Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Enrique
Betancourt and his new book, “The Storm in Our Chests”! For other stops on his Goddess Fish
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The Storm in Our Chests
by Enrique Betancourt
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GENRE: YA (Young Adult)
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BLURB:
After
being separated abruptly, best friends Benj and Élan reunite after five years.
They are not children anymore, and teenage and experience changed them.
Benj
used to be an isolated antisocial child, now he’s popular and outgoing, leaving
for college in the following year.
Élan
used to be chipper, now he’s sad and insecure after years of being tossed
around the foster system and realizing he is gay, crushing on a boy he thinks
is unattainable.
Their
reunion proves to be a challenge as they are the polar opposites of how they
knew each other, the journey to healing and proves to be tough. Bonding again
may be the only thing that saves them. Through small moments and swift dramatic
turns, Benj and Élan will have to prove they are more than friends - they are
buddies, and the epitome of unconditional love.
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EXCERPT ONE:
BENJ
“Please!
Don’t take my best friend away!”
I
remember. Vividly.
It
was a scream that tore my vocal cords to shreds as I ran as fast as I could, as
far as my young thirteen year old legs could take me. I remember. Sometimes I
still dream about it, most times it’s just a repressed memory, sometimes it’s
burning in my mind so badly that I have to wake up or else I’d drown in my
sleep. I know that I wouldn’t actually drown, but it feels like I would. Can
someone actually drown in their sleep? I don’t want to test that theory.
Sometimes I’m afraid my mind would decide that it’s had enough and return to
that day, that moment. It’s hard to explain, but it’s an intense feeling of
helplessness. Of uselessness.
“Please!
Please! Don’t take my best friend away!”
I
hear a beating, the drumming of my heart that threatened to break my ribcage,
as I hear myself with a younger prepubescent voice scream against the cold air,
watching as they drive away. I try to run faster. I try to save him. I try to
be Superman. But I’m not. I can’t reach the car, I can’t reach it as it enters
the highway and I see him for the last time. His eyes, tear-filled eyes,
against the back window of the car, looking at me. Waiting for me to save him.
But I can’t save him.
I’m
not Superman. He was.
He
was my Superman.
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AUTHOR BIO:
I am
the published writer of a novel called THE IMAGINARIUM OF THE INNOCENT by
Austin Macauley Publishers, and also I have been awarded the Rosa Maria Porrúa
Award for my Spanish-language novella SOBRE LAS CENIZAS. My books stand out for
their literacy excellence that got me an award, and the dramatic and emotional
way I handle my characters. I am Mexican who lived 6 years in the United
States, I love to read, to write and music is such a powerful inspiring force
for me.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
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