I would like to welcome Callie Kingston to The Avid Reader today. Thanks for stopping by Callie. Please be sure and check out Callie's novel Undertow. Don't forget to enter the giveaway before you leave.
Book Title: Undertow
Author: Callie Kingston
List Price: $12.95
Publication Date: Feb 18 2012
Carolwood Press: carolwoodpress@gmail.com
ISBN-13: 978-0615599878
ISBN-10: 0615599877
BISAC: Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Depression & Mental Illness
Distributors: Ingram
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WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT
Undertow
“A brilliant, realistic story about the power of obsession . . . starts out subtle then hits you full on like a rogue wave”
“. . . anyone who loves contemporary fiction will adore this one.”
“. . . an impressive first novel, with many elements of interest and value woven into a story of a young woman's coming of age in Portland, Oregon.”
“a breathtakingly emotional story . . .”
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Undertow
Marissa is nearly eighteen and can't wait to leave behind her traumatic past. With long time boyfriend Drake, she thinks she has her future all figured out--until she discovers his betrayal. She flees to a desolate beach on the wild Oregon coast hoping to escape her pain, where, overcome with emotional and physical exhaustion, she dozes off beside a log. When the first icy waves strike her, it is too late: a rogue wave drags her out to sea.
Somehow she survives, and now each night she dreams of a creature who rescues her. Determined to discover the truth, her obsession deepens until she once again risks her life in the frigid ocean. Will the creature Marissa seeks save her? Will she be lost forever in the eddies of her mind, or will Jim, her new boyfriend, keep her from drowning in the abyss?
UNDERTOW is a contemporary Young Adult novel in which a young woman finds a terrible choice thrust upon her: overcome the pain in her in her past and the dangers which lurk in her mind, or succumb to these and be lost forever inside a beautiful dream.
MY REVIEW
Undertow
Marissa is a seventeen almost eighteen year old who has had a lot of bad stuff happen to her in her past. It all started when she was a girl at the age of 11. Because of all the things from her past Marissa has had a lot of issues to deal with. From Marissa's point of view her mother is always giving her a lot of grief and her father is never around. Her parents have been divorced for a long time.
Marissa feels guilty and angry about everything that has happened in her past. She blames everyone else but herself. No one is to blame not her mother, father or even Marissa. Marissa thinks everyone blames her for the things that happened. Which causes her to lash out at just about everyone she comes in contact with.
Callie Kingston really knows how to write a novel. She will keep you hanging on the edge all the way to the end. She has you thinking that the story she writes is one thing when in reality it is something else entirely.
Ok, I have a question for you. Have you ever read a book or books where you are like ok the story was very good but the writing was not? Or have you read a book where the writing was very good but the story was not? I have read plenty of books that falls into any one of these categories. With saying that Undertow does not fit into any of these categories. Undertow was a very good story and was well written.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Callie Kingston lives in the Pacific Northwest with an assortment of furry creatures (husband included). She holds a master’s degree in psychology. When not writing, she likes to explore the outdoors, the forests and beaches along the Oregon coast. She also enjoys a great cup of cappuccino, which happily is easily found in her part of the world.
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Nov. 12 - Flora - (Excerpt/giveaway)
Nov. 13 - Cherie - Cherie Reads - (Review/giveaway)
Nov. 14 - Jamie Haden - (Interview//Excerpt/ Ebook Giveaways)
Nov. 15 - Trish - (guest post/Excerpt/giveaway)
Nov. 16 - Midu - Book Promo
Nov. 17 - Nikki - (review/)
Nov. 18 - Nicole - (Review/Interview)
Nov. 19 - Faye - (Review & Giveaway)
Nov. 20 - Nancy - The Avid Reader (review/excerpt/giveaway)
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