If you, like me, aren’t one of those readers who read exclusively one genre and if you like it when the books you read stimulate musings about different aspects of life, check out these books. There is more to them than magical creatures, far-away worlds, and the developments of technological progress.
“Child of Another Kind” by Steven Decker
Cynthia and Maddie. Mother and daughter. Love and devotion. An urge to protect and a wish to be equal to the expectations. A familiar pattern for a happy family.
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” a timeless concept Leo Tolstoy introduced almost two centuries ago in his “Anna Karenina” can be applied to this small family. The family that is more unique than others but at the same time quintessential, its members having proved that family ties are stronger than the most formidable powers on Earth and beyond.
“Child of Another Kind” by Steven Decker is a gripping, unputdownable read. In the first chapters, it lulls you into believing you are about to read a different kind of story only to change direction with a bang. It is an action-packed story that will take the reader to fascinating destinations, both real and imaginary. And what a vivid imagination the author has! But it’s also a book about a self-discovery journey, both for Cynthia and Maddie.
“Spindrifts” by A-M Mawhiney
What if the series of plagues wiped out the majority of the population? What if all the technological progress and advanced research couldn’t help find the cure? Which path would people choose?
According to A-M Mawhiney, people would turn back to nature and try to help the Earth heal. “Spindrifts” is a fascinating exploration of the effects dramatic events can have on the established lifestyle.
This is a book that sweeps the readers away and places them into a completely different reality. It makes you muse about vital things, doubt what is considered right, and with incredulity discover that quite a few things generally viewed as wrong are an integral part of a happy life.
“A Drowned Kingdom” by P.L. Stuart
This is an epic fantasy story that will transport you into the lands that have never been, but in which being real you will believe after the first chapters.
P.L. Stuart draws his new world masterfully, by not skipping the details while knitting in battle and actions scenes into his plot. The characters are not like one’s next-door neighbours; they are driven by their background, faith, and traditions, and the nature of all these elements the reader gets a chance to learn, when each chapter adds new details about the reality P.L. Stuart has created on the pages of his book.
The protagonist, Prince Othrun, is a complicated character; I could not decide, while I was reading, whether I like him or not, and, for me, such characters are the most interesting, and they stay in your thoughts long after you’d turned the last page.
“The Scars of Gaia” by R.P. Lauer
I loved this book. As simple as that. The story pulled me in from the first pages, and I couldn’t stop reading until I finished.
“The Scars of Gaia” written by R.P. Lauer is one of those books that turn my preferences as a reader upside down. I wouldn’t call myself a fan of grim topics both in literature and on screen. But there are examples of such books/tv series/movies that I’d place on my personal top of favourites. And “The Scars of Gaia” is on the top of that list.
The world-building is mesmerising. The people, the unseen beasts, as well as the places – all seemed real to me.
The book draws a picture of a two-dimensional world, where one side believes solely in science, while the other – only in physical power. But not everyone in both worlds believes that there isn’t another way for them to coexist. Two – ordinary – people find themselves caught up in the middle of political relations between their nations, and the secrets they uncover force them to act so that their worlds can have a better future.
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