Maria44

Maria44

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Writing for me is a creative outlet because I can't sing, dance or play an instrument (and don't want to learn).

My preference in reading is the classics. I like modern literature with a good story but have a weakness for prose fiction and tend to feel short changed with less than ten similes and metaphors per page.

Will read anything which takes my fancy and will always return a constructive comment but please do not approach if you are not prepared to swap read / critique.


favourite books

Moby Dick Herman Melville
The way we live now - Anthony Trollope
Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Dune Frank Herbert
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
The Stand - Stephen King

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The Carrion Collective

Maria Brookes

How much of your life can you disassemble before you realise you have taken the wrong path?


A mistake. One of many for Rachel who has spent all of her young life mixing with the wrong people. Now her enemies search for her, interrogating anyone connected to her and butchering them with or without the answers.

As their violence escalates, so does the attention of the underworld who send their own people out to deal with the problem. In turn they spark their own killing spree.

What starts out as a hit, botched to the level of sabotage becomes a convergence of the worst society has to offer. The hitmen, following the orders of London's most notorious criminals, a self deluded thug looking to advance from robbing small time dealers, and the Pale People, the reputed death squad of London's mysterious overlord, Black Stan.

Embroiled in all of this is Rachel who tries in vain to flee her former life and Steve Lewis, a victim of circumstance, guilty of nothing but falling for the wrong woman.

 

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I wrote 84 days ago

Sorry about the review in triplicate. The computer did nothing then went mad. Maria view book

I wrote 84 days ago

Well structured and I liked the hook at the end of the chapter. I also liked the description,. If I was wearing my critical head I would say perhaps a little more punch with the dialogue which bordered on a chance meeting rather than a key member of staff leaving (my experience of management and ... view book

I wrote 84 days ago

Well structured and I liked the hook at the end of the chapter. I also liked the description,. If I was wearing my critical head I would say perhaps a little more punch with the dialogue which bordered on a chance meeting rather than a key member of staff leaving (my experience of management and ... view book

I wrote 105 days ago

Nice one. A good fast paced read, most importantly a good start that brings the reader straight into the story. The second book I have read tonight which I can honestly call polished. Maria view book

I wrote 105 days ago

Read to the end of chapter 2. Good description and use of words. Descriptive, yes but this is literary fiction. Can't really offer anything constructive which always narks me a little but then I would be going into personal preference. Overall, very polished. Maria view book

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