This is Castle. He'll be 2 in May. It's fair to say he saved my writing.
My imagination, which had been supercharged my whole life, faded over the last year. I thought it was stress (teenager with senioritis). I couldn't even look at the computer, unless it was news or Pintrest. I was just going to look at dogs, make a connection with a breeder and maybe get a puppy in the fall. It's an awkward time, as we're selling our house and plan to live in an RV until our new house is built. Besides, we already have a terrier mix, Buck. Don't be greedy, right?
Castle was available. He was the pick of the litter, a show dog...until he lost two front teeth to a bone. His owners loved him, but they're professional breeders and they have a responsibility to their business. They let us adopt him.
Two days later, not only am I sleeping better than I have in a long while, I'm writing. It's a Convergence book, from scratch, and involves ice giants. I thought I was broken, thought about finding a day job. Turns out, I was mourning my Aussie Jack, who we'd lost last year.
Castle isn't Jack, but he filled the Aussie shaped hole in my heart. He's the grace I didn't know I needed, a shy, goofy bundle of love that refuses to let me mope. He's also crazy pretty, with a gait like poetry in motion. I'm so grateful he's mine.❤
However, I feel as if there were several chapters left out of this book, as it was such a quick ending and there were a couple grammar errors in the beginning of the story which might have been just the formatting of the book to sell? The part that caught my attention was the glitch on Cara's birthday changing from turning 22 in the beginning, to stating she had just turned 20 on page 42. The 22 was a little young in my mind for being involved with such an older elemental, but still worked and flowed for me, it was the turning 20 years old, that had me cringe just a little, as she was just nineteen the day before, and it seemed young for me.
Overall, a good book to read, but the other 3 were more detailed and longer. I recommend reading all four of her books.
However, I feel as if there were several chapters left out of this book, as it was such a quick ending and there were a couple grammar errors in the beginning of the story which might have been just the formatting of the book to sell? The part that caught my attention was the glitch on Cara's birthday changing from turning 22 in the beginning, to stating she had just turned 20 on page 42. The 22 was a little young in my mind for being involved with such an older elemental, but still worked and flowed for me, it was the turning 20 years old, that had me cringe just a little, as she was just nineteen the day before, and it seemed young for me.
Overall, a good book to read, but the other 3 were more detailed and longer. I recommend reading all four of her books.