The
Plots:
Healer’s Magic
A
powerful healer. A treacherous enemy. A deadly conflict.
Tatya’s
world slides into chaos when a demon consumed with the desire to control her
power attacks those she loves. She refuses the local master vampire’s offer of
aid, as he’s just turned her best friend into one of the undead. She needs
allies, but who can she trust in the battle to destroy this dangerous enemy?
Vampire’s Bane:
Hunted
by an ancient predator. Freedom will demand the ultimate price.
Tatya
is falling in love with the local master vampire and has a new business
venture. But her plans go awry when someone starts killing young women who look
like her. With the help of old friends, she forms an unlikely alliance with an
alpha werewolf to expose the murderer. But when the killer is revealed, will
this formidable challenge make or break her?
Demon’s Nemesis
An
unknown enemy. Loved ones in peril. A battle for survival.
Tatya
has sent the demon who pursued her back to Hell. Now she’s about to open a
healing center and use her gifts to help those in need. The only one she can’t
help is the man she is in love with, the vampire master, Vanse, who lies in a
coma.
When
an ambitious vampire arrives in town with designs on Vanse’s family, Tatya’s
plans are turned upside down. Her best friend, the local shaman, Forked
Lightning, puts his life on the line to help, but chaos and tragedy follow when
Tatya is kidnapped.
Far
from home, imprisoned, and alone, Tatya must escape and find her way back to
those she loves.
About the Author:
I
was born in London of Irish parents and write, as I read, in different genres.
I
love travelling, and spending time with friends and family. I also enjoy
photography, drawing in pastels, theatre, film, television, and reading—especially
reading. I garden when the sun shines.
I’m
also compiling an ever-increasing bucket list of places I want to visit from
Iceland to Australia.
Review:
In
a world where paranormal species are accepted as long as they respect the terms
of a treaty that protects the lives of human beings, Tatya is a
sensitive/healer. She has studied with the shaman at a local reservation
somewhere in the Midwest to hone her skills at reading auras, drawing power
from the Earth, connecting with various spirit guides, etc. While she accepts
most paranormals, she has a visceral hatred of vampires—especially Vanse, the
extremely handsome, sexy, arrogant, irritating local vamp Master.
But
in Healer’s Magic when local athletes
fall into comas, she’s forced to work with Vanse, and when she dreams of past
lives, the reasons for her attitude toward him and his race become clear. Together,
they work to defeat half-demon/half-vampire Angelus, who bites Katya and tries
to turn her.
In
Vampire’s Bane, a vampire is killing
young female werewolves, and Vanse flashes back to his past lives. When a
survivor identifies Vanse as the murderer, the local pack leader believes Tatya
when she tells him Vanse is possessed by Angelus, and allows her to put Vanse
into a state of suspended animation rather than killing him.
Angelus
kidnaps Tatya in Demon’s Nemesis. Her
friends and spirit guides must rescue her from his clutches before he can
harness her power for himself. This time we flash back through the years at
snippets of Angelus’ life and learn how and why he became a vampire, why he’s
been chasing Tatya across so many lifetimes, and about the plane to which he’s
been banished.
While
each book in The Kala Trilogy kind of stands alone, it really is one story. And
while I found the characters deep and engaging, the editing was terrible.
What’s really bad is, I spoke with Ms. Kearney, and she rewrote the books and
had them professionally edited. Yet, her characters still lived several
“passed” lives. There is no such thing as a “passed” life. The word “passed” is
the perfect form of the verb “to pass”—as in, “I swear we were doing a hundred
when we passed that truck.” One can, however, live several “past” lives. I
believe I have. That’s not the only misused word I came across, but it was the
most frequent one. There were also mixed verb tenses, head-hops, places where
it looked as if Ms. Kearney meant to pull something out in the rewrite but
missed a word or two, and other things that pulled me out of the story and made
me growl.
My
final piece of advice is, “write what you know.” Changing Sky could have had a
Celtic name and been a Druid priest. I live in the Midwest, and while I do
watch enough PBS to know what “trainers” and “jumpers” are, not all of your
readers are likely to realize Tatya wore tennis shoes and sweaters. Your
British accent definitely came through in your writing, but your characters
weren’t British and shouldn’t have used those idioms.
I
finished the books because I was caught up enough in the story to want to see
how they finally got rid of Angelus, but it took forever because I wasn’t all
that enthused about picking up the books. It was easy to find other things to
do at times when I would have been glued to a better-edited page-burner. I’m
really sorry, Ms. Kearney. I wanted to give your rewrite a higher rating.
Author Website: https://writingmynovelnoworkingtitleyet.blogspot.com
Warnings: Violence
Lengths:
Healer’s Magic:
244 Pages
Vampire’s Bane:
238 Pages
Demon’s Nemesis:
260 Pages
Digital Prices: $2.99
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