Welcome to The Saturday Spotlight, a weekly feature focusing on Indie and Debut authors. This week I have the pleasure introducing readers to:
BONNIE FERRANTE
~Author of Ya Novel, Dawn's End~
Days of Darkness
by Bonnie Ferrante -2012
As autumn leaves turn red, orange, and gold, night comes earlier. After the long days of summer, sunlight until after 10:00 pm in the evening, it comes as a shock to see twilight creeping over the trees as I do the supper dishes. The absence of light affects us as much as the dreaded drop in temperature. We are diurnal creatures; night is for sleeping or clustering around the fire. Our primal brains carry the residue of generations hunted by creatures of the night. The fear of darkness appears in childhood as the need for a night-light or a check through the closet. Add to that the modern fear of dark alleys in big cities, and night is the time when scary things go bump.
Dawn's End taps into this apprehension of growing darkness and fear of things in the night. What if the balance of light and dark was broken?
This theme mirrors the internal darkness experience by Nicole, a recent high school graduate. Her planned summer of joy has become a journey into inner darkness. The deepest betrayal has left her jaded, depressed, and listless. But, night also brings dreams. They can be nightmares or they can be wondrous visions. Not everything dark is evil. When a dark man enters Nicole's dreams and then her life, her world is turned upside-down in more ways than one.
Dawn's End is not the kind of novel that has a young woman chased through a darkened gymnasium by a crazed killer with an butcher knife, but it does make you periodically tense with fear. I hope, however, that it also makes you think about balance in our lives, no matter what our age. We all need a healthy mixture of hope and realism, trust and caution, courage and dependency. Nicole's inner and outer journeys are fraught with danger, exotic characters, acts of bravery, and humour. She might not start out as someone we admire but, by the end, we would all want her beside us on any journey through the darkness. (Actually, I've always loved dark gymnasiums and the way my squeaky shoes echo.)
Sounds like Dawn's End is a true experience into the unknown. Ive always loved a good psychological thriller. Thanks Bonnie for stopping by today and best of luck with your YA series!!
Today Bonnie is giving away one Ebook Copy of her book Dawn's End. To enter please just leave a comment. Winner will be drawn Feb 26, 2012.
Dawn's End by Bonnie Ferrante
May 30, 2011 by Novel Publishing
Betrayed by her fiancé, Nicole Newman has put her love life on hold. She loses herself in fantasy, becoming isolated and despondent. When a voice from the woods identifies himself as the man of her dreams and asks for her help, Nicole is unsure whether he is stalking her or about to take her on the adventure of a lifetime. Who, or what, is this mysterious being?
Dawn’s End, a place of simplicity and goodness, is being overcome by a gruesome darkness. Possessing bits of information, Nicole and the dark man know only that they must complete their quest before Nightfall becomes permanent. How far can she trust this not-quite-human? Can they save a world, possibly two, when Nicole isn’t sure she can save herself?
It sounds terribly awesome! Plus, I love the almost blending of person and landscape in the cover!
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Interesting :) Sounds good.
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In this case, the cover DID get me...now after reading the review? OH yeah!
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