Wednesday, March 25, 2015
obviously incredible: Spring reading (short review #1)
obviously incredible: Spring reading (short review #1): Well, the Fifty shades of Magic by Sherrie L is a very interesting sample of upernatural&urban fantasy. It is the first novel of th...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Why do I love urban fantasy?
The modern megalopolis is the chaos in its
primeval self. Chaos is dangerous. It is carries a threat for people because it
is incognizable and beyond the control. So people anciently defend from the
chaos by giving it images and naming them. Genies, ghosts, demons, gods – all
of them are the personalized manifestations of a global surrounding disorder. A
huge city is like primeval jungle which is inhabited with the different
dangers, both transport dangers and people dangers and also surfeit of various
information. Too much information! Really a lot of people of dozens of
nationalities around you, news, laws, rules, acts, bills, books, TV programs,
social nets, thousands of sites in the Internet, millions of items of goods in
the shops. And, of course, your family, friends, colleagues, teachers and
students and an old lady in the street… too many people. People are a sort of
information, you know. All of that is too much to be controlled so people aim
to master the megalopolis chaos which means to subdue it by embodying the
uncontrolled city dangers as a personalized menace. A citizen of a megalopolis externalizes
an unforeknowable threat which emanates from abstract complexity, from chaos,
into some known form – in the form of anthropomorphic
mythological characters. It is an unconscious way of defending and control because
the known things and creatures are less scary than the unknown one. And of
course the mankind has already produced the methods of controlling these
creatures. We know how to struggle
against vampires – with garlic and an aspen stake – and against werewolves –
with silver weapon etc. Authors of urban fantasy go much further and make
vampires and werewolves, demons and witches more human than they were at the
beginning. They make them more civilized and sometimes even more ethical than
people. The Cullen family in Twilight
saga can be an example not only for the other vampires but for the people as
well. Lots of authors try to pull mythological characters of a big city to the
human side of force. It is safer. It is easier. And it is better not to start
thinking what surprises are being prepared for us by the thicket of concrete
jungle.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
I'll have a Promo Day on 06.03 and my novel "Fifty shades of Magic" will be free! Welcome!
The novel has 4.8 out of 5 stars
You can see some customer reviews below:
I was hooked once I began read this book. It's spicy prose. Laurell Hamilton fans should enjoy this.
Sherrie L surprised me, because I was very impressed with her imagination and daring. She - whoever she was - a skilled writer. The main character, university freshman, is quite compelling and interesting. And I liked the witty idea of Colored Auras.
Maybe "Fifty Shades of Magic" is only first book about Allison. I look forward to reading a next.
Sherrie L surprised me, because I was very impressed with her imagination and daring. She - whoever she was - a skilled writer. The main character, university freshman, is quite compelling and interesting. And I liked the witty idea of Colored Auras.
Maybe "Fifty Shades of Magic" is only first book about Allison. I look forward to reading a next.
By Andrey
I seriously liked this book! It's basically a supernatural romance, sweet and adorable - AND very well-plotted. The heroine may appear to be a sweet young thing who just happens to stumble into the ring of international demon fighters, but as the story unfolds, it takes on a whole new dimension - literally. The racier scenes are well done, charged with passion without actually using any offending language. Think 50 Shades of Gray meets X-Files. Very enjoyable.
By Anna von D.
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