Underground Book Reviews Interview & Review
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Underground Book Reviews Interview & Review

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KATIE FRENCH of Underground Book Reviews sent me a list of smart, provocative questions for an interview, and then she did a smart, thoughtful review of Fallen.

The interview is here.

As dystopian literature is my drug of choice lately, Fallen by Traci Slatton sparked an interest in me. As with all good dystopians, this book is sets in a post-apocalyptic world, France to be specific. Devastating mists are attacking the earth, devouring anything composed of metal, including human beings. The deaths the mists deliver are atrocious. Worse still, the crippled society that remains leaves survivors scrambling to stay alive. The protagonist, Emma, is a tough, spunky and likable mother who takes in a horde of eight displaced children. Emma leads the group through the hellish landscape, searching for food and shelter while avoiding the deadly mists. Then she meets Arthur, the bold leader of a group of men. They strike a bargain: Emma gives herself to Arthur and he, in turn, takes care of her and her children.

Here is the review of Fallen.

The blog is lively good fun, very informative. I recommend it.

Underground Book Reviews

 

Jen’s Corner Spot
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Jen’s Corner Spot

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Jen’s Corner Spot review site gave an enthusiastic review to COLD LIGHT.

“I can not wait to read the next part of the story…” she writes. Check out the review here.

I haven’t read the first book in the After Trilogy, but after reading Cold Light I have already ordered it on my kindle and will be reading it within the next few days. The way Traci L. Slatton has created the After world is amazingly real to a reader. I can picture it easily in my mind without even trying too hard. The characters in the book are very easy to  relate to  as well. The way people have to live now really hits home and makes me wonder if I would even be able to do that. Life without phones and computers and even tvs…kinda scary. As I previously stated I haven’t read the first book but the way the author fills us in at different places in the book tells some of what I missed in the book. I didn’t feel lost at all.

I have to say that I can only imagine how Emma must feel to be so deeply in love with Arthur and yet be married to Haywood. She does love Haywood as we know since she leaves with him and Beth her daughter to go back where they came from. She is deeply saddened to be leaving Arthur though and my heart goes out to her. I cannot wait to read the next part of the story to find out if Haywood survives and if so then does she still stay with him or does she go with true love and leave him and be with Arthur?

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Romancing the Book Review of FALLEN
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Romancing the Book Review of FALLEN

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This rich review site gave FALLEN a “Lovely Rose” rating…

Here are a few quotes:

“Review:  Fallen by Traci L. Slatton is a book unlike any other that you have read.  It will keep you at the edge of your seat and unable to pry your hands and eyes away!…

FALLEN had me on an emotional roller coaster at times – warming my heart, bringing tears to my eyes, heart thundering in suspense and unease as well as the yearning of heat and passion simmering over me.  Traci L. Slatton has an excellent story telling ability….

This is one that I highly recommend and must warn you that once you start, you will be hard-pressed to step away from Emma’s story!”

Catch the review here.


Romancing the Book

Tome Tender: Cold Light by Traci L. Slatton (After Trilogy #2): 5 Stars!
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Tome Tender: Cold Light by Traci L. Slatton (After Trilogy #2): 5 Stars!

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Tome Tender: Cold Light by Traci L. Slatton (After Trilogy #2): Cold Light by Traci L. Slatton
Tome Tender rating: 5 of 5 stars
“This is a story of survival in a dystopian, post-apocolyptic world written in a gritty and raw manner, no sugar coating allowed…
From page 1, I was riveted to this bleak world… The author told an amazing story, brutally well….”

Tome Tender

 

Great new review of COLD LIGHT
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Great new review of COLD LIGHT

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BEST FANTASY STORIES did a terrific, thoughtful, thorough review of COLD LIGHT. Check out the review here.

Here are some juicy tidbits from the review:

“I read this second part of the science fiction series called The After without reading the first book, Fallen and still was sucked into this post-apocalyptic world within a few pages. Slatton’s descriptions in her science fiction series world are that clear. …

The landscape plays a big part of this science fiction series, as it should when you have characters walking hundreds of miles in sub-zero weather across hostile territory. But it is also the people she meets along the way in a science fiction series that make a very believable place even in such an unbelievable situation….

I found myself finishing the book and deciding that I don’t care that I know where it is going, this is a science fiction series where I want to read that first book to visit those characters again. There are plenty of new science fiction series coming out this year, but few have taken me in as quickly and thoroughly as Cold Light. …”