“Is this real?” I asked when presented with the first printed copy of my my new book, “The Price of Her.” This is the first book in an intended series I’m calling, The Honor Bound Series.
I’ve been working on this book off and on since 2013. I’ve changed the entire format from the original third person POV to first person thanks to the advice of one of my beta readers. I went to a shooting range to practice firing various weapons so that I might accurately describe fire fights in my book. I also took an afternoon archery course for the same reason!
My patient critique partners have helped me along this journey, as well as an editor and a fantastic graphic designer who made this cover possible. Now available in print on Amazon (kindle version coming soon)!
I received this book as a Christmas present last year having never heard of it or the author. The description sounded promising and I had high hopes for it. These hopes quickly dissolved into confusion. I applaud the idea behind “Memory Police” and the strange dreamy island of isolation where this story takes place. But for some reason, I couldn’t connect with the main protagonist. I wanted to cheer for her but nothing about her was particularly brave or endearing to me.
I guess I wanted more from her in the way of acts of rebellion. She did some small things that I hoped would add up and escalate to a big act of defiance. I assumed that hiding others that were wanted by the police would somehow connect her with a rebellion and things would escalate from there. She even discovers that some citizens are immune to the “disappearances” of things and that her own mother was one of these special people. The protagonist makes some small attempts to retain her memories of items that have been previously disappeared with the help of her editor and love interest. All these attempts are made in vain as the protagonist slowly loses her memories of everything up to and including her own body parts.
I have to say the scene where she wakes up and suddenly doesn’t remember having a right arm was quite disturbing. The arm is still there of course, but since she has no memory of it, it’s not there for her. The entire rest of the population has suffered this same fate including her adopted dog who also hops around as if one of his front legs were missing. It’s strange and creepy in a way that I like, but I didn’t care for the ending or for the lack of fight in the main character.
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