Friday, December 6, 2013

Searching For Utopia

Title: Searching for Utopia
Author: Holly Jayne
Kindle Edition; 17 pages
Published 12/02/2013

The only Utopia that exists is the one you create.
Utopia. A perfect world. The place where everyone will be an equal. Where men don’t create the lives of others, but instead they live their own lives and make the most out of them.
That’s all she wants.
Her town destroyed, her body clinging desperately to life, Leila vows revenge on the Kingdom that took her love away from her. She keeps herself occupied nursing the men, women, and children of other exiled towns that were bombed, and decides to join in the siege to destroy the king—amidst her anguish. The night of their ambush, things go very wrong for the Exiles. Leila finally finds one of the things she has been searching for, but it’s not as she expects, and she finds out something that changes her life forever. 

Leila had been writing letters for her missing lover, Dorian ever since the day she was thrown off to the swamplands and found no one else but her. Then she was nursed to life by the Exiles and she helped them in return. They searched from house to house, hoping to find their loved ones, to no avail. Soon they were exiled to the outskirts of nowhere and decided to take on the Kingdom once and for all. Leila thought they had the advantage for sneaking into the night, but she was in for a big surprise. Had she finally seen the love of her life? Had she finally found Utopia?

I had a splendid time reading this short story by Holly Jayne. The author did a great job in weaving a powerful, and utterly gripping story of love, hope, trust and betrayal. Set in a Kingdom devastated by war, Jayne was able to bring this dystopian world into my mind and capture my attention through her compelling words and moving characters. It was easy for me to like Leila and Dorian and I cringed a lot when I read the General's words. Oh how I abhor the General! He deserved whatever happened to him in the end.

My only complain in the story was that, it was quite short. I wanted Searching For Utopia to be a long story, to get to know more about Leila and the Exiles, Dorian and the Allies. How I wish Holly Jayne could make this a series. It would be such a great treat if  I could join hands with Leila and Dorian as we search for paradise.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

www wednesday for December

Happy Wednesday! Oh my, the last time I did WWW was almost three months ago. I know I haven't updated you with the books I have read lately, but here I am again, sharing with you the wonderful novels I got the pleasure of reading.

Here's my WWW  for this week.  WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

  To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?


Anyway, here are my answers for this week:

Currently Reading: 
Masked Encounters by Felicia Tatum
(Intoxication Passion Book 1)

Korah Daniels has been through a lot in her nineteen years. Broken hearts, abusive relationships, and horrid dates have caused her to doubt love. Dane Davidson is the worst kind of playboy. The ultimate frat boy, drinking and ending up with a different girl every night.  What would happen when they meet? I wonder what..

Another wonderful story from Felicia Tatum. I enjoyed her White Aura novel, so for sure, this one is going to be another hit!

Recently Finished Reading: 
I have finished the complete series of Dilemmas of a Dragonslayer + the Prologue. Wow, It was really an exciting 8-volume adventure. Every book promises thrills, mystery, magic and adventures. I've posted some of my reviews below, and I hope everyone will check them out. It is a really cool series, I promise you that!

Dragonslayer 1 - Dragonslayer No More? 
Dragonslayer 2 - Dragonslayer and His Sorceress 
Dragonslayer 4-5
Dragonslayer 7-8 

WILL SOON READ:
I currently have a lot on my hands - I can't really decide which one to read first, Yay! S help me choose, pretty please :) *wink wink*

The Book of Epoch - Twelve Nation


Creche - Karin Cox


Throwaway - Heather Huffman


Frozen - Melissa De La Cruz

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