In-depth Book Review for Parents

Amanda from the insightful tween's book blog, Reads4Tweens, has published the most thought-provoking review of the novel written so far. I may not agree with every conclusion or isolation of the facts, but
I know with certainty that readers (parents & educators especially) will glean a crucial perspective on the novel.

"It’s a solid fantasy adventure for kids who have already read the whole Harry Potter series—" writes Amanda, "but they need to be fine with that kind of length, meandering plot, large cast of characters to keep straight, etc."

I hope you'll visit Reads4Tweens to read the full review.

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CHRISTMAS @ THE ECHO REALM

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! For the holiday season, I thought I'd share a Christmas passage from "The Sound and the Echoes". I wish you all the wintery wonder of the season!

FROM CHAPTER 15:

"Christmas ribbons decked every crystal ball knocker on every sparkling door as far as the eye could see. Through the snowy streets of the Veiled Village, Echoes and Sounds rushed to and fro, their shimmering clothes looking like pouring rain or ice or waves. Before them multi-colored parcels fluttered like strange birds carried on small see-through wings, and every once in a while two parcels would collide and rain down gifts. There were great crystal ball vats on every corner, where eggnog was sold to Sounds and fishnog to Echoes. And between the crystal ball streetlamps Ice Fairies were flying, singing Christmas carols, their frozen lips actually moving. It was a perfect place for disappearing in a crowd, but the Fate Sealers, their Ice Looms glowing bright, stuck ever closer to Will and Peter.

"Crystal ball jugglers jumped out of the creatures’ way. Christmas ribbons that fluttered in the air like butterflies flew off at the sight of the Fate Sealers. Flying parcels kept whooshing before their eyes in a frantic attempt to avoid them, until Peter snatched Poudini up for fear of losing his little dog to a particularly vengeful box. One more snowy street lined with twinkling Christmas trees, and then, all at once, the crowd grew so thick that no one could keep his distance from them anymore, though people were flinching at the painful touch of the Fate Sealers."

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW & GIVEAWAY

If you haven't stumbled upon Lunar Rainbows, you'll love the atmosphere of this young book blog. And I'm honored that Micheline chose to feature "The Sound and the Echoes".

Check out the author interview, book
review and giveaway (which ends on Nov 23rd). Here's a snippet from the author interview:

"Lunar Rainbows: Firstly I have to say I thought the world building for the Echo Realm was so unique and whimsical! How on earth did you come up with such a magical idea of a translucent shimmering echo realm set in a winter-like environment where every 'sounds' ghostly double exists ?

Dew: It all began with a philosophical idea, actually. I was thinking of Plato’s Realm of the Forms, the place where the perfect essence of all things exists. Well, I thought, if I created an Echo realm, an imperfect copy of our world (the way Plato thought our existence was an imperfect reflection of the Realm of the Forms), then what would that place look like? See-through, maybe… Cold, icy, far removed from the sun above-ground. And so it all began.

Then, there were also the memories of my teenage years spent in Montreal, Canada. I’ll never forget the sparkling beauty of my first ice storm, which crystallized the city."

Read more on Lunar Rainbows: http://www.lunar-rainbows.com/2012/11/giveawayinterview.html

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THE SOUND AND THE ECHOES
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NEW READER REVIEW

My deep thanks to Micheline (a Goodreads Librarian), for her penetrating, fascinating review of "The Sound and the Echoes".

Here's a snippet:

"When I started this book, the tone it had right at the beginning gave me an impression of something of a cross between Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia, while being something different and separate all-together..."

"Coming from someone who has read her fair share of fantasy books, I have to admit that most of the time I was in awe (honestly!) as to how Pellucid came up with such mind-boggling ideas..."

Read the rest of Micheline's book review on Goodreads:

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NEW 5-STAR READER REVIEW

A Fortunerific thank you to Vero Espinosa for her charming, spot-on review of "The Sound and the Echoes". Here's a snippet:

"It is an amazing adventure book for young adults. Actually i recommend it for all ages!

"The reason I completely love this book is because it reminds me of Harry Potter without being a copy. It has the same feeling adventure wise. It is about a world that is unknown to most humans and its inhabitants are different in a way from humans. It is about strong friendship and the fight of one boy to have everything back to normal and the fight of his Echo for justice and to clean his fathers name."

Keep reading Vero's review on Amazon
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