Seattle PI Review of BROKEN: “Heat and Passion…and a Beauty that Shines Through”
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Seattle PI Review of BROKEN: “Heat and Passion…and a Beauty that Shines Through”

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Author and prolific reviewer Leslie Wright wrote a thoughtful, intelligent review of BROKEN.

She posted her article on her personal review blog Tic Toc, and then on Blogcritics.org where it was picked up by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer online. It’s cool that content on the internet works that way, spreading with resonance to reach many people.

At least, I hope it reaches many people. The review made me really happy, the way an author feels a keen, unique joy when a reader gets it, understands what the author is doing in a story, with characters and motifs.

In part, Wright said:

Slatton has created characters that seem to leap off the page, and the danger of the time is palpable. The cruelty displayed raises the hair on your neck, and creates a knot in the pit of your stomach….If you enjoy heat and passion with erotica and danger you will find this to your liking. It is riddled with bits of history and twisted into a paranormal tale, full of greed, romance and a beauty that shines through…

Find this beautiful review here on Tic Toc, here on Blogcritics, and here on the Seattle PI.

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Night Owl Reviews selects BROKEN as a “Top Pick”
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Night Owl Reviews selects BROKEN as a “Top Pick”

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Reviewer HC Harju wrote a splendid review for Broken, and I could really tell that she had an emotional response to this novel:

Broken is a wonderfully written emotional rollercoaster. It coaxed and sometimes dragged me through a wide range of feelings within a few pages. One minute I was enjoying the passion and desire and the next I wanted to punch Knochen in the face. In between these two extremes were the times that I wanted to cry with Alia and comfort her. These characters are so real that you feel as though you are there with them. You feel you have found a friend along the way…and occasionally a new enemy as well.

See the whole review here.

Check out my author page on Night Owl Reviews here.

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US Review of Books reviews BROKEN
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US Review of Books reviews BROKEN

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The US Review of Books published a wonderful review of BROKEN:

“I come from a world of light, to which I will never return.”

Broken is the story of an angel’s journey when she chooses to take on human form during one of the most prolific yet horrendous periods in France’s history. Assuming the life of a poet under the name Alia Mercer, she claims that she is “an angel who threw herself away” so she could satisfy the lusts of the flesh. Aware that evil is about to overtake Paris and the Jewish race, the archangel Michael reminds her that she is an angel who just “lost her way” and has at her disposal one act of grace. It is up to Alia whether she will use this powerful healing moment or not.

Multi-novelist Slatton, has created a riveting story set within a dystopian society. Entering the earthly realm in Paris during the summer of 1939, Alia narrates her new life encircled by friends who are among the Golden Age “free thinkers” of existentialism and surrealism. Slatton incorporates into her storyline a rich host of notables that once frequented the cafes and bars of the Montparnasse district—such as writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre, and artists Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, to name a few.

Aside of Alia, Slatton focuses her characters on Alia’s closest acquaintances that have Jewish backgrounds—Pedro and Josef (her choice of lovers), Josef’s sister Suzanne and her daughter Cecile. Slatton’s use of contrast includes a complex mix of Alia’s graphic love jaunts and the lively parties with her elite friends that are often juxtaposed with the realities of impending war and genocide. In particular, Slatton’s contrast between Alia’s selfish thoughts and Cecile’s innocence are poignant, especially when Alia makes desperate attempts to protect her Jewish friends against Hitler’s enforcement to collect Jews. A wonderful balance of characters, history, and religious thought, Broken is earmarked to be an epic dystopian novel.

–written by Anita Locke

RECOMMENDED by the USR

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BROKEN Blog Tour starts today!
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BROKEN Blog Tour starts today!

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Whirlwind Book Tours put together a blog tour for BROKEN, and today is the launch. I’m excited!

Today an excerpt from BROKEN appeared on two blogs, The Pen and Muse and Cajun Book Lover.

Here’s the whole schedule:

Sept 18th
Cajun Book Lover – Excerpt
The Pen Muse – Excerpt
Sept 19th
The Gal in the Blue Mask – Review & Interview
Rolo Polo Book Blog – Guest Post
Sept 20th
Mythical Books – Guest Post
Books N Pearls – Excerpt

Sept 21st
Deal Sharing Aunt – Review
Sept 22
If These Books Could Talk – Guest Post
Sept 23rd
Karen Banes Blog – Interview
Sept 24th
Chick Lit N Lipstick – Review & Excerpt
Examiner – Spotlight
Sept 25th
Yeah Books – Review
Sept 26th
Samantha LaFantasie – Excerpt
The Readers Hollow – Interview
Sept 27th
Strands Simply Tips – Interview
Sept 28th
The Serious Reader – Review

Sept 29th
The Dark Phantom WordPress – ExcerptSept 30th
Best Between the Lines – Review
My Bookish Life   9/30   Excerpt

Oct 1st
Drunk on Pop – Review

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BROKEN and a Guest Post on THE READING CAFE
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BROKEN and a Guest Post on THE READING CAFE

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I am so fortunate to have become acquainted with some of the most generous-spirited book review bloggers going. Sandy at THE READING CAFE is one of those smart, kind, thoughtful people. She accepted BROKEN for review and asked me to write a guest post, and then she sent the review and post to Twitter Heaven, doing a wonderful job of spreading the word.

Her efforts on my book’s behalf are most appreciated!

And I liked her review, which was clear and incisive. She wrote, in part:

Traci L Slatton is an amazing writer whose storylines are infinitely detailed with both fact and fiction; fantasy and reality. Her style of writing is intense; the historical research impressive; and the overall premise is a flight into the fantastic and uncoventional.

My guest post is about “Writing Historical Romances, Accuracy and History.” I mention,

Winnowing down the horrific German occupation of the City of Lights this way provided an opportunity for me to deeply relate my characters to very specific events. Alia, an angel who fell from heaven, experiences the oppression of the time personally and with great intensity. She and her beloved friends suffer through food shortages, lack, loss, and sacrifices in minute detail.

Many blessings and much gratitude to Sandy and THE READING CAFE for the support for BROKEN!

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Launch Day of BROKEN and a 5 Crescent Review
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Launch Day of BROKEN and a 5 Crescent Review

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Today is the day: BROKEN is released into the wild.

And just in time, here’s a glowing review from LUNAR HAVEN REVIEWS:

I really enjoyed reading this novel. Once I started it, I couldn’t put it down until the very end. I really enjoyed reading about the fallen angel Alia and how she lived her life as a human. She sacrificed so much in the name of love. This story was had many elements to it. Sometimes it was fun and care free, other times it was sexy with steamy romance and a lot of the time it was suspenseful and it left you wondering when were the hidden Jews going to be found. I highly recommend this book and although it is not something that I would normally pick up and read, I can’t describe how much I love this book. Thanks again Traci for writing such an amazing novel and I can’t wait to read more of your works!

Read the whole review, and a guest post by me on “Seven Things I’ve Learned Since Becoming a Writer” here, on the vibrant Lunar Haven Reviews and Designs site.

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