FIRST NOVELLA IN THE SERIES
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CFWYAX4
From the onset one can tell this author has a writing pedigree
Why do we dream? Are dreams truly a gateway to the soul or the doorway to the subconscious? Or is there even a difference?
Denny questions why she has this gift and whether or not it is even a privilege. Regardless, she seeks answers and tries to use her gift to help others avoid the turmoil she has no choice but to experience.
Ms. Bowman’s use of the word makes you feel the emotions and environment as she spins through Denny’s mind to portray an unwanted gift that only helps others while she herself is tortured. A wonderfully gripping read.
The “STROKE OF” novella series is unlike anything else I’ve ever read. I don’t read a ton of Paranormal literature, but I’ve read enough to have covered most of the major tropes in the sub-genre. STROKE OF FEAR employs several common tropes to great effect, including a physically disabled psychic, lucid dreams, second sight, and dreams a harbingers of future (or current) events. What makes STROKE OF FEAR unique isn’t the setup or the characters, but rather the style of the writing and the way the story is told. BOWMAN has found a way to marry some pretty dark thematic material to a lighthearted writing style. Somehow it works. I didn’t know what to think of it at first, but BOWMAN won me over, and by the time I finished this relatively short novella, I was ready to read the next two.
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