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Shelf-Confidence September BPC Day 3: Memory
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Shelf-Confidence September BPC Day 3: Memory
November recap
Not shown what I read on my ereader: Blood Red Road, Legendary, Wither, & Sever
Month: November
Themed Category: Dystopia
Dust Lands series
Blood Red Road
Rebel Heart
Raging Star
The Chemical Garden series
Wither
Fever
Sever
The Memory Chronicles
Chasing Before (2)
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Written By: Lenore Appelhans Narrated By: Cynthia Holloway Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Date: August 2014 Duration: 10 hours 22 minutes
Chasing Before || Lenore Appelhans || The Memory Chronicles #2 || 368 pages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 3 Genres: Young Adult / Dystopia / Science Fiction
Synopsis: Felicia and Neil have left Level 2 behind, but another level stands between them and Heaven: Level 3. While the purpose of Level 2 is to relive your time on Earth and make peace with your memories, the objective of Level 3 is to completely detach from life and prepare for your divine vocation.
During Felicia and Neil's training period, a series of explosions destroy the portals out of Level 3. Tension is high, and casualties are mounting. Though Neil wants to become either a Muse or a Healer to help, Felicia is drawn to the Seraphim Guard. A rift forms between the pair, one that grows wider when Felicia receives memories from the Morati. The memories cast doubt on the people she loves the most, but Felicia can't stop her curiosity. She has to know the truth about her life before she moves on--if she can manage to evade old enemies long enough to find a way out of Level 3.
Finished ABANDONED: October 24th, 2017.
My Review: [SPOILER FREE]
DNF somewhere between 5-8%.
I didn't even make it to my usual abandonment point of 50 pages / 10% in before I gave up on this one. There were too many clichés, too much overexplaining, too much unnatural exposition, too many obvious-to-you-and-yet-not-to-the-MC plot points, and way, way too many "oh you sweet summer child" moments that I just could not put up with. E.G. "I know my boyfriend and I are both dead and we only died at 18 and we're still together in the afterlife (because of course you are) but we'll stay together forever I'm sure of it!!"
*looks in the camera like I'm on the office*
It's ALSO the kind of book that explains exactly what happened in the last book in the first several pages of the second one, which is nice if you spend several years between books like I do (but otherwise is extremely annoying and condescending), but, seriously. I'm not in the mood to waste a whole book giving the MC the time to realize that being single is not the end of the world.
Gurl. You're dead. You have all of forever ahead of you, and your boy still won't share a room with you "until you're married."
GURL.
AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT.
Goodbye, book. I don't feel bad not reading you.
Chasing Before || Lenore Appelhans || The Memory Chronicles #2 || 368 pages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 3 Genres: Young Adult / Dystopia / Science Fiction
Synopsis: Felicia and Neil have left Level 2 behind, but another level stands between them and Heaven: Level 3. While the purpose of Level 2 is to relive your time on Earth and make peace with your memories, the objective of Level 3 is to completely detach from life and prepare for your divine vocation.
During Felicia and Neil's training period, a series of explosions destroy the portals out of Level 3. Tension is high, and casualties are mounting. Though Neil wants to become either a Muse or a Healer to help, Felicia is drawn to the Seraphim Guard. A rift forms between the pair, one that grows wider when Felicia receives memories from the Morati. The memories cast doubt on the people she loves the most, but Felicia can't stop her curiosity. She has to know the truth about her life before she moves on--if she can manage to evade old enemies long enough to find a way out of Level 3.
Started: October 16th, 2017.
Book two in Lenore Appelhans’ Memory Chronicles series, CHASING BEFORE, is out in just a couple more days! She offered up a few free-floating secrets about her characters, her writing, and the series, and we’re intrigued. Lenore, thank you for being here!
Character secrets
1. I named one of the minor villains after my editor.
2. There were gorgons in the first draft, but they were my darlings, so I had to kill them.
3. I love the energy Julian brings to the books. He always knows how to ruffle up Felicia.
Author secrets
1. I hardly ever start writing before 3 pm.
2. I get all my best ideas either in the shower or while taking a nap.
3. I am currently in the Creative Writing Masters Program at VCFA and it has been a transformative experience. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Series secrets
1. So much happened in this series that I didn’t plan, but part of the fun of writing is following where the characters lead you.
2. THE BEST THINGS IN DEATH is a collection of four short memory stories from side characters, and I love how much insight I gained from writing from their perspectives.
About the Book
“I’m a ticking time bomb. And one day soon everything is going to explode.”
Felicia and Neil have arrived in Level 3 and are supposed to prepare for their divine vocations.
But during Felicia and Neil's training period, a series of explosions rips through Level 3. Tension is high, and casualties are mounting. A rift forms between the pair, one that grows wider when Felicia receives memories from the Morati. The memories cast doubt on the people she loves the most, but Felicia can't stop her curiosity. She has to know the truth about her life – even if it means putting at risk everything she’s worked for in her death.
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About the Author
Thanks to my father's job in the US military, I became addicted to travel early. To date, I've visited nearly 60 countries and have stepped on every contintent except Antartica. My travels inspire my writing - in fact, the original spark of the idea for LEVEL 2 grew out of an discussion with my grandmother about whether it was better to spend my money on Precious Moments figurines (her view) or plane tickets (my view).
I currently live in Frankfurt, Germany and the last foreign country I visited was Krygyzstan (Sept 2012).
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