Hello Readers!
Remember on Monday when I said I had a really exciting
announcement to make up for my absence last week? Well today is the big day!
Today I am introducing a brand new Carly Reads feature. I’ve been thinking a
lot about our TBF alumni lately. Over the past six years, we’ve had so many
AMAZING authors attend TBF and although they are not all returning for TBF
2012, they’ll forever be part of the TBF family. As I was scrolling through my
Goodreads list last week, I realized that almost half the books I’ve read in
the last year are written by authors who’ve attended TBF in the past. Therefore, today I introdice Carly
Reads: Alumni Edition. Once I week, I will review a book written by a TBF alum
who isn’t attending TBF 2012, but will always be a part of the TBF legacy.
I couldn’t think of anyone better to kick of Carly Reads:
Alumni Edition than Robin Brande. Robin is one of my all-time favorite authors.
All of her books are incredible and she is totally awesome. Recently, I read “Into the Parallel,” the
first book in Robin’s in-progress “The Parallel” series, and I LOVED it.
REALLY, REALLY, REALLY loved it. I gushed about it on Goodreads … and Amazon …
and Barnes & Noble.com, but it’s definitely a book deserving of more
gushing.
So here I go (I hope you’re making a ‘drum roll’ noise right
now) … Carly Reads: Alumni Edition presents a review of “Into the Parallel” by
Robin Brande.
Description: Science has become the new magic .
. . High school senior and amateur physicist Audie Masters has discovered what
no other physicist has been able to prove: that parallel universes do exist,
and there is a way to journey into them. She also discovers something else: a
parallel version of herself, living the kind of life Audie never could have
imagined for herself. Now Audie is living that life, too, full of adventure,
romance, and reality-bending science. It’s all more than she could have hoped
for – until something goes wrong.
I don't even know where to begin reviewing Robin
Brande's latest book, so let me start with this: it was, like everything she
has written, excellent. "Into the Parallel" had the same spot-on
characterization, emotion, and dialogue that I have come to expect from Brande,
but it also added aspects of reality that read like fantasy to mix. "Into
the Parallel" will undoubtedly satisfy both fantasy fans and the
contemporary realistic fiction crowd with its mix of quantum physics that seems
too crazy to be true and a smart, adventurous narrator who couldn't be more
true-to-life.
Brande effectively brings some of the most complex
theories of quantum physics down to a level that the average reader can
understand, and, as she's done in "Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of
Nature" and "Fat Cat," shown that science is way more cool than
the every-day high school chemistry teacher may lead you to believe. With a cliffhanger
ending that has me counting down the days until book two is released, "Into
the Parallel" has me shouting off the rooftops that everyone should read
this novel.
"Into the Parallel" is available as an ebook on Barnes&Noble.com, Amazon, or Smashwords, or as a paperback through Barnes&Noble.com and Amazon.
Carly, I'm so honored to be part of the kick-off of your new feature! Thank you! And thank you for all your kind words about INTO THE PARALLEL. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteThis Alumni series is a great idea. Can't wait to read more of what you have to say!