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Heart Tales

Posted 21st January 2015

This is the first review I wrote for another blog called Ethereal Book Reviews. I had written many more before this one, but for books that I purchased myself. Writing a review about something that was giving to me, for my honesty was an honour, and it was addicting. Connecting with Authors made reading all the more special and knowing they read your review and thank you for your feed back, is thrilling and gratifying.

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Heart Tales by Celine Garcia
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book was given to me by the author through Ethereal Book Reviews (Guest Reviewer Program)

First up Audio Frequency - 3 stars

This was a light fluffy short story that made me smile, but there are a few things that are just not sitting right with me. I had a hard time picturing the setting and surroundings. There was no real big description, even between the characters. Not once did the author tell us, directly or indirectly what Geraldine looks like (she’s our protagonist). We got her age, cool, but what about hair color, eye color, or even what’s she was wearing? We didn’t even get a bread crumb. At one point we got her saying she put on her best dress, okay, again cool, but what does it look like? Was it black, blue, red, short, long? You can pretty much describe a dress in five words or less. Even if it is a short story you still need some basic descriptions. I had this cute little short haired girl in my mind, with no face (creepy right?). We did get a little bit of a description about Sam, but again, very vague. To me, no matter how short a story is, there should be some bit of detail to help created the world in the reads heads, because come on, no one’s psychic and we can’t tell what’s going on in the authors head. But I must say over all this short story, though it lacked, no, missed one of the necessary building blocks to a good story, was nice, pretty and it did give my feels a good enough jump start (more like a kick) to make me smile and go, aww.

Legal U Turn - 4 stars

I really enjoyed this second short way better than the first. But I have to admit, I didn’t know the main was a man right away. I think it was because in the first short it was a woman, and with the writing style being the same, I got confused. In all, I got a better picture with this short. It had more, and not just for the descriptions, but overall more feelings. I could actually feel my heart start to warm, that and, I was really starting to feel for Dean and Gwen. There were more real emotions in this short, and I really wished it was a little longer. There was so much feels that I can’t even write them all down. I don’t want to give anything away about this short, because I don’t want to spoil anything.

Heart Set On You - 5 Stars

This was so sad and heartwarming at the same time that I almost cried at the end. We start with Ellie, a teenage girl who just had a heart transplant, and for some odd reason she can see Heart (that’s what she names him), the guy she received her donor heart from. She’s the only one that can see or hear him, and because of this she gets picked on in school (kids are so mean!). Outside of the supernatural plot, this story was very heart punching real and so well written. You feel all of Ellie’s troubled emotions and (I know I did) feel the need to help fix all her problems. This was a story of friendship, support, and how one outstretched hand (even invisible) can change someone’s world. Again I don’t want to give too much away (nothing actually) even though this was the longest short, even the littlest of a nibble can ruin the whole thing and I’m just not into that.

Until Next Time

Don’t stop being Amazing! XD

Emily.


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