An Unexpected Opportunity

I know the titles are a little pixelated and somewhat hard to read, but it was the best way to get all three of them on-screen. That and admittedly, I like getting a coffee mug or tumblr in shot. —Taken on an iPhone 8

So I started the week off by saying that I was going to buckle down and write out the Axiom Verge 1 & 2 review, which I did and much earlier than I expected too. Part of that reason was because, on Monday morning, I received an e-mail from an indie author who wanted me to review her poetry novels.

To which, I replied, "Yes!" I also did mention the review I was working on, more or less to ensure that I could dedicate my time to giving these books the proper treatment. A little over an hour after I posted the Axiom Verge review, she sent them over...

So Who is the Author?

Jaz Jazalyn is a writer who specializes in both fiction and poetry. The three works in the photo above are hybrid novels which combine the two—with the each poem driving the narrative forward. 

What books did she write? 

vVilrRuUsS: INever Forget—a dark science fiction novel in which viruses wreak havoc on humanity, causing some to become criminals or even mess with their memories. 

Rose: Future Heart—a dark fantasy, romance in which a rose, personified, attempts to overcome her own past to forge a promising future.  

Hollow: A Love Like A Life—a supernatural romance in which two spirits, one from a "light" universe and the other from a "dark", are infatuated with one another but cannot be together due to (presumably) the laws that govern said universes. So they figure out ways around those restrictions.

(I should note that each of these brief synopses are a paraphrased combination of the briefs she sent in her e-mail plus the blurbs on Goodreads.)

So how will the reviews work?

They'll be similar to how I did the one for the Little Book of Sound Chips: Volume 2—admittedly, I still need to update my Goodreads and StoryGraph entries for that one. 

Unlike that book, these reviews will be shorter but I'm not sure yet as to what the minimum word count might be. I may combine them all into one huge blog post while doing each book individually for the literary socials.

Which means that I'll have an order in which I can complete them in, starting with vVilrRuUsS since sci-fi is definitely within my comfort zone. I'm not sure about the other two yet. I may follow the above list or I might just do Hollow first, but we'll see once I finish the first book.

What I can say for certain is that I plan on reviewing these all within the month of May! Keep your eyes peeled and thanks again to Jaz Jazalyn for the opportunity!