Book Review: Curse of Silence by Viola Tempest

Curse of Silence
by Viola Tempest

December 7th, 2021
Genre: Paranormal Thriller
Once every eighty-seven years, a child like no other is born.

So powerful and destructive, the child must remain contained, or humanity shall cease to exist.

Three generations of the Red Queen.

In 1853, Francesca Billings incinerated Baylor Orphanage in Stockbridge, massacring everyone who resided in it, a mystery left unsolved for seventy-one years…

Until Liliana Watson was born, ruling the world with an iron fist. Her abject cruelty has rendered countless silent. Mouths sewn shut. Lips melted together. The threat of death guaranteed should anyone dare utter a word.

Now, there’s Mara Tempest, a child of the 21st Century, an orphan who lost everything she ever loved, and manipulated into dominating the world once again to avenge her malicious predecessors.

With the clock ticking and the danger escalating, will the citizens of Stockbridge be able to find these chosen children of Remphelia and save the world before it is silenced forever?

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Fatal Kiss is 171 pages of a darker more twisted "romance" or maybe obsession. There are some mixed reviews on this one, per Amazon anyway, and while I can see the reasons for those, personally I think the author took a chance. Roll the dice, let it ride, baby!

I mean, love it or hate it there is just no middle with this book. Yes, it shows the more sadistic side of a person but haven't we all heard about this? Or done something like this? Maybe even thought about it! Either way, Angel or not, this story is dark in context and the writer takes you there.

Not a lot of depth with the characters, but again I just took that to mean they are shallow and kinda evil in a way. I almost wish the author had just jumped right in, full rabbit hole, made this one even darker, and took the reader to that place. Go full-blown wicked witch of Oz and make no apologies. Maybe in the next installment? I think the bad guys and gals sometimes have even more fun.

Personally, I say to each reader their own. I didn't hate it overall but would have liked more scene descriptions and basic storytelling needed some work over. Read other reviews on this one and see how you feel.

Getting 2 and 1/2 Sheep

KD

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Book Review: Avery & Aria: The Story of Star-Crossed Lovers by Viola Tempest

Avery & Aria: The Story of Star-Crossed Lovers

by Viola Tempest

October 23rd, 2021

Genre: New Adult/ Dark Romance
Avery has loved Aria for so long, he doesn’t know how to live any other way. Unfortunately, his undying adoration for Aria was never reciprocated at the same time. They spent years being pushed apart and missing opportunities, falling in and out of love with others completely wrong for them.

Now, decades after he first fell in love with her as kids, they meet again, and this time, fate finally plays into their hands, causing Avery to give up his entire life for the woman of his dreams. But the one thing he’s always wanted ends up shattering his expectations in the most heart wrenching way.

Follow this story filled with love, loss, and devastating secrets. Sometimes, the love you wait a lifetime for is the love that will destroy you.

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Avery & Aria: The Story of Star-Crossed Lovers really is like the title says, I mean talk about two people who circle around each other for years! Though the stars take a long time to get into alignment, once they do this power couple rocks the pages of romance!

The story is about 150 pages but I am trying to figure why? This one could hold its own as a full-length saga, or even end with a ... to pick up at the next book. I liked it, a lot of aspects of it. While I wish our leading male was a little more "alpha" it doesn't take away from his real-life feeling and certainly, this story gave me very real moments.

I would have like a butt load more of adventure, action, and edgy situations that could have kept the couple on edge. But there was enough of all previously mentioned to give you a taste. Hopefully a taste of lots more to come!

Getting 3 Sheep

KD

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Excerpt: Silver Lining by Viola Tempest + giveaway

Happy publication day to author Viola Tempest! Check out her new novel Silver Lining, and enter the giveaway for a chance to win a paperback copy of this genre-blurring book!

Silver Lining
by Viola Tempest 

September 26th (Today🎉)
Genre: Dystopian/ Dark Romance
Tired of one-night stands and failed relationships, Marissa Sinclair sets out to change her luck by creating Silver Lining, a revolutionary contact lens that matches people with their one true love.

Like Marissa, Bethany Rose, among others, is hopeful the lens will help her find the love of her life. But soon, the perfect solution becomes her worst nightmare…

A major malfunction blurs the line between reality and disaster. Bethany, a once bright, beautiful young woman, loses touch with reality. Her life spirals out of control and leads her down a dark tunnel between madness and the consequences of gambling with her love life.

Witnessing the disturbing transformation, Thea is convinced the technology is to blame. The only problem is, no one believes her. With her desperation growing stronger and her desire to pull her friend out of the abyss, she risks everything to let the world know the truth. But will she succeed in her mission, or will the desperate all fall victim to the Zetas?

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Bethany wasn’t safe though. She thought it would be easy to just forget, to just immerse herself in the fantasy world and ignore the real world, because it’s not like she was happy in it anyway. But the façade kept falling apart.

Haven didn’t have a job, so he was around her all the time. She needed space, needed to breathe, needed somebody she didn’t have to babysit or take care of.

And then when he did get a job, she wanted him back in the apartment, back in her life all the time, because they no longer spent any time together. So, he got a part-time job as a waiter, but part of her knew that wasn’t real. She didn’t know what she wanted anymore.

And then when he was at home all the time again, the cycle started all over. And he never called her out on it, just bent to her will. And the more he did, the more the logical part of her brain piped up, saying that this couldn’t be real. She was living in some sort of love-sick nightmare.

“Honey, please stop pushing me away.” Haven looked up at her from the couch. “Let me say this, no matter how much you try and push me away, I will never leave. You can’t argue your way out of this relationship by nitpicking at me. I love you too much for that.”

“But that isn’t healthy! You need to be your own person, not let me walk all over you!” Bethany finally screamed.

She heard a thump somewhere in the background, but when she tried to focus on it, she couldn’t register where it had come from. Bethany looked around herself, and her eyes fell on the remote. She walked over.

“Please, don’t hurt yourself with that anymore. You know how you feel when you turn it off,” Haven said.

She glared at him and clicked the button. The smell hit her nostrils, and Bethany screamed, trying to get the crawling bugs off her skin. She needed to turn on the lens again; she couldn’t live like this.

“Miss, open the door,” someone banged on the entrance to her apartment.

“Shit.”

A heavy thump sounded, and a man shoulder-pounded against the door so hard that the lock broke. Bethany clicked the remote on instinct.

She managed to register the police uniform right before her world shifted, and Haven returned. Then, she saw nothing but him, sitting in the middle of the couch, smiling as the sunlight streamed through the open windows.

“What’s wrong with me?” Bethany asked.

She could feel a pressure on her arms, but she had no idea why.

“Relax, honey, you’re okay.” Haven got up and hugged her. His fingers carded through her hair.

“I’m still mad at you.”

“I know, but everything will be fine. You’ll see.”

“Miss, miss, can you hear me?”

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