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Friday, November 27, 2020
Saturday, October 3, 2020
REVIEW OF THE SHADOW WAND BY LAURIE FOREST
THE SHADOW WAND BY LAURIE FOREST: REVIEW
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SYNOPSIS
HER WORLD-ALTERING SECRET CAN’T BE HIDDEN MUCH LONGER
Elloren Gardner hides the most powerful secret in all Erthia—she is the Black Witch of Prophecy, and destined to triumph…or be used as the ultimate weapon of destruction.
Separated from everyone she loves, isolated and hunted, Elloren must turn to the last person she can trust—her fastmate, Commander Lukas Grey. With the Mage forces of Gardneria poised to conquer all of Erthia, Elloren has no choice but to ally with Lukas and combine their power to keep herself out of the hands of Gardnerian leader Marcus Vogel…the holder of the all-consuming Shadow Wand.
With just weeks to train to become a warrior, and no control over her magic, Elloren finds unexpected allies among those under orders to kill her. It’s time to step up. To fight back. And to forge onward through the most devastating loss yet.
REVIEW
Life never goes the way we want or imagine, and Elloren sure learns that. Hunted by the Vu Trin because she's too powerful and forced to go back to Gardneria to gather information and hide, she reunites with Lukas and learns of the death of someone precious to her. A lot happens in a short time and Elloren loses loved ones, and gains allies, sacrifices parts of herself, and also acquires new skills.
There are multiple POVs that widen the scope of the story. I enjoyed them a great deal. I'm usually not a fan. I'm usually mentally screaming "gimme my MC!!!" but Laurie knows how to trap you with new characters and also new ones that have interesting stories to tell. From a highly powerful mage who has his beliefs torn to pieces in front of him, to a brave, reckless young woman who would do anything for her small sibling, to a powerful fae, and Elloren's brother Trystan. I so love Trystan; his side of the story is heartbreaking and also full of self-discovery with a dash of steamy romantic potential.
If there's something Laurie excels at, is conveying emotion in such a raw way that I teared up several times. And romance. Complex, maddening, delirious romantic liaisons that are positively addictive.
The war has begun, and it's terrifying. Just when I thought I couldn't hate Marcus Vogel more than I did he got worse. Like 100 times worse. And Vyvian, that crazy bitch reached extra levels of wickedness.
Again, the parallels to some of the most chauvinistic ways of the Gardnerians with our world's bullshit ways are masterful. The way Gardnerians feel like they own the world, and want to set it on fire, and dominate other species because it says they are the superior beings in their little deranged book was eerily familiar.
There are also lots of action scenes. I looooooooooove me some actions scenes. And have I mentioned the kissing? There are lots of swoon-worthy scenes, too. I love how Laurie balances the horrors of a world divided and at war with very personal stories full of complex feelings and hard decisions.
Overall a sexy, action-packed, diverse adventure that makes one think about the injustices in our pseudo-modern prejudiced world while diving into a world ripe with magic, dragons, and powerful beings.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
The Veer Union - Living Not Alive (Official Video)
Amazing song obsession! I've had it on replay for hours, and it's helped me write several difficult scenes.
Locked in a life that you can't leave
Now I know why you couldn't heal
Stuck in a world that you can't feel
In silence you are fading
Crumbling and breaking
Said that you're mistaken
But you're numb to what you need
Can someone rip you open?
And break what has been broken?
Before there's nothing left to bleed
You drift into the darkest skies
I can see the life leave your eyes
It's buried beneath your crooked grin
It's fighting to fuel the fire again
How to lose your hypnotize
Drowning in the taste of your lies
The star that would shine, now it dies within
You're lost in the life that you're living in
And I can see you're living
But you're not alive
The scars you're creating
Smiling and Faking
When will you awaken,
You succumb to the disease
Like a whisper in the weather
Nothing lasts forever
Now I know why, you couldn't breathe
You're locked in a life that you can't leave
Now I know why you couldn't heal
You're stuck in a world that you can't feel
You drift into the darkest skies
I can see the life leave your eyes
It's buried beneath your crooked grin
It's fighting to fuel the fire again
How to lose your hypnotize
Drowning in the taste of your lies
The star that would shine, now it dies within
You're lost in the life that you're living in
And I can see you're living
But you're not alive
But you're not alive
(You're not living!)
You drift into the darkest skies
I can see the life leave your eyes
It's buried beneath your crooked grin
It's fighting to fuel the fire again
How to lose your hypnotize
Drowning in the taste of your lies
The star that would shine, now it dies within
You're lost in the life that you're living in
And I can see you're living (Living!)
But you're not alive (Living!)
But you're not alive
LIVING NOT ALIVE by The Veer Union
Now I know why, you couldn't breatheLocked in a life that you can't leave
Now I know why you couldn't heal
Stuck in a world that you can't feel
In silence you are fading
Crumbling and breaking
Said that you're mistaken
But you're numb to what you need
Can someone rip you open?
And break what has been broken?
Before there's nothing left to bleed
You drift into the darkest skies
I can see the life leave your eyes
It's buried beneath your crooked grin
It's fighting to fuel the fire again
How to lose your hypnotize
Drowning in the taste of your lies
The star that would shine, now it dies within
You're lost in the life that you're living in
And I can see you're living
But you're not alive
The scars you're creating
Smiling and Faking
When will you awaken,
You succumb to the disease
Like a whisper in the weather
Nothing lasts forever
Now I know why, you couldn't breathe
You're locked in a life that you can't leave
Now I know why you couldn't heal
You're stuck in a world that you can't feel
You drift into the darkest skies
I can see the life leave your eyes
It's buried beneath your crooked grin
It's fighting to fuel the fire again
How to lose your hypnotize
Drowning in the taste of your lies
The star that would shine, now it dies within
You're lost in the life that you're living in
And I can see you're living
But you're not alive
But you're not alive
(You're not living!)
You drift into the darkest skies
I can see the life leave your eyes
It's buried beneath your crooked grin
It's fighting to fuel the fire again
How to lose your hypnotize
Drowning in the taste of your lies
The star that would shine, now it dies within
You're lost in the life that you're living in
And I can see you're living (Living!)
But you're not alive (Living!)
But you're not alive
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
THE PROPHECIES of THE SHADOW WAND by Laurie Forest (Spanish Version)
Happy release day to THE SHADOW WAND by Laurie Forest! Here's my rendition of the chilling Gardnerian, Noi, and Amaz prophecies in Spanish. Laurie loves how they sound in Spanish, and I have to admit they do feel pretty ominous in my birth language. What are you waiting for to read this rollercoaster of feels, non-sop action, and smoldering romance?
KINDLE: https://amzn.to/2UsT8OK
HARDBACK: https://amzn.to/2YiHDKR
BLURB
HER WORLD-ALTERING SECRET CAN’T BE HIDDEN MUCH LONGER
Elloren Gardner hides the most powerful secret in all Erthia—she is the Black Witch of Prophecy, and destined to triumph…or be used as the ultimate weapon of destruction.
Separated from everyone she loves, isolated and hunted, Elloren must turn to the last person she can trust—her fastmate, Commander Lukas Grey. With the Mage forces of Gardneria poised to conquer all of Erthia, Elloren has no choice but to ally with Lukas and combine their power to keep herself out of the hands of Gardnerian leader Marcus Vogel…the holder of the all-consuming Shadow Wand.
With just weeks to train to become a warrior, and no control over her magic, Elloren finds unexpected allies among those under orders to kill her. It’s time to step up. To fight back. And to forge onward through the most devastating loss yet.
KINDLE: https://amzn.to/2UsT8OK
HARDBACK: https://amzn.to/2YiHDKR
BLURB
HER WORLD-ALTERING SECRET CAN’T BE HIDDEN MUCH LONGER
Elloren Gardner hides the most powerful secret in all Erthia—she is the Black Witch of Prophecy, and destined to triumph…or be used as the ultimate weapon of destruction.
Separated from everyone she loves, isolated and hunted, Elloren must turn to the last person she can trust—her fastmate, Commander Lukas Grey. With the Mage forces of Gardneria poised to conquer all of Erthia, Elloren has no choice but to ally with Lukas and combine their power to keep herself out of the hands of Gardnerian leader Marcus Vogel…the holder of the all-consuming Shadow Wand.
With just weeks to train to become a warrior, and no control over her magic, Elloren finds unexpected allies among those under orders to kill her. It’s time to step up. To fight back. And to forge onward through the most devastating loss yet.
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