I Owe Karen Amanda Hooper . . . (Long-Awaited Shout-out/Review for Grasping at Eternity)

. . . for letting me read such an amazing book for free.

Recently, I finished a book called Grasping at Eternity by Karen Amanda Hooper. I had heard about her in a scavenger hunt I took part in (the link is in one of the pictures on the side of my blog -->) and had been interested in her mermaid one, Tangled Tides, seeing as it sounded so interesting, but I'll be honest. I wasn't so sure about the other, despite its amazing and gorgeous cover.

You've heard the saying: never judge a book by its cover? Never judge a book by its synopsis too. They're usually better than that as well.

In a small nutshell: I loved it. I found myself longing to be back in bed flipping through the pages on my kindle while I was out doing chores and working jobs for my grandparents, a feeling I actually haven't felt in a long while. The story made me feel alive and everything that I haven't in a long time. Karen Amanda Hooper is like my new hero. The way she spun the story, alternating between POVs every few chapters, was amazing. In all my time, I don't think I've ever adored an author as much as I adore you right now. (Please don't find me crazy for saying that . . .)

Also, if you know me well enough, you know I haven't re-read a book in a while. I've re-read this book over and over since I got it so many times I could probably recite half of it word-by-word to you. I loved it. It was magnificent.

In short? I loved this story. I loved Tangled Tides when I first read it, but this one blew me away. I love the way you entertwined the story around every word you wrote, the reaction it pulled from me, and the way you made everything seem so real. I felt for the characters, and that's a pretty amazing thing too.

So, anyways, I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone who is looking for an AMAZING read (I'ver used amazing too much in this post . . . my inner editor is screaming for me to go grab a thesarus) and even if you aren't, go read it. Thanks.

Huh?

This must be some sort of trick. A very twisted, horrible trick played by someone. I don't know who. It was either one of the people from Australia that visited this site, or one of my crazy friends from the US. Or some other random member of the US. That's possible too. *Nods inclusively*

You must be wondering what this is. Oh god, you must be wondering what the heck is up with this post. You're dying in the uknown. Well guess what? It gets worse. How so, you ask? Becuase I'm never going to tell you about how I got 6 views of my blog yesterday, and 2 so far today! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!

Oh shoot . . . I just told you, didn't I? Oh, the curses of being an evil villan . . .

XD. Okay, fun's over. I'm serious! 6 views, in 24 hours! I used to get excited for 50...which is our all-time record by the way...and dreaded, like, below 20...but now I dread below 0...and give hurrays for anything above 3.

So now you can see why I think this is an evil trick. Mhm *nods*

So if you did it, you know who you are. You don't have to apologize, or come forward with it, but don't ever do it again!

Wait. I forgot. You do have to come forward with it. A billion dollars to the vampire who brings in the culprit!! He who has committed thee crimes shall be hanged! Or as the queen of heart might say, OFF WITH HIS HEAD!! Or her head. I didn't realize I was being so sexist.

JK.

I'm sorry for the silly post. I guess I'm sorta (okay, more than sorta) fried with everything. And we still have fireworks tonight. *facepalm* Ouch.

Okay. I shall see you. Seriously, if you did visit my page today--YESTERDAY!--three times, I'm fine with that. Happy, actually. Just don't do it again, okay? What am I saying? Do it everyday, actually. Thank you. *hugs* Love you. Wanna be best friends? *offers hand*

I better get off of here before I cause a riot. Is that one I hear in the distance? Oops. I better get going, then.
Cass
Your faithful fan.
*skitters off to find somewhere to hide...and maybe sleep*