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A review by romiandthebooks
Heart Shaped Stone by CT Ortega
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
โโโ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช โโโ
First, I'd like to thank the author for reaching out and asking if I would be interested in an advanced reading copy of his book. And for his kind patience, as I received it when I was on my vacation and not a lot of reading happened that time.
I just finished this wonderful story and it was not what I expected at all. I've enjoyed it start to finish, truly. I was emerged into the story, and absolutely loved the symbolism used in it. I found the story deep, reflective, inspiring. Altough I cannot relate to Danni's situation, I could totally feel what she was going through. I believe the author did a great job at describing her pain, her struggles, her hopes. I think Lev was a great character as well, as we all need that support and hope and optimism in our lives. I assumed what the Scath was, and was pleasantly surprised to see I was not far off when I read the end. "The Allegory of Truth" at the end of the book, provides a great insight into the symbolism used in this fantasy story.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.
BLURB:
In the rolling hills of ancient Ireland, a place filled with beauty and magic, a newly freed slave wanders into the tribal village of McGinniss, only to find himself enthralled by the Queen. Hoping to make a new life, Lev is quickly thrown into the horrors that torment the town.
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ/5
โ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.โ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐
..."๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐,
๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ
First, I'd like to thank the author for reaching out and asking if I would be interested in an advanced reading copy of his book. And for his kind patience, as I received it when I was on my vacation and not a lot of reading happened that time.
I just finished this wonderful story and it was not what I expected at all. I've enjoyed it start to finish, truly. I was emerged into the story, and absolutely loved the symbolism used in it. I found the story deep, reflective, inspiring. Altough I cannot relate to Danni's situation, I could totally feel what she was going through. I believe the author did a great job at describing her pain, her struggles, her hopes. I think Lev was a great character as well, as we all need that support and hope and optimism in our lives. I assumed what the Scath was, and was pleasantly surprised to see I was not far off when I read the end. "The Allegory of Truth" at the end of the book, provides a great insight into the symbolism used in this fantasy story.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.
BLURB:
In the rolling hills of ancient Ireland, a place filled with beauty and magic, a newly freed slave wanders into the tribal village of McGinniss, only to find himself enthralled by the Queen. Hoping to make a new life, Lev is quickly thrown into the horrors that torment the town.
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ/5
โ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.โ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐
..."๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐,
๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ