Heartweed
by Erin Searles
Price: $0.99 USD. 38720 words.
Published on December 30, 2011. Fiction.
The human realm and the realm of Faerie. Two worlds separated by the thickness of a shadow.
For seventeen-year-old Artemisia Jacobs these two worlds will collide when her twin brother is stolen away by a faerie lord.
She is plunged into a world of beauty and cruelty, and must fight to protect those she loves.
Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: Dec. 21, 2011
Erin Searles
Biography
Erin Searles is addicted to stories in any medium. She was determined to be a writer from a young age, despite her parents telling her that mathematically inclined girls do better as accountants, actuaries or software engineers.
Where to find Erin Searles online
Website: http://erinsearles.co.uk
Twitter: erinsearles
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Smashwords book reviews by Erin Searles
- The Between
on Jan. 16, 2012
The Between is a story of Lydia Hawthorne, a girl who discovers that she is a faerie. Lydia is sought as an asset by both sides in a stalemated war that only she can end. I really enjoyed this one. It has a good story with many threads of plot woven together, though there were a couple I wasn’t sure how they tied off. The ending felt to me like a bit of a downer. The good guys triumphed, but the cost of victory seemed so high. One thing that I found slightly distracting throughout is that one of the characters is called Clive Barrow (and is often referred to by his full name). Every time I saw it I thought of Clyde Barrow, as in Bonnie and Clyde. A connection I’m not sure the author intended. Overall this was the best self-published novel I’ve read so far, and better than some traditionally published novels. It was well written, well paced, and the characters, their decisions and motivations felt very believable.
- Etched Offerings: Voices From the Cauldron of Story
on Jan. 16, 2012
I'm not sure of the etiquette of reviewing an anthology that I'm in, but here goes... There are some awesome stories in this collection. Read as a group it is interesting to see the threads and themes that run between stories. One theme that I noticed in quite a few of the stories was the theme of ‘searching’, most often for answers, sometimes for love or for a killer. In most cases the search is rewarded, though not always in the way you’d expect. My favourite stories in the anthology are the two that lean most heavily towards a specific genre. Wolves, by Cory Thomas Hutcheson, is an out and out ghost story. The lights go out, a blizzard closes in, strange things start to happen. Worst Place to Be, by Trevor Curtis, feels like pure noir. The hard-drinking paranormal PI is recruited onto a case by an ice-cold, well-dressed dame – he just knows it’s going to mean trouble.