Post by leeannv on Dec 11, 2011 11:33:45 GMT -5
Book Title: Psyche’s Prophecy
Author: Ann Gimpel
Published By: Gypsy Shadow Publishing
Recommended Age: 18+
Reviewed By: Lee-Ann Graff Vinson
Blog Reviewed For: Great Minds Think Aloud
Rating: 5 Ravens
Living out her daily life as a psychotherapist, Dr. Lara McInnis advised her patients on various conditions and ailments. Her days revolved around therapy sessions, teaching psychology classes at the local university, Trevor, her long-time lover, and her motherly secretary, Arabel. Her life was stressful, busy and mundane.
When Lara agrees to give marriage counselling to a couple, the mundane becomes insanity. Disgruntled about the advice she gives to his wife, Lara becomes the target of a killer, and all around her, the city she’d lived in for years, begins collapsing. Power outages become almost daily occurrences. Food and fuel shortages skyrocket, and riots increase throughout the states.
Then there was “the dream”. Lara, Trevor, and a few of Lara’s students had experienced its unsettling message. Upon dissecting it’s meaning, the conclusion raised was the spectre of death -- the earth was not going to last and neither was their civilization.
Lara enlisted the help of Lillian, a paranormal psychic, who guides her in her answers. Fairies and old world legends are where Lara finds her salvation. She also learns of her true self and gains the support she needs to strengthen her abilities. Her spirit force works in dreams, and she has much to learn if she is to overcome the demons.
Author, Ann Gimpel takes us on a fascinating journey of the origin of life and the possibility that humans are simply unknowing inhabitants of a greater world. The characters are endearing with their list of skeletons, and they befriend you as you follow their plight. Book One of ‘The Transformation Series’, ‘Psyche’s Prophecy’ is an intriguing story with a paranormal edge. I look forward to the reading more from this descriptive, insightful author.