Story Behind The Book
My Beneath the Surface all began as a simple paragraph in my autobiography. I wanted to put a small note in my book about the daydreams I had when I was a teenager. That paragraph grew into a chapter, so I took it out of my autobiographer and worked on that instead. That chapter grew into a book, into two books, into three, four, five ... and now I have an entire saga of about 10 books! It all started with a single paragraph!
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<h2><strong>SHARON STEVENSON</strong></h2> <p>AMAZON.COM</p> <p>(SECOND EDITION KINDLE)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RNMG8PTWIKGBK/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00AXOMYTS&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=133140011&store=digital-text"><strong>Compelling Sci-Fi Fantasy</strong></a> April 10, 2013</p> <p>By <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A2MO5V8P3LH9E1/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp">chettsgenie@yahoo.co.uk</a></p> <p>Format:Kindle Edition</p> <p> </p> <p>I received a copy of this book for honest review. `Beneath the Surface: The Lost Boy' is the first part of a series and tells the story of two brothers, Sean and Erren, and the impacts they have on each other's lives.<br /><br /> This book has been very carefully thought out, and the author goes to great lengths to show the detail she has gone into to create the world her story takes place in. There are maps, a prologue that tells how the story came to be, and an introduction which details important past events of the world within the story. If you enjoy this kind of detail there is plenty to get your teeth into here. If on the other hand you prefer to skip straight into the story, in my opinion you would not be lost without this information.<br /><br /> The story gets off to a reasonably slow start with an introduction to Sean and his family, but this set up is essential for what comes after. The story really takes off when Sean makes a terrible mistake that will change his brother's life and in turn his own. There is a lot of emotional depth here, I really felt for the characters and what they were going through. The heart-breaking moment that changes Erren's life is particularly emotionally charged. The tension really wracks up from this moment forward, making for enormously compelling reading.<br /><br /> There is an interesting mix of science fiction and fantasy in this novel. I would probably say it felt a bit more like a fantasy novel than sci-fi with the Forest Queen, elementals, etc. If you like poetry, there are some verses entwined within the story.<br /><br /> At the end of the story there is an epilogue which tells some of the things that are going to happen in the second book. I personally would have preferred not to have read this, so if you're anything like me and want a surprise I would advise against reading the epilogue. There is also an appendix where you can look up various things that may have had you stumped while reading (Abbreviations, etc).<br /><br /> All in all I would say this was a very well planned out book with a captivating and emotional storyline. The extra material was a bit of an information overload for me but the story itself was fantastic.</p>