Hey lovelies! It gives me
great pleasure today to host Mikea Howard AKA Mindy Howard and Kelly Smith and their
new book, “Soul Song”! For other stops
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Soul Song
by Mikea Howard
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GENRE: Fantasy/Paranormal
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BLURB:
Dottie
thought she had it all: a successful singing career, a handsome fiancé, and a
starlet’s wardrobe. Sudden betrayal brought it all crashing down around her.
Those she trusted most played her as nothing more than a pawn. One misstep
while fleeing the scene trapped her in another world alone, save a mysterious
visitor.
Guatimozin,
an eagle shifter, has spent ages assisting people through the realm between
life and death, leading them to join loved ones on either side. No one had ever
made him want anything for himself until he discovered this city girl.
Forces
plot against them and time is short. Soon, their chance for a happily ever
after will be too late.
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EXCERPT ONE:
Dottie
wiped the tears from her face. Damn him, and damn his floosy too. She’d do what
her mother constantly threatened her stepdad with, and remove his cock to wear
it proudly on a chain around her neck.
I
jus’ gotta find a way out of this kooky forest first.
Making
her way back onto her feet, she dusted off her dress in a mindless motion. The
fabric passed beneath her strokes smooth and dirt free. She studied the once
vibrant red dress she’d worn on stage. The satin now appeared drab and
colorless. Her bare feet peeked from beneath its hem, as clean as the moment
she’d dabbed them dry from her bath. The blind sprint from her dressing room,
across town, and up the hill, should have left them covered in filth.
In
exasperation, she threw her arms in the air. “Swell. I mus’ be dead and I’m . .
.”
She
moved away from the tree to scrutinize her surroundings. As much as Dottie hoped
she’d end up in heaven, her mother always insisted that, as a willful child
trying to pass as something she wasn’t, her final destination would be a bit
further down.
The
sensation of electricity passing through the air made every hair stand on end
as a matter-of-fact reply came from behind. “No, you aren’t dead, but you’re
not exactly alive either. You’re in a realm known as the in-between.”
Spinning
around, Dottie came face to face with a stranger. Like the tree, he appeared in
color, only he wasn’t pink and purple. Instead, a tall man with reddish tan
skin, swirling silver eyes, and waist length striking black hair, stared at her
as though regarding a ghost. Thick muscular arms crossed over his chest as his
shocked expression ease into a slow smirk, highlighting the defined beak-like
nose, high cheekbones, and strong chin framing his mouth.
Nervously
licking her lips, she couldn’t help but muse, Di Mi. Well hello, sailor.
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BOOK REVIEW:
This
book is about Dorothea, Dottie, a successful singer with a handsome fiancée,
and impressive lifestyle – she thought she had the perfect life. However, when she catches her fiancée cheating,
her whole so-called perfect life is
about to completely change. While fleeing
the scene, Dottie accidentally ends up getting trapped in between realms. It’s going to take someone powerful to help save
her.
This
book is about Guatimozin, Tim, an eagle shifter that helps people in the realm
between life and death cross over to their loved ones. He is quite selfless and has never want for
anything. That is until he meets Dottie.
Will
Tim be able to save Dottie? Will Tim’s
feelings for Dottie be reciprocated? Will
Tim and Dottie live happily ever after? Sorry
– no spoilers here! But you’ll
definitely want to read this book to find out!!!
This
book was a quick read at only 163 pages!
I
really liked the main characters, Dottie and Tim. They were likable and genuine. Dottie was sweet, beautiful, but also a
strong female character. She was
obviously going through the break-up and cheating of her ex-fiancée, but I
liked that Tim was a protector and wanting to comfort Dottie and keep her safe.
Tim was sexy, tough, powerful, robust, but also kind-hearted. They really fit well together.
The
writing style is fluid, well developed, and at a steady pace.
The
authors did a great job with the worldbuilding and really provided so much
detail in their writing that it was easy to picture.
There
are some very predictable scenes.
However, there are still a few unexpected twists and turns that you
won’t see coming!
This
book is book ten of the Soul Mate Tree Book Series. Each book in this series is written by a
different author, but all of them tie in to the Soul Mate Tree theme. Therefore, each book can usually be read on
its own – all though this now seems to not always be the case. This was my fourth book that I’ve read in the
series.
I
wish I could say that I did not have any trouble reading this book and that I didn’t
get lost in the story, but that was not the case this time!
Unfortunately,
I had a really hard time following along and had to re-read several passages
over and over again. It turns out this book
is NOT ONLY book ten in the Soul Mate Tree Book Series, but it
also acts as book 2.5 in The Diesel War Book Series!! So, this book is filled with the characters,
settings, scenes, backstory, and language – called Diesel Speak from the author’s
other book series, The Diesel War Book Series.
This certainly made things more complicated and confusing. I definitely felt like I had walked into the
middle of a series, instead of what I had come to know with these mostly
standalone Soul Mate Tree Books. So, I
cannot suggest this book to be read as a standalone. However, you do not need to read the previous
nine Soul Mate Tree Books to understand this one – in fact, that won’t help at
all. I would suggest reading the first
two books of The Diesel War Book Series before picking up this book.
I
read and review books in the middle of the series with 90% of the time having
not read the previous books in that series.
Usually, I have no trouble following along. Yes, there is overlap of characters,
backstory, settings, etc. However, most
authors gently remind the reader about what happened in the previous book(s)
during the first couple chapters. Yes, I
probably won’t get all the inside jokes and not realize some things, but I can
still read the book and get the jiff of things.
With this book, I felt like I might as well have been reading it upside
down lol.
Which
is truly sad to say, because I loved the characters, great storyline, fantastic
world-building, immaculate attention to details, fluid writing style, and I am
loving the Soul Mate Tree Books. So, I
was quite heartbroken and disappointed that this book didn’t live up to its predecessors.
I
will be reading and reviewing additional books in this series and look forward
to sharing my take on those books with you soon!
Even
though I didn’t completely love this book, I still enjoyed reading it and would
absolutely recommend this book to all romantic, fantasy, paranormal readers! I would just strongly suggest reading books one
and two of The Diesel War Book Series first. Regardless, there is a great
storyline and awesome characters that do make this book an interesting fantasy/paranormal
read and one that should be added to you TBR List!!!
Did you find this review helpful?
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AUTHOR BIO:
Writing
under Mikea Howard, we
are actually Mindy Howard and
Kelly Smith,
sisters-in-law who share a love for romance, usually paranormal. We have spent
the last several years reading and sharing books as well as authors, often
making comments about how we'd love to write our own when we ran out of things
to read.
While
based on our TBR piles, we have not run out of reading material, yet we decided
to write when the muse hit Kelly with a dystopian diesel world and an opening
scene with the heroine running out into the woods. Mindy then saw her hero step
in, and The Diesel War series was born.
Mindy
is an IT professional at a telecom company. She is married to a musician and
teacher, who also happens to be Kelly's brother. She has one adult son and is
living out west.
Kelly
is a Registered Nurse working in maternal-fetal medicine. She has a great
husband, who happens to be Mindy's husband's best friend. She has one son in
high school, one daughter in middle school, and is living on the east coast.
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Mindy & Kelly ~ Hi! It is great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! I enjoyed reading and reviewing your book, thanks for providing the copy! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for reviewing, we’re so happy to be here!
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ReplyDeleteGood Morning! Thank you for the book description.These tours are great and we have found some terrific books so thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteWhen's your next book coming out and what's it going to be?
ReplyDeleteThe Ambassador’s Anchor is Karel (Kara’s twin sister) and her beau’s story. It’s pretty heavy and their story has needed more rewrites than usual... but we want it to be perfect. Hoping for next summer as long as our muses, publisher, and editor’s schedule allow it.
DeleteSounds like a great read.
ReplyDeleteWould you ever like to see a movie made out of your book? I hope your book is a success. Bernie Wallace BWallace1980(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteThanks... lol, Bernie, I think we’ve answered this before, but we’d love to see our stories on a screen!
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