Monday, October 7, 2013

Sanctuary by Pauline Creeden: 5 Star review and Giveaway!



Synopsis:
“Left Behind for the Hunger Games Generation”
In a heart-racing thriller described as Falling Skies meets The Walking Dead, Jennie struggles to find a safe place for what’s left of her family. But it seems as though there is no place sacred, no place secure. First the aliens attacked the sun, making it dimmer, weaker, and half what it used to be. Then they attacked the water supply, killing one-third of Earth’s population with a bitter contaminate. And when they unleash a new terror on humankind, the victims will wish for death, but will not find it…When the world shatters to pieces around her, will Jennie find the strength she needs to keep going?

Clare's Review:
This book....this book was crazy good. I was engrossed from the beginning. It's YA but that doesn't matter at all. It was so real (and, I mean, completely unreal....I hope). I was so incredibly invested in the characters and need the books to keep coming so I can figure out what's happening!!!!!
Sanctuary is about a group of characters, but primarily Jennie, a sophomore in college, during a time when aliens have attacked the Earth, turning people into zombies. Let me be clear....I'm not a zombie person. I think zombies are funny, not scary. It might have something to do with Shawn of the Dead.
But as you follow Jennie through her losses and struggles, and watch her have to step up to care for her little brother and figure out how to navigate this whole new world, holding on a growing her faith in the process...it just became so real and raw and heartfelt. It's a very important, selfless, coming of age tale. Honestly, it turned my world upside down. I'm not saying I'll read any dystopian/apocalyptic novel that comes out, but I AM saying that I will read anything that Pauline Creeden writes in the future.
5 stars.
YouTube book Trailers:
http://youtu.be/tVQNvPzk3rc
http://youtu.be/lZ05XgVBy24
About the Author:
In simple language, Pauline Creeden 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 a horse trainer from Virginia, but writing is her therapy.
Armored Hearts, her joint effort with author Melissa Turner Lee, has been a #1 Bestseller in Christian Fantasy and been awarded the Crowned Heart for Excellence by InDtale Magazine. Her debut novel, Sanctuary is scheduled for release September 30, 2013, and has already been nominated for two awards in YA Science Fiction.
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.
Where to creep on her:
Facebook: http://facebook.com/PaulineCreeden
Twitter: http://twitter.com/P_Creeden
Goodreads: http://goodreads.com/PCreeden
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Why on earth did I write a Christian novel that has both aliens and zombies in it?
When I was a teen/young adult and my faith was wavering at best, there were several movies out with the likely design to shake faith even more. End of the world movies were in their hay day. Alien invasion was another big one. And I couldn’t help but wonder. If something like this actually happened, would anyone be able to maintain their faith?
And now today, Zombies are on the rise.
Could aliens be reconciled with the Bible? Zombies? This is the purpose of Sanctuary.
Because of its poetic nature, the book of Revelation lends itself to a plethora of interpretation. I am not saying that my book is the only true possibility, but it could be one. Could not demons be misinterpreted as alien life forms? Might not Satan use this mirage to his advantage to explain the bitter water or the blotting out of the sun, moon, and stars? And then there’s Revelation 9:6 - "And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them."
Zombies?
If anyone reading this book at least opens themselves up to the fact that yes, a biblical interpretation could resolve the problems between faith and an apocalyptic reality, then Sanctuary has completed its purpose.
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