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A review by billymac1962
Forsaken: Book One of the Shadow Cove Saga by J.D. Barker
4.0
It's a good thing
a) I don't care if people see the cover of the book I'm reading, and
b) there's Kindle, if I do
because the cover really is cheesy. Lose the faded in woman's face and we're fine. Otherwise it looks like the countless cheesy prints you'd find in Walmart, you know: those with mysterious faces looking at you, women or the ever popular big wolf face superimposed on a forest.
Yes, I don't care if people see the cover of what I'm reading (and I can say that with all confidence because I read this on my Kindle), but what I do care about is that I almost didn't read it because of it. Never judge a book and all that, but it was close.
Anyways, this is unfair to the story, because this is a very well written novel. J.D. Barker tells this tale through three streams: a journal detailing a witch trial in 1692, a writer on a publishing deal trip, and his home. Combining this with (almost annoyingly) short chapters, and the story is a very, very fast read.
I'm almost giving Barker 5 stars for the fantastic dipping into Stephen King's Castle Rock. Very well done, sir. But I'll give this one 4.5 only because it wasn't "amazing", but I "really liked it".
I very much recommend this book, and I am looking forward to reading J.D. Barker again.
a) I don't care if people see the cover of the book I'm reading, and
b) there's Kindle, if I do
because the cover really is cheesy. Lose the faded in woman's face and we're fine. Otherwise it looks like the countless cheesy prints you'd find in Walmart, you know: those with mysterious faces looking at you, women or the ever popular big wolf face superimposed on a forest.
Yes, I don't care if people see the cover of what I'm reading (and I can say that with all confidence because I read this on my Kindle), but what I do care about is that I almost didn't read it because of it. Never judge a book and all that, but it was close.
Anyways, this is unfair to the story, because this is a very well written novel. J.D. Barker tells this tale through three streams: a journal detailing a witch trial in 1692, a writer on a publishing deal trip, and his home. Combining this with (almost annoyingly) short chapters, and the story is a very, very fast read.
I'm almost giving Barker 5 stars for the fantastic dipping into Stephen King's Castle Rock. Very well done, sir. But I'll give this one 4.5 only because it wasn't "amazing", but I "really liked it".
I very much recommend this book, and I am looking forward to reading J.D. Barker again.