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Happy Thursday, my dolls!
Happy Thursday, my dolls!
It's a great day to start going through boxes to get organized for the big move! Woo!
It's also a great day for a blog hop and I've got Virtual Tours "THE JUDAS KISS" by Angella Graff for you today. Enjoyable read. Find book and author information below along with my review of the work and a Giveaway!
The Book
Title: The Judas KissAuthor: Angella Graff
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Excerpt: Mark’s Story
Booksellers: Amazon, Createspace
Synopsis:
Judas’ Kiss haunts him 2 millennia into his unending existence. Torn between petty gods and their hunger for power, a faithless police officer slips further into machinations that have already cost the life of someone he loved. Mark’s story finally begins to unfold in the newest volume of Angella Graff’s well received series: The Judas Curse.
Just as Detective Ben Stanford is ready to put the past at rest, he’s pulled down once again into the chaos of gods, theology, and mystery. Told that his sister is alive and the two immortals, Mark and Judas, have been kidnapped by the treacherous goddess, Nike, Ben must find a way to rescue the pair before she can harness their powers.
While Mark waits alone, forced to write out the story of how their powers came to be, and Judas lay tortured by the angry Goddess, a reluctant Ben must enlist the help of an unwilling being from the ancient Norse Pantheon.
Time is ticking, and the hard-headed detective must use everything he learned in the past to prevent another disaster, which could potentially wipe-out the human race.
About the Author
She now resides in Tucson with her husband Joshua, three children, Christian, Isabella and Adia, and their three cats, Archive (Ivy), Lasciel and Fix. She prefers to spend her days writing, gardening, and reading non-fiction theology theory books. Angella is also an avid, if not fanatic fan of Doctor Who and BBC Sherlock, which tend to dominate her dry, sarcastic humor, a lot of which is apparent in her writing.
Currently Angella is working on an Urban Fantasy series called The Judas Curse, involving extensive research into Mythos, Christianity and history. The first book of The Judas Curse, The Awakening, was released November 2012.
For more information, visit Angella’s website, Amazon page and follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads.
To learn more about the author and her work visit our author showcase and In a Nutshell interview.
Auggie's Review
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I have to admit that at first I was a little
lost, but that was no fault of the author. I hadn't gotten the opportunity to
read the first in this series, so picking up and reading the second right off
sent me at first into a bit of a tail spin.
Happily, though, I can announce that I still
enjoyed the book despite having missed some vital background information. Ms.
Graff does just enough to recap the former events so that her readers remember
what might have been long stored in "I read that last year" memory.
She does this without being TOO detailed and making it boring for old readers
who might remember every detail just fine, thank you.
Aside from that I have to say that I offer a
congratulations to Ms. Graff for constructing a book with a very interesting
concept that obviously demanded many research hours. The interesting idea of
Gods using bodies as hosts calls back to the "Body snatchers" concept
minus the Aliens. Well... perhaps the Gods could be considered such in another
line of thought but that's for another blog post!
Writing style is pretty straightforward
and simple and the concepts are easily grasped. The storyline is interesting
and moves at a descent clip so you're never left too long in one scene
wondering "What the heck is supposed to be happening"?
There are plenty of great
myth qualities to this book. You've got the Greeks, you've got some Norse myth,
and then you've got Christian myth/history. Actually I was rather surprised at
the spin that Ms. Graff put on the Jesus/Judas story. I enjoy total
reconstructions of history/myth/legend concepts and this one was very
interesting.
I have to say that I wasn't really a fan of the main character until much later on in the book. This might have something to do with the fact that I didn't get to really know him from the first book so it took me a minute to get around his disbelieving attitude, but eventually I did.
I have to say that I wasn't really a fan of the main character until much later on in the book. This might have something to do with the fact that I didn't get to really know him from the first book so it took me a minute to get around his disbelieving attitude, but eventually I did.
Nike. The winged goddess. Goddess of
victory. Fantastic antagonist just because you wouldn't normally expect her to
be one! She makes a downright sinister one too... not sure if I would have
imagined her this way but that's one of the great things about fiction and
imagination.
All in all I would say that this book is worth
the read if you're a fan of myth twists and retellings.
Well done, Ms. Graff.
That's all for today, loves! Have a happy Thursday!
Until Next Blog,
Read On!
