out and you think "Man, the book was so much better than the movie!" Except it WAS the book so it was just a feeling of unanswered potential.
October 27, 2011
I really enjoyed the story line and the characters. The only thing I really did not like about the book was that it jumped around a lot. I found at one time you were following four different characters at once. I understand it was needed to show all sides of the story, but four at once. Wow. One thing I really like about it was the way they tied in where one of main character died at the end without the other main character knowing it.
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