FROM THE DESK OF
DONA PENZA TATTLE, ESQ.
AND
ASSOCIATE WRYE
BALDERDASH
Greetings,
“Hurry,”
Tattle demands in a rush and huff of excitement. “We’re late.”
"For
a very important date?” Wrye jumps to
his feet and does seven steps of a river dance and adds, "No time to
waste!”
“Are
we parroting Alice?”
“The
rabbit.”
“Then
hop-hop-hop right into our Love of Literature Leap!”
“Ah,
I just knew there was a reason for the twitch in your nose. Let’s….” He swipes
out an arm to let her pass first.
Tattle
mumbles, “My nose does not twitch.”
The
two disappear into the inexplicable whirl-wind of prose.
Tattle
and Wrye find themselves appearing in the pages of Colleen
S. Myers’s sci-fi suspense romance, of MUST REMEMBER.
“Hey, Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore,” announces
Wrye looking about.
“Are you into quoting children’s literature today?
First Alice, now Dorothy, and if you are making any reference to me being a
dog, well then….”
Wrye cuts her off with a male-appreciating growl. “Grrrrr,
look at that hottie-foxy.”
Smacks Wrye’s shoulder, “Don’t be a dirty dog, can’t
you see Elizabeth 'Beta' Camden is only nineteen and poor thing is lost and
alone.”
“Hey, they grow up fast in outer space.”
“We’re where?”
“Another planet.” He points at the two suns and
off-kilter colors of the landscape.
“Ut oh, Elizabeth is truly in trrrooouuble. First, she
woke up late for class after a night of partying at a frat house, where she
didn’t really want to be and then rushes out the door and discovers her world
has become a crazy land. Not even her
best friend, Sarah, who she has known since kindergarten recognizes her. If anything, she seems lost in her own lunacy
just like everyone else. Elizabeth can’t get in touch with her mother or even
the authorities.” Tattle dapples at her tear wet eyes. “Fiction can be so
heartless!”
“And that is what makes it soooo good to read!” Wrye
urges Tattle to take a closer look. “And not long after that, Elizabeth wakes
up once again, this time on a strange world, wearing an odd garment, and
stumbling into non-human males, magnetic, hot,
take-your-hormones-on-an-express-train-to-titillating aliens called the Fost.”
“Not such a bad place to be except, m’literay
observer, she is wearing the clothes of their ancient enemy the E’mani and think
Elizabeth is a spy.” Tattle shivers.
“Soon she learns she is on the planet, Solum. At first, the Fost treat her as a prisoner,
leaving her to the trusted care of an elder, Ute, who teaches her about the war
between the Fost and the E’mani. The Fost is rooted in magic whereas the E’mani
is highly technical. The latter’s
technology drove the Fost beyond the mountains through caves into a more barren
world where their magic went dormant.”
“Ah, but with Elizabeth’s arrival, that begins to
change, and she is the first to exhibit signs that the magic has awakened. Others begin to display all different powers
and levels of powers.” Tattle rushes through the book’s pages.
Wrye follows along. “Oddly, tattoos begin to appear on
Elizabeth, making her look more like her hosts. They now realize she is not the
enemy but after a couple of murders, she believes the E’mani had followed her. Agonizing
memories begin to surface, and she believes the E’mani had destroyed most of
the people of her world, bringing only a few to Solum. Those survivors are tortured and experimented
upon, including Elizabeth, but unlike the others she stumbles onto a secret
that could destroy them. Only, she can’t
remember what it could be.”
Tattle pauses, reading furiously. “Some of the Fost,
though, begin to appreciate her abilities and nurture them, while two hunkie
males overtly show their interest. The
Fost are indeed a touchie-feely species, which create hormones-on-a-rampage
scenario within Elizabeth. She soon
realizes she’s attracted to both Marin and Finn.”
“As she falls in love with the people, the place and
one of the men, she also recognizes they are all in serious danger from the
E’mani and she is the key to giving them a chance at survival. If only she could
remember!” Wrye can’t help adding, “Da da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Whew,” Tattle catches her breath. “That is one hot, fast-paced read. Collen’s writing style is smooth and
compelling. The culture and conflict of the Fost and E’mani is unique in its
premise, yet recognizable enough to trigger comforting familiarity. Meanwhile, the sizzling romance is enough to
satisfy any longing for a heated reading tryst.”
“At the same time,” Wrye jumps into the review, “it
has enough sci-fi, suspense and mystery to keep a reader wondering what will
happen next. Every answer encouraged a
new question while every solved puzzle is eclipsed by another more intricate
one. The book is intriguing and fresh.
Colleen’s voice is unique.”
“I agree, and I especially like how the ending left it
all open for its sequel, which I can’t wait to read! Collen is on her way to acquiring a literary
following and, we’re (speaking for both of us) are the first in line.”
We
hope you all enjoyed our review of MUST
REMEMBER by Colleen S. Myers. Until
next month, keep reading.
Dona
Penza Rutabaga Tattle, Esq. and Associate Wrye Balderdash
of
Blather City, Wannachat
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I loved this review. Thank you very much for introducing me to a book which, for some reason, I haven't yet read. :-)
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