Title: Armored Hearts
Series: Armored Hearts
#1By: Pauline Creeden & Melissa Turner Lee
Published: May 20th, 2013 by AltWit Press, approx. 247 pages
Blurb
When a crippled young
lord rescues a girl falling from a tree, it reveals a secret about himself and
his mother's side of the family that could put him at the center of a war with
beings he thought only existed in fairy tales.
Tristan Gareth Smyth
lived his entire life stuck at home at Waverly Park and left behind while his
Grandfather makes trips to London, all because of his blasted wheelchair.
Then an American heiress
falls in his lap, literally, and he must find a way to keep her at a distance
to protect not only his secret, but everyone around him from an assassin sent
to kill him.
Links
Barnes & Noble- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/armored-hearts-pauline-creeden/1115218475?ean=2940016407487
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Sony- https://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/melissa-turner-lee/armored-hearts/_/R-400000000000001029311
The Review:
I am not normally all that into steampunk and at first I
wasn’t aware that Armored Hearts was steampunk. I have adopted the habit of not
reading book blurbs for a while. Also, Melissa Lee Turner is on my insta-read
list so I was going to read it regardless.
Gareth is a young man who feels that the world is judging
his worth by the wheelchair he is trapped him. He grows a mighty chip on his
shoulder. He has grown tired of the way people deliberately don’t look in his
direction when they see him coming as well as being treated as invisible. His
anger is tangible and he starts to build a prickly wall around himself. Ahhh
one of the reasons for the title? When he is ten years old, he sees a little
girl a few years older than his beloved younger aunt Tabitha. Now, Tabitha is
the only person he allows close to him because she is a child and doesn’t see
him for his wheel chair. Well, the stranger whose carefree ways remind him of
Tabitha asks Gareth to be her look out as she climbs a tree. While up the tree
the branch, she is on snaps and the little girl falls but something amazing
happens, Gareth catches her. I KNOW! I was all whaaaat? Gareth is just as
shocked as the girl is. She runs off but only after giving him a token of her
appreciation.
The story soars from there. I was drawn in and I love the
way steampunk and Fae were weaved together. It was unique and it also kept me
reading. I will say that even if you don’t particularly like steampunk you will
most likely like Armored Hearts still because it is so light and doesn’t bash
you over the head with it.
I did find a few annoying parts like, Gareth and his
Jessemine’s perfume fetish. I just kept thinking man if her smell is that
strong she needs to lay off it a little. I mean everything she ever touches or
goes smells like her. Woah. She’d probably KILL my allergies. Lol He always
couldn’t think straight and got dizzy as he inhaled her intoxicating perfume.
Dude, I bet! I would to; it’s called choking to death. Hey Jessie, don’t bath
in it girl! A little dab will do ya. lol
A great read.
About the Author(s):
Pauline--
In simple language,
Pauline Creeden breaks down Biblical stories and applies them to real life in
new ways. Her methods of teaching have brought new light to old scriptures. In
her fiction, she creates worlds that are both familiar and strange, often
pulling the veil between dimensions. She becomes the main character in each of
her stories, and because she has ADD, she will get bored if she pretends to be
one person for too long.
Pauline is horse trainer
from Virginia, but writing is her therapy.
She is the Admin for
Spirit Filled Kindle and an administrator for Readers' Realm. Her articles,
reviews, and devotionals have been featured in RUBY FOR WOMEN
Magazine,Devotionals for Bloggers, Faith Filled Family Magazine, and Christian
Fiction Book Reviews.
One of Pauline's short
stories has won the CCW Short Story contest. Other short stories have been
published in Fear & Trembling Magazine, Obsidian River and Avenir Eclectia.
An urban fantasy short will appear in The Book of Sylvari: An Anthology of
Elves from Port Yonder Press, and a vampire short will appear in Monsters! from
Diminished Media Group. She is currently editing and drafting several novels at
various stages.
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/PaulineCreeden
Melissa--
Twitter- https://twitter.com/MelissaTLee1975
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