Published by Limitless Publishing LLC Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Sidney Sinclair was living the dream of any eighteen year-old girl…
A handsome rock star boyfriend, a closet full of designer clothes, a limousine service at her beck and call, and a mansion in the hills of Los Angeles.
Even with all that glamour and excitement at her fingertips, she still feels as if she’s been missing something in her life so she decides to leave.
While trying her best to put her dysfunctional romantic relationship aside and tend to her beloved Granny, Sidney unexpectedly stumbles upon an intriguing emerald pendant boxed away in her grandmother’s closet.
Soon she learns it once belonged to her long-lost mother who committed suicide when she was just a baby. Suddenly feeling emotionally connected to the woman who had birthed her, Sidney begins to wear the necklace.
This sends her on a whirlwind journey that alternates between fantasy and reality…
Almost immediately, she starts having dreams linked to the mysterious pendant. As danger begins to seep into her life, Sidney refuses to remove the necklace and instead documents each dream to help her further understand them. However, she soon begins to wonder if they are dreams meant to bond her to a mother whom she never knew?
Or a subconscious warning that threatens her very life?
She is an avid reader who may be slightly obsessed with
music. She hears music in a way that she believes the
artist intended it to be heard: visually, with a storyline
that follows. Listening to the songs by her favorite
artists, she was inspired to write her first series titled
“The Pendant.”
Cynthia has been published twice in The Writer’s Monthly
Magazine as well as the online news site, Yahoo!
Voices. She currently attends Diablo Valley College, in
Pleasant Hill, California, where she is working to achieve
her degree in English.
Carla’s Review:
*I was given a copy of this book as a gift from Stephanie’s Book Reports in
exchange for an honest review.
3 stars for Between Dreams by Cynthia Austin. This is the first book in
the Pendant series and falls within the paranormal genre.
Shorty after graduating high school, Sidney gives up her dreams of going to
college and becoming a track star. She does this in order to travel to LA
with her long time boyfriend Ray who is pursuing his dreams of becoming the
next big rock star. Shortly after arriving in LA, she learns that her
beloved granny has suffered a massive stroke, and she decides that she must
return home to help care for her.
One day, she is cleaning out her granny’s closet and finds a box of her
deceased mother’s possessions. Among the items is a necklace from which
dangles a beautiful emerald pendant. She is excited to finally have some
physical connection to her mother, so she puts the necklace on and vows to
never take it off. Not long after this, she begins to have mysterious
dreams about a man whose eyes match the emerald color of the pendant. She
is shocked when she meets a young man who looks exactly like the one from
her dreams. She can’t explain why, but she is drawn to this man like a
magnet. When her deceased mother appears in her dreams to warn her of
impending danger, will Sidney listen before it is too late?
This was an okay read for me. Ray and Sidney both ticked me off- him for
being a major douche bag and her for being his doormat! The story does end
in a huge cliffhanger, and I will probably read the next book in the series
to find out how everything comes together. Over all, this was just not my
cup of tea.
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