Review and Giveaway Unnatural by Leah D.W.

REVIEW:

Even if you are not fans of short stories you should give a chance to this collection. Each of the nine works (some with a few pages, others with many more) embodies exactly what a few days ago an author said about the short stories that they are the "poetry's deep sigh."

Each story is different and speaks to you differently. They will give you a crumb of hope for a happy ending, but also the sorrow of an impossible love, they will unfold you that the beasts that lie within common people can be more wicked and careless than “actual” monsters or that (maybe) the love is able to heal anything.

Each story is different also by its characters. They are not repeated, and if you meet the same species, be sure that it will have other features. Vampires, dragons, witches and werewolves you will love them all and you will feel their torment, remorse, desire for salvation or consolation, despair and hope, kindness or hate.

Each story is different with different topics and exploiting varied feelings, but all of them create the same melancholic atmosphere, transporting you into fantasy worlds in which you would like and be afraid at the same time to live. Worlds that, the author promises you through little hints, may exist right now, without you knowing about it, worlds where you may wake up in by a simple coincidence or by a game of fate.

Each story is different, but in all of them Leah DW manages to create in few lines a  gothic atmosphere that will surely catch you and you will love it.

Read it!

I received the book for review as part of Book Tour - Thank you

Romanian:

Chiar dacă nu sunteți fani ai povestirilor scurte, trebuie să dați o şansă acestei colecții. Fiecare dintre cele nouă lucrări, (unele având câteva pagini, altele mult mai multe) întruchipează exact ceea ce cu câteva zile un autor zicea despre short stories, ca sunt „poetry’s deep sigh”.

Fiecare poveste este diferită şi îți vorbeşte diferit. Îți vor da o fărâmă de speranță pentru un sfârşit fericit, dar şi tristețea unei iubiri imposibile, îți vor arăta că bestiile zac în oamenii obişnuiți ce pot fi mult mai răi şi nepăsători decât monştrii „propriu-zişi” sau că (poate) dragostea e în măsură să vindece orice.

Fiecare poveste este diferită şi prin personaje sale. Nu se repetă, iar dacă te vei întâlni cu aceeaşi specie, fii sigur că va avea alte caracteristici. Vampiri, dragoni, vrăjitori şi vârcolaci îi vei îndrăgi pe toți şi le vei simți chinul, remuşcarea, dorința de izbăvire sau consolarea, deznădejdea şi speranța, bunătatea sau ura.

Fiecare poveste este diferită având subiecte distincte şi exploatând sentimente variate, dar creează aceeaşi atmosferă melancolică, transportându-te în lumi fantastice în care ți-ai dori şi ți-ar fi teamă în acelaşi timp să trăieşti. Lumi care, autoarea îți promite prin micii sugestii, pot exista chiar acum, fără să ştii, lumi în care s-ar putea să te trezeşti printr-o simplă coincidență sau joc al sorții.

Fiecare poveste este diferită, dar în toate Leah D.W. reuşeşte ca în câteva rânduri să creeze o atmosferă gothica- care cu siguranță vă va prinde şi vă va plăcea.

Cititi cartea!

Excerpt:

I concentrated, focusing my mind and spirit to the centre of my being, near my beating heart and then all at once let myself go.The change always hurt in the beginning. A warm spark flared in the middle of my forehead and then travelled down my body, lighting tiny sparks of heat along my limbs. My scales would sizzle and start sliding off of me in large dark globs of melted armour. I would always close my eyes. To watch the transformation nauseated me so much I would get stuck in the middle of it; between my beastly form and my birth form. 

“What is this place?” Zoey asked, holding Percy close. 

“Haven’t you seen a dungeon before?” the man chuckled and walked to the far end of the cages. 

Zoey slowly followed, looking at each and every cage she passed. Some had dried blood or even fresh blood in them and on the sandy walls of their backs. Zoey suddenly wished she had turned around and ran for it. She bumped into the man. He had stopped and she had been too distracted to notice. He turned to her and lifted an eyebrow down at her. His dark eyes swam with blue clouds, swirling round and round. Her breath caught in her throat and she stepped back, bumping into Percy. He didn’t seem to find anything at fault. He gave her a smile that came across as friendly and turned his back to her again. She wrapped her hand around Percy’s collar. Her hands trembled as a single word crossed her mind. 

Necromancer.

Goodreads ** Smashwords ** Amazon ** Amazon UK ** Barnes&Noble

About the author:

I am 21 years old and currently a journalism student at my local university. I live in South Africa in a town called Bloemfontein with my family and two beloved dogs. I have been writing since the age of 13 and my first published work is a short horror story titled Dracula’s Mistress. I am busy working on a number of novels and I am an editor/proof reader for Bayou Brew Publishing.

I love writing in the genres of paranormal romance, fantasy fiction and historical fiction and I am a proud bookworm with a mountain of reads stacked up in my room. I am also studying criminology in order to be able to write mystery horrors.The book that has been published is Unnatural, a collection of paranormal short stories that are full of action, adventure and amazing characters.

I also have short stories in various anthologies. Love Kills, Unhappily Ever After; fairy tales with a twist and Soul Games. My novel The Runaway’s Secret, a vampire paranormal romance, will be released in May.

Blog ** Goodreads ** Facebook ** Google + ** Amazon Page

Author's Giveaway

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Event organized by Eclipse Reviews