Blur
by Steven James
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: May 27, 2014
ASIN: B00GP2IOR8
Amazon Synopsis:
The isolated town of Beldon, Wisconsin, is shocked when a high
school freshman’s body is found in Lake Algonquin. Just like everyone in the
community, sixteen-year-old Daniel Byers believes that Emily Jackson’s death
was accidental. But at her funeral, when he has a terrifying vision of her, his
world begins to rip apart at the seams.
Convinced that Emily’s appearance was more than just a mere
hallucination, Daniel begins to look carefully into her death, even as he
increasingly loses the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality.
What’s real? What’s not? Where does reality end and madness begin?
As Daniel struggles to find the truth, his world begins to crumble
around him as he slips further and further into his own private blurred
reality.
Full of mind-bending twists and turns, Blur launches a new trilogy of young adult
thrillers from Steven James, a master of suspense.
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My Thoughts:
Blur
is
about Daniel, a senior in high school who begins to have episodes of blurs
where he confuses reality with hallucinations or fantasy. He has these episodes
during an inopportune time such as in the middle of a girl's funeral and in the
middle of a football game where he gets injured.
During
these blurs the girl who died appears to him and tells him that she wants him
to find out about her death and to stay the course, seek for the information
and learn what really happened to her. Everyone thinks that her death was an
accident. The more that Daniel finds out, the more he begins to think that
Emily's death was not an accident.
Blur was a fast
pace novel. It held my attention right from beginning to end. There were a lot
of plot twists which really made it interesting if you were trying to guess who
the murderer might have been.
I
thought the character of Stacy Clern was an interesting one and an interesting
play on words. The characters seem to be well developed and quite realistic.
This
was an excellent novel that fits well into the young adult and thriller
suspense genre and I would highly recommend it. I gave it five stars out of
five.
Thank
you to the author who provided a copy of the book in exchange for a fair and
honest review. A positive opinion was not required. All thoughts are my own.
About
the Author:
Steven James is the best selling author of more
than three dozen books, including the Patrick Bowers and Jevin Banks thriller
series. In May 2014 he released the first book of his teen suspense trilogy,
Blur, and a book on the craft of novel writing, Story Trumps Structure.
Steven’s other works span a variety of genres including non fiction, fantasy
and drama. He has received wide critical acclaim including two Publishers
Weekly starred reviews, three Christy Awards, and as a finalist for an
International Thriller Award. Publishers Weekly calls him "[A] master
storyteller at the peak of his game."Steven is an active member of International Thriller Writers, the Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and International Association of Crime Writers. He is also a contributing editor for Writer's Digest. He has a master's degree in storytelling and has taught writing and creative communication around the world. When he's not writing or speaking, you'll find him trail running, rock climbing, or drinking a dark roast coffee near his home in eastern Tennessee.
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