Return to Mercya by Mark Ruckledge Giveaway.

Cheles Bells (Michele from A Belle's Tales) and I are teaming up to do this giveaway. We both read the short story and reviewed it. I contacted the author and asked him if he would be interested in doing a giveaway, and he agreed. I thought it would be fun to team up with Michele for the giveaway since she read and reviewed it also. This way, you get to see both of our opinions and maybe even find a new blog along the way, whether you are discovering me or Michele, or maybe, in some cases, both of us. I hope you enjoy both of our posts and are interested in reading this book.

Mark is a new author, and I hope this giveaway spreads the word about him.  One lucky winner will receive a free e-book copy of his book Return to Mercya. Read the summary below, and you can also read my review and Michele’s review by clicking on the links. To win, just use the rafflecopter form after the summary.  This is an international giveaway.

Summaries:

My Summary:

Return to Mercy is a short fantasy story that is only the first installment to a larger story.

Brendel Domia escaped the destruction of Mercya and found safety in a place called Ayethene. Years later everyone from Mercya was summoned from their various hiding places to go back. Brendel finds out before long that this is a trap to take out the rest of the people of Mercya and he might be the one able to save the people and overrun the evil that now resides there.

Goodreads Summary:

In a world beyond imagination one man returns to the land he once knew only to find it changed beyond all recognition and overrun by evil. But with companionship and love he may just make it through.
This is his story...

A Belles Tales Review

My review

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Return to Mercya by Mark Ruckledge Review

Return to Mercya by Mark Ruckledge

★★★☆☆

Return to Mercy is a short fantasy story that is only the first installment to a larger story.

Brendel Domia escaped the destruction of Mercya and found safety in a place called Ayethene. Years later everyone from Mercya was summoned from their various hiding places to go back. Brendel finds out before long that this is a trap to take out the rest of the people of Mercya and he might be the one able to save the people and overrun the evil that now resides there.

Mark Ruckledge contacted me and asked me to review his short story. I accepted and he sent me the e-book.

This was a promising start to a larger story. It was very clear that this was just the beginning. I felt that at 22 (nook) pages it was hard to get a grasp on the story because, it was an all-new world for me. I personally wish that the author would have continued the story and made a book with the whole story instead of just the short story. I think I would have gotten a better grasp of the story that way.

This book was like another world for me. I was learning new names and places that I haven’t read about before. I felt like I was just getting comfortable with the story when it ended. That is another reason it would be beneficial for the author to write it as an entire book. With an original piece like this, I like to have more then 

22(nook) pages to get to know the story, characters and world.

The author uses language well to create the scenes in the story that he wants you to see. He uses great details in places but in some places I felt the story needed more. One instance that needed to be talked about more is Brendel and Jil’s relationship. I didn’t see very much of it and all of a sudden I was being told certain things happened without seeing them in the story and became confused. I was thinking, “Umm…how did that happen?” I felt like I was locked out from part of the story. I wanted and needed to see the details of the relationship because I think it was suppose to be important to Brendel, but it wasn’t clearly shown in the story. I think the author may not have touched on it much because it was a short story.

I look forward to reading more of this series and finding out what happens. The story shows promise and I think I will like it more as a whole.

In My Mailbox (4)

Find out what is in my mailbox weekly, a feature hosted by The Story Siren. I will share what I get every week. If I haven't gotten anything new then I will share what I'm reading and What I will be reviewing in the near future.

• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi-I finally received this in my mailbox! I'm so excited. I got to pick this book after wining the 100 Follow Giveaway hosted by Kelly @ Radiant Shadow. Thank you Kelly!

• Return to Mercya by Mark Ruckledge- Mark contacted me and asked me to review his short story and I accepted. I then received the e-book version of this book.
• Curse of Ancient Shadows by Rod Tyson- Rod contacted me and asked me to review his new young adult book. At the time he only had it in kindle format so he couldn't send it to me right away but now he has it for my Nook :).

I look forward to reading both of these books and sharing with all of you two new authors. I hope you look for my reviews of both of these in the future.

Thank you for seeing what is in my mailbox! Tell me what you think and share with me what is in your mailbox.