Saturday, February 14, 2015

Aurian and Jin: A Love Story

Free Book for Honest Review


This piece of literature was wonderful. I really enjoyed the story line and everything about this book and the way that it was written. I haven't read anything like this and I had fun reading it! 
                                       
                                            Synopsis 

Aurian Koch, semi-professional innkeeper, has a pretty easy life. He drinks beer with the necromancers down the road, scrubs tabletops, swabs glasses, and robs bandits. In the company of his wife, the mysterious ex-soldier Jin Grewler, he's--well, maybe not respected. Maybe tolerated is the right word. 

Things change when Jin's past comes to call in the form of a Bonedancer, scourge of the Imperial South. Before they know it, Aurian and Jin are burning their inn and running for the woods to flee from the consequences of whatever it is Jin has done this time. 

But what has Jin done? As they flee, Aurian begins to realize there's more to the story--and to his wife--than simple crime. Their choices will affect not only their own fortunes, but those of the entire Imperial South

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

The book of strange new things

this book wasn't what I was truly expecting. The way that this book was written wasn't truly made for this story. Along with the chapters and the iffy plot. Having the main character leave his wife and cat while he goes on a "mission trip" didn't seem right. Most missionaries take there families with them. Once he overwhelming need to get back to his wife was very predictable. The naming of the characters was very interesting and was one thing that made this book refreshing and a little more bearable. Overall wasn't my favorite and wasn't too bad. The story had good ideas but was executed in a way that I would have...

synopsis 

It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Bea. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment, overseen by an enigmatic corporation known only as USIC. His work introduces him to a seemingly friendly native population struggling with a dangerous illness and hungry for Peter’s teachings—his Bible is their “book of strange new things.” But Peter is rattled when Bea’s letters from home become increasingly desperate: typhoons and earthquakes are devastating whole countries, and governments are crumbling. Bea’s faith, once the guiding light of their lives, begins to falter. 

Suddenly, a separation measured by an otherworldly distance, and defined both by one newly discovered world and another in a state of collapse, is threatened by an ever-widening gulf that is much less quantifiable. While Peter is reconciling the needs of his congregation with the desires of his strange employer, Bea is struggling for survival. Their trials lay bare a profound meditation on faith, love tested beyond endurance, and our responsibility to those closest to us.