TRACI L. SLATTON
Author Blog
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:
I have been savoring this quote for a week or so, since reading it on FB. I can’t verify that it was truly written or said by Hemingway. I love it nonetheless, and yes, I identify–and I’ve got the aching wounds to show for it.
Ecco:
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
~Ernest Hemingway
Meantime, Amazon Hall of Fame Top 100 Reviewer Grady Harp wrote a breathtakingly lovely 5 Star review of BROKEN on Amazon.com. He wrote in part:
Traci L. Slatton takes risks, she knows she takes them, and they turn out in her favor. She is at once a poet, a painter of words, a sculptor of characters what extend beyond the credible so far that they seem intensely real. Reading a Slatton book is not so much a story experience but rather an experience in ways of thinking. It is not so important to understand this bizarre story before reading it because Slatton unveils each strange corner, opens each window into light in a way that can only be called art.
Check it out on BROKEN’s Amazon page. I am very grateful to Mr. Harp!
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!
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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Stéphanie Leroux of Tynga’s Reviews wrote a thoughtful, fantastic review of Broken. Clearly she grappled with the story–she took it on and chewed it over and entered into a dialogue with it. I love those kinds of reviews. I love those kinds of readers. I took many risks with this novel and it thrills me when readers are willing to meet those risks head-on.
In part, she wrote:
Although the story was definitely not what I expect, it was truly original. It shocked me multiple times, brought me to tears, and provided good entertainment…
Traci L. Slatton took a huge risk by adding eroticism to some of the love scenes but personally I think it’s a great way to balance out the horrors of war. These opposites are strange because it’s unexpected but the love story does provide a way to escape into the story without being overwhelmed by the hostility of the occupation….
I enjoyed it, it’s not your everyday paranormal read. I have nothing to compare it to, and it’s hard to define it, but I guess that’s what makes it so stunning. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read.
Find the review here, on the lively Team Tynga’s Reviews blog.
