Jul
Around
the world, people die under mysterious circumstances. Each has a sign. Each is
a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. A NYC interior designer Jason Walker receives a
message saying he is the final piece.
Emily Ethan, a startling beauty with supernatural powers, appears and tells
Jason that powers dormant within him are about to wake. He is the only person
who can prevent darkness from enslaving the world. He is the Beholder whose
advent has been awaited for many years.
Setting out on a journey with Emily, Jason discovers the world he could have
never imagined, but the greatest surprise arrives the moment he realizes he has
fallen in love with Emily.
received ‘The Beholder’ by Ivan Amberlake a couple of weeks ago in exchange for
an honest review. After I read the blurb I was really excited to start reading
in this book. Reading about supernatural powers is something I really like and
this book seemed to be full of this kind of stuff. So a couple of days ago I
started reading.
Beholder’ we meet Jason, an interior designer working in New York. Jason has a
pretty normal live. He has a nice job, two best friends who also are his colleagues
and a nice home in New York. But things change when Jason starts having
terrible dreams. Dreams that show horrible things. When Jason tries to figure
out what is wrong with him his live changes forever. Jason meets Emily and soon
he is pulled in a world he never knew existed.
thoughts about this book after finishing it late last night was that I definitely
liked Ivan Amberlake’s writing. It was easy to read and from the first page on
I really wanted to know what was happening. This book doesn’t have a slow start
and immediately after you start reading you’re in the middle of the action.
this book seemed to have all the things I would love in a book I somehow couldn’t
really connect with this one. In ‘The Beholder’ Jason is experiencing a lot of
strange things and he learns about a totally new world. Unfortunately I found
it really hard to understand what was happening all the time. Jason didn’t understand
what was happening in the book and I also really didn’t understand all the time.
kept trying because I really wanted to enjoy this book. I loved the friendship
between Jason, Matt and Debbie and how protective they were with each other.
But sadly I really couldn’t follow the rest of what happened in this book. There
is a lot of talk of different kind of energies and I just didn’t really feel
it. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t like it at all. Like I said before, I really
enjoyed the writing I just didn’t feel ‘connected’ to this book and the
characters. And all the talk about different energies just couldn’t get my
interest.
About the Author:
An urban fantasy writer, an avid beta-reader, proofreaderand editor who enjoys reading fantasy, crime and thriller books.
I love active protagonists who get into a lot of trouble on their way to the
truth, and never give up whatever happens to them.
I love watching action movies like The Matrix, Harry Potters and have a soft
spot for sitcoms like Friends and The Big Bang Theory.
“The Beholder” is my debut paranormal fantasy novel. This is what Joe
Kovacs, #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of “Ginger the Gangster Cat”,
said about it: ‘THE BEHOLDER is a tight and fast-paced thriller combining the
crawling claustrophobia of Stephen King’s “It” and the exciting
arcane symbol-hunting of “Celestine Prophecy”‘
A HarperCollins editor said in their review of The Beholder: “[Amberlake]
shows a real passion for language in his descriptions.”
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
