Review: Fallenwood

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Fallenwood

Author: 

Leslie D. Soule

Release Date:

March 2011

Publisher:

Decadent Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 60,000

Purchase Links:  

Decadent Publishing

Author's Website:

www.lesliesoule.com

Description:  

Fallenwood—a land where magic is the life force, dragons are sages, and wizards good and evil battle for supremacy. When 23-year-old Ash is thrust into the middle of Fallenwood’s power struggles, she is also forced to face her own inner battles. Life on Earth was hard enough on Ash, who is locked in grief for her stepfather. Now, the fate of Fallenwood rests on her shoulders. She must destroy the Great Crystal—the catalyst for all the land’s magic. As the kingdoms prepare for war, Ash must look inside to find the power to save the world, and herself.

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Review: Fallen Star

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Fallen Star

Author: 

Ian Barker

Release Date:

November 2010

Publisher:

Rebel ePublishers

Word Count:

approx. 20,000

Purchase Links:  

Rebel ePublishers

Author's Website:

www.iandavidbarker.co.uk
 

Description:  

From the age of sixteen, Karl Weston has only ever known how to be a pop star. When that world is turned on its head by the death of another band member he has to learn to cope with a new set of challenges. He begins to discover that in a society obsessed by celebrity, the one thing worse than remaining in obscurity is having your fame whisked away.

Fallen Star is the story of Karl’s struggle to return to the limelight, encountering corrupt management, auditions for sleazy movies and the world of reality TV along the way. As if his career wasn’t complicated enough, for the first time in his life Karl finds true love with Lizzie. But she’s the daughter of an IRA martyr and that makes her someone his ex-soldier father is bound to hate.

Fallen Star is about the price of fame, the shallowness of celebrity culture, the blindness of prejudice and the redeeming power of love. It should appeal to fans of Nick Hornby and Tony Parsons or to anyone who has allowed themselves the guilty pleasure of being sucked into watching a reality TV show.

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