Red Tash

Book Info: Genre: Urban Fantasy short
Reading Level: Young Adult
Recommended for: Fans of Troll or Derby

My Thoughts: I really enjoyed the first book in this series, Troll or Derby (review linked here), so was excited to pick up a copy of this short in the same universe. In this book, we find Deb feeling nostalgic for the old days, and decided to go out skating in her old skates. She is trying to work through the ramifications of everything that has happened to her, and the interruptions of other people initially annoy her. Until she remembers that she needs people. It's a cute little story and if you liked Troll or Derby you won't want to miss this short.

Disclosure: I picked this book up during a KDP promotion. All opinions are my own.

Synopsis: A short story set between Troll Or Derby & Troll Or Park. Takes place approximately 3 months after the events of “A Laurents County Landfill Christmas”, which was published in Let It Snow! Season's Readings for a Super-Cool Yule.… (meer)

There are some pieces of abstract art I like but it is something I shy away from. Thus so is this book.
I am sorry, but I honestly tried to make sense of it and persevere when I just wanted to "toss it in".
I cannot honestly tell you what its purpose was. I couldn't really grasp a plot of any kind. I am not sure
if it was time travel, fantasy or just the musings from a bad drug"trip".
I used to listen to friends discuss some of their weird experiences when using drugs. I never could
understand why someone using drugs would choose that type of a drug. (Of course I never understood
dragging oneself down to use drugs in the first place.)
Her wording skills were good but they were like many short story thoughts into one book that never really
was brought into a solid substance or conclusion.. It was all very depressing and confusing.
I truly am sorry. This book was sent with the request for an honest review. Sadly,this is my honest review.… (meer)

Unlike Red Tash's other book "Troller Derby" I could not get into "This Brilliant Darkness" I did read it all the way through but I found myself constantly lost between what was happening real-time versus what was happening in the characters minds and I'm not even sure if there was a real-time versus mind-frame aspect to the story. The plot jumps from character to character which is not a bad thing but it did so, so much to the point that I constantly lost my place and was unsure of just where the story was going or what it was about.

At first I thought it was about a demon that was stalking one of the main characters and then when you get the chance to see into the demon's mind or creature's mind, it almost seems as though it's an alien of some kind. The fact that the entire story seems to revolve around this star phenomenon makes you want to lean more toward the alien idea but it's still very hard to understand.

The story has great potential and the writer shows good command of her craft but I just think the book was too diverse and jumped too much all over the place for me to get completely involved, thus my rating of 3 stars.… (meer)