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BELLAONLINE REVIEW

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Rich, lively, informative Bellaonline.org, which calls itself “The voice of women,” has given FALLEN a wonderful review. Check it out here, and note the good words:

“Fallen has a very vivid world populated with interesting characters. … All in all, I enjoyed watching the characters develop in their new world, especially seeing the children mature and find their own places among the survivors…. In the backdrop of a ruined society, the characters shine through, trying to make the most of their new world and find their place in it.”
My Recommendation
While Fallen by Traci Slatton is not a deeply philosophical (or dark) look at the apocalypse, it is a nice read. In the backdrop of a ruined society, the characters shine through, trying to make the most of their new world and find their place in it.
BITE CLUB review of FALLEN
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BITE CLUB review of FALLEN

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Jenny O., one of the vampchix at sexy Bite Club, gave FALLEN a great review. The site is a blast to visit, with plenty of eye candy! And check out what they said about my novel.
“This was an interesting book. I never knew what was going to happen from one chapter to the next. The whole time reading I kept thinking I had it figured out and then something would change. I liked how the relationships among the survivors were played out. They were all trying to keep themselves safe as well as work somewhat together to continue the human race…. It made me think about what would really happen if this story became true. Would people work together or would we naturally segregate ourselves into groups to feel safe. There were also some unexpected secrets on the part of the two main characters that really threw me for a loop and made the book that much better. I really think that this book would be best for high school age and older readers, it deals with mature topics that are best suited for the more world experienced reader. All in all this is a great read!!“
Harriet Klausner’s 5 Star review of THE BOTTICELLI AFFAIR
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Harriet Klausner’s 5 Star review of THE BOTTICELLI AFFAIR

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Harriet Klausner’s 5 Star review of THE BOTTICELLI AFFAIR

If you look at online book reviews at all, then, sooner or later, you will read one of Harriet Klausner’s reviews. They are well written, smart, straightforward. She has a laser-like penetration of story and character. Her Amazon classic reviewer rank was #1 and she still deserves that.

So imagine my pleasure at the stellar review she gave THE BOTTICELLI AFFAIR. On Amazon, she called it a “superb romantic urban fantasy” and posted 5 stars for this novel!
In part, Ms. Klausner wrote: “The Botticelli Affair is a superb romantic urban fantasy thriller that vividly takes readers on a tour of the Metropolitan, and museums and galleries in Europe. The protagonists are a fabulous pairing as he is attracted to her like no one in over five centuries and she is a kick butt Valkyrie on a mission to save her father, the painting, her beloved hybrid and her soul. Like Traci L. Slatton did with the entertaining complex Immortal, she paints a cerebral action-packed vampire tale of danger in the international world of art.”
 
Read the review here, at Ms. Klausner’s blogspot Alternative-worlds.com.
Five-star review of FALLEN on TicToc Reviews
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Five-star review of FALLEN on TicToc Reviews

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Five-star review of FALLEN on TicToc Reviews

FALLEN enjoyed a terrific 5-star review on The Romance Reviews, which was also posted on the reviewer’s website, TicToc Reviews. This is my favorite kind of review, because the reviewer was totally engaged with the story, and she wrote with clarity and insight about why she liked the novel:

“From the beginning, I was enthralled with the story and Slatton’s voice. She has taken an end of the world scenario and created characters that are so real they make you feel. To arm such a story with the budding of a love of such heat and passion creates a crescendo of feeling that keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next.”
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Jandy’s Reading Room Review of FALLEN

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Jandy’s Reading Room
This book-lover keeps a rich and active review site. The affiliated blog says that the blogger is a medical librarian who loves to read, but then she asks, “Or am I a bookaholic who also is a mecial librarian?” Either way, the reading public is fortunate that her bibliophilic insights are available to us all.
The review of FALLEN arose from a close, insightful reading. She wrote,

Five months earlier, the mists started rising from the Earth. They corroded all metal – including the metal naturally found in human bodies. When a person had contact with the strange, cloudy white mists, that person would erode painfully away. Nothing could reverse the process that could take hours. No one could help because the helper couldn’t avoid the mist enveloping the first one if he tried to save the one caught.

Emma and her five-year-old daughter Mandy had been able to escape the mists. They were visiting in Paris when the mists started, separated from her husband and older daughter back in Canada. Emma started collecting other children as they avoided the mists and tried to survive. Now Emma and eight children are in the deserted French countryside, scavenging for any food they can find. They need more, though.

I was pulled into Fallen from the first few pages. Traci L. Slatton’s apocalyptic world seems eerily possible. No one knows why the mists appeared. Yet they have ravaged the buildings and metal objects in the world and killed billions of people. How does a person fight a monster like that?

…Emma is a practical person, doing what she has to to keep herself and her children alive. Both Emma and Arthur’s characters are complex, unfolding slowly as their relationship does.

…This is not a girly romance. Slatton has written an apocalyptic novel with a romance built in – like most good stories should have.Fallen is excellent. I’ll have to watch for the sequel.