Sleepwalker Guest Post, Review & Giveaway!!!
Sleepwalker
Tanith Davenport
Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance
Publisher: Total-e-Bound
ISBN: 978-1-78184-815-9
Number of pages: 36
Word Count: 14,000
Goodreads Rating: 5
My Rating: 4
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/yTBATkCiyVc
Book Description:
Tally Haslam has too much to deal with. An herbalist and aromatherapist, her latest creation – an aphrodisiac potion – remains in unsaleable condition as she has nobody to test it with. And, much to her annoyance, she sleepwalks.
Hoping to get away from it all for a weekend, Tally travels to nearby Madigan Hall for their yearly Paranormal Evening—but on the first night she wakes up outside the bedroom of another guest: Kyle Hunter, who has chosen to pleasure himself with the door open. Tally escapes without being seen, but is unable to get Kyle out of her head—especially when she finds herself at the same table at him the following evening.
However, Tally’s world is turned upside down when, at the paranormal dinner, she encounters the ghost of the Blue Lady, who seems determined not to leave her alone—and shows a disturbing penchant, when Tally sleepwalks again, for leading her astray…
My Take On The Book:
What can I say about this short book? Nothing more than, it was awesome. It was a surprisingly quick read, very to the point. The story picks up with our main character Tally sleep walking, a recurring theme throughout the story and jumps right into things. It literally had it all, the paranormal, the romance and the steamy scenes that we adults look for in the adult reads.
The storyline was tied together very well leaving almost no questions unanswered. The book was also well written with the exception of a few scenes. But the mistakes weren’t glaring and in no way did it leave you confused. Since this was such a short read that I was able to knock out in just about 35 minutes, (yeah I’m weird, I time myself) I’m only gonna do a quick Pros and Cons List.
The Great (Pros):
- Kyle. Sexy and funny and a complete smart ass. A great love interest.
- Ashlee. Kyle’s sister. She was way out there and definitely in a good way. She was friendly to Tally and I loved the banter between her and her brother.
- Tally. Tally had her stupid moments, ok, they were very stupid moments. She liked to over think things but she was a great main character.
- The paranormal storyline. Ok I know that is a bit vague as far as bullets go but that is really all I can say. Sure the sexy scenes where downright steamy, but it was the actual storyline that was my favorite. I also really enjoyed how the author made this storyline work in such a short book.
The Not So Great (Cons):
- Length. There weren’t very many cons other than my turning the page at the end and feeling let down that it was over.
- Inconsistencies. There were a few of these littered throughout the story. Most notably, the sex scenes. The characters weren’t doing any weird acrobatic or almost physically impossible moves that I couldn’t envision, it was just the minor details that the author overlooked that I as a reader could not. For example in one of the scenes it is mentioned that she’s not wearing underwear under her nightgown but later in the morning she’s looking for them and a few more sentences with said underwear commence.
- Grammatical errors. Once again nothing to big, but I did do my little weirdo twitch in a few parts when I noticed them. For example, the word a instead of an and so on. Like I said nothing too drastic.
- Lack of Kyle info. Off the bat, other than what he looks like nude then dressed and the smart ass comments, you’ve got next to no info of the loveable oaf. You don’t know much about him. Sure you know he’s a skeptic and that he’s only at this convention for his sister but as a love interest for the main character, short story of not, I would like to know a little basic knowledge about him. Where does he work? Things like that.
4 Quills
A short read, but a great read. I would definitely recommend this one to basically anyone that enjoys these short paranormal reads with steamy scenes. Enjoy the Guest Post and Excerpt Below.
Fun with Alternative Therapies
One of my favourite parts of writing is the research, and Sleepwalker was no exception. Since my heroine was an aromatherapist and herbalist, that meant an entertaining foray into alternative therapies.
Despite much derision from people about how these therapies are “bullshit”, I personally have always been open to the idea. As I suffer from a number of chronic conditions I have a good excuse to try as many different treatments as possible. Fortunately I live close to a teaching clinic where I have been able to try osteopathy (great, even if the joint-cracking is a bit unnerving), acupuncture and herbalism, and through the convenience of Groupon vouchers I’ve also ventured into aromatherapy, reiki and reflexology. How much these things actually work and how much is psychological is open to question, but I’m still willing to pay good money to have my feet massaged for an hour.
One thing I didn’t try in my venture into herbalism, however, was herbal aphrodisiacs. I know they exist, because I’ve seen them on shelves in those wonderful little shops filled with mysterious scents and wind chimes. So it was perfectly plausible to me that Tally Haslam, my herbalist heroine who owns one of these shops, would have been asked to create her own blend.
All she needs now is someone to try it out with. Will hot skeptic Kyle Hunter be that man?
An Excerpt from Chapter One
As soon as she opened her eyes, she knew it had happened again.
About The Author
Tanith Davenport began writing erotica at the age of 27 by way of the Romantic Novelists’ Association New Writers’ Scheme. Her debut novel “The Hand He Dealt” was released by Total-e-Bound in June 2011 and was shortlisted for the Joan Hessayon Award for 2012.
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