Throne of Grace By Cecily K. Wolfe

This a story about a lovely young girl from Rhode Island who works for a rich family and finds forbidden love. She faces the challenge of knowing her place in society or fighting for what her heart wants. Does she dare to think she is worthy of the wealthy gentleman who has stolen her heart? This was an audio book. I would give this an over-all score of 3 stars only due to the person chosen to read the story.. Although her voice was a pleasant one it was without much feeling. It was very hard to tell between the different characters when she read and the excitement and emotion was very minimal. The story was a good story and I think If I could have read it myself it would have come across much stronger. I felt the book dealt more with the build up of the relationship between the main characters than it did with the actual relationship itself. It just wasn’t the best experience to me. Being that I am a read-a-holic having to listen to a book read from someone in a mundane voice was hard to deal with. I believe I will buy the book and reread it to give it another chance. I believe it deserves that. 

 

 

The New World By Andrew Motion

This was an Early Reviewer giveaway that unfortunately due to family circumstances I was unable to read until now. I truly regret not doing so sooner since this is a truly amazing story that was worth the read. I found this story by Andrew Motion easy to read and indeed a page turner which I really had a hard time putting it down. I found myself reading far into the wee hours of the night until I was so exhausted I couldn’t keep my eyes open. To follow the adventure of Jim and Natty through a horrific tragedy, a capture by frightening natives, an escape and finally the resolve of finally being able to follow along with them as they ran for their lives in order to make it back to where they began was exhilarating. This story is one I would defiantly recommend to anyone who loves adventure and wants a story that reads as if it were a true story.  

 Eden’s Shadow By Emmett Snow

I first want to say that there was quite a bit of bad language in the story which made it harder for me to read. I felt it was a little much. It just seemed out of context to the setting. With that being said, I felt it was a very good story plot overall. I am not io the whole "alien" theme but after starting to read it hit me. I wondered, "what if" that were to really happen?  What would I do if I were them? How truly unprepared the people of this world today would be. I know for myself it would be a real shock to be trust into that kind of circumstance. I felt myself fully connect with the characters and their struggles and frustrations. I found myself rooting for their existence and feeling perplexed at how to fix it when given little or no easy solutions. I could not even try to imagine what it would feel like to lose everything and everyone without any warning. To have to start over with people you didn’t know in a place you have no idea where it is or even why you were chosen to be there. I thought the story ended too abruptly and could have gone on for many more chapters. I believe this could and perhaps should have a sequel written for it. I would be one who would want to read it.