Shattering Truths
Kyrian Lyndon
(Deadly Veils, #1)
Publication date: January 30th 2017
Genres: Suspense, Young Adult
She was left fighting her demons alone . . .
For sixteen-year-old Danielle DeCorso, the old house in Glastonbury was an eerie place to grow up. Coping with mental health challenges exacerbated by a traumatic family dynamic, Danielle watches from the window for two men in a dusty black sedan who keep circling the house and harassing her with phone calls. The two predators drugged her and her cousin, Angie, and then lured them from Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport to a secluded cottage on Long Beach West. She remembers feeling dizzy, the room spinning. She recalls screaming, crying, fighting, and then slipping in and out of consciousness. Angie, however, has no recollection of the incident.
When Danielle attempts to jog Angie’s memory and convince their best friend, Farran, that the two strangers had victimized them, no one seems to believe her. Alone in her pain, Danielle remains guarded, obsessed, and withdrawn. Soon she is sinking deeper into a tumultuous world of adolescent isolation and change. Grief, guilt, and anger send her spiraling into an even darker place.
Tormented by terrifying nightmares, she fears she will lose her sanity, or possibly her soul. Is she having post-traumatic stress hallucinations, as one of her friends suggest, or are her recurring nightmares as real as they seem? Trapped in an unyielding emotional bondage, Danielle continues the fight to reclaim her power. Startling revelations awaken her newfound spirit, inspiring a once naïve girl to grow into a woman of defiance and courage.
My Review:
Sixteen-year-old Danielle and her cousin Angie spend the day
at the beach and meet two guys there who talk them into going back to their
place. Danielle recalls later that the two guys had drugged them. There is no
other explanation for it from the memories that she has of that night. She
remembers screaming, crying, fighting to keep someone off of her. She can’t
remember everything for the blackout spells she was having.
Danielle keeps having nightmares of that night to the point
where she is not sure if she is losing her mind and with Angie having no memory
of the night just adds to her dilemma. Now she keeps seeing a car with one or
both of the guys following her around. If they are not following her they’re
calling her. Danielle is very afraid as she doesn’t know what they are up to
now or what they may do next.
Shattering Truths is about how one girl deals with being
attacked and abused and she feels about all of it. Shattering Truths is definitely
one book that is going to stay with for a long time to come as I can relate to
Danielle on more than one level. There were so many times that I could relate
with her on how she feels about life and people. Danielle is one amazing girl.
I would recommend Shattering Truths to anyone who loves a
good story. But let me tell you it is a little on the heavy side about being victimized
and abused.
Author Bio:
Kyrian Lyndon is the author of Shattering Truths, the first book in her Deadly Veils series. She has also published two poetry collections, A Dark Rose Blooms, and Remnants of Severed Chains. Kyrian began writing short stories and fairy tales when she was just eight years old. In her adolescence, she moved on to poetry. At sixteen, while working as an editor for her high school newspaper, she wrote her first novel, and then completed two more novels at the ages of nineteen and twenty-five.
Born and raised in Woodside, Queens, New York, Kyrian was the middle of three daughters born to immigrants —her father from Campochiaro, Italy; her mother from Havana, Cuba. She has worked primarily in executive-level administrative positions with major New York publishing companies. She resides on Long Island in New York.
4 comments:
Thank you so much for the post and the lovely review! Best, Kyrian
This sounds like a raw, thought provoking read! Great review, Nancy!
Hello from Middletown, NY! This sounds like a highly emotional read...but I love those! Thanks so much for sharing an excerpt and review! I am intrigued.
Sounds like a great book. Thanks for sharing.
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