I won a signed copy of this book
through a giveaway on the internet, and the following is my honest opinion for
this book.
At almost 450 pages this is one of the
longest I’ve read/reviewed. Ms. Faragher did a wonderful with her
conglomeration of paranormal characters: ShapeShifters, vampires, telepaths,
super-healers, etc; and does a decent job educating her readers who aren’t
familiar with these entities.
The story centers around Beatrice
"Trix" SinClara and her journey as she sees her own shape-shifting
and telepathic powers growing stronger and which she needs to get under
control. Trix tries to unravel what is happening in The House such as
shape-shifters disappearing from The House all of a sudden and without leaving
a trace.
While the book is enjoyable, I feel it
would be even more so if it wasn’t for its length. Too much of the beginning of
the book is spent introducing us to its characters and creating the world of the book. A good review by the
author coupled with a willingness to delete all of the excess verbiage would
improve its readability. As an author myself I can understand the difficulty
Ms. Faragher might have in wanting to deleting hundreds of words from various
sections of the book, because I’ve faced the same challenge in regards to one
of my current WIPs. No author, whether it be male or female, wants to delete
any which they’ve given “birth” to.
Despite the wordiness of the book, I
feel it still deserves the 4 STARS I’ve given it.
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C1C8JLM
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