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Written on Mar 26, 2018
Storms in Serenity is about both internal storms and external ones.
It was very interesting reading about the hurricane that came through Serenity Key. I am also a person who loves storms. I live in Orlando, Florida, and though we do have storms blow through here, being in the center of the state and in a big(ish) city, the way they are handled is very different. The author did a great job in describing the way it feels to be hunkered down listening to the wind raging, hearing thumps and feeling shakes that you don’t know the source of.
The characters in the story were well developed. Though there are a number of them who play a prominent role in this story, it wasn’t difficult to follow them. Their stories were very intertwined, as I imagine it would be in a small island town.
Looking at the cover of the book, it reflects well the content and mood of the story. Mostly dark with a glimmering of light starting to break through. Though my experience tells me that the picture was most likely before the storm (it is amazing how quickly the clouds disappear after the huge storms here), in the story this picture would be showing the light beginning to break through the clouds of darkness to shine on the lives of the characters.
There are dark subjects dealt with in this book, domestic violence, murder, adultery, rape. The author does not go into detail about them and the story remains clean in that respect. Nevertheless, it is not content I would recommend for younger audiences.
This review was originally posted on Among the Reads
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I would like to thank Celebrate Lit for giving me this item. My opinion and review were not influenced by this gift.