Today, I share with you from Chapter 1, page 17:
"It is heresay mostly, but the ceremony was a rite of passage for religious students wishing to elevate their spiritual awareness. There were five stages. One of them involved purification--"
"Purification?" Renee interrupted. She pulled away and stared intently into his eyes. "Of what?"
"One's soul possibly?" Dimitri shrugged. "Why?"
Renee hesitated before responding. Should I tell him? And then what, ask him if he thinks the ceremony might cure me? Yeah, right, that will sound sober. She moved back into his embrace. "Just curious. Tell me more."
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WOW! That sounds like a great book! Pass it on when your done...please?
ReplyDeleteSorry Brenda, no can do ... My copy is a signed copy by the author; I keep all my signed copies of books. I love having the books I've spent my time reading keep me company... have a couple of yours doing same!
ReplyDeleteLOL....no problem.. I completely understand!
ReplyDeleteI knew you would understand, my friend! I don't part with any of my books, never mind signed copies. But ... That is why I always include a purchase link in my posts here and I'm sure the authors appreciate book sales being generated.
ReplyDeleteQuestion for the discussion: does the internal dialogue distract you? It's my style to put the reader into the head of the character, but I fear of violating the POV paradigm.
ReplyDeleteNot at all, John. The internal dialogue seems to add a greater explanation to the scenes, as well as bonding the reader to the character on a higher plane. (At least, in my case.)
ReplyDeleteThat's good to hear. I took a 1-star rating on Amazon because this particular reader didn't like the back n forth debate style of dialogue that Renee and David get into throughout the story. I chose that style purposefully to build the conflict between 2 people obviously attracted to each other, but too scared to risk exposing their inner selves. As we all probably know too well, what we think but then say are often 2 very different things - often leading to misunderstanding and then, unfortunately, hurt.
ReplyDeleteNo issues from me on the dialogue. I like the back-and-forth between the two, as well as Renee's debates with self. No 1-star rating from me! Seriously, when I first began your book, I wanted to read it straight through. However, I'm kind of glad that I have a lot going on right now and my reading time is limited ... This gives me time between reads to digest what I've read more thoroughly.
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