Sunday, April 6, 2014

Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher: Review & SIGNED book giveaway….

Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Release Date: April 6th, 2014
Links:
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Synopsis

When reclusive novelist Senna Richards wakes up on her thirty-third birthday, everything has changed. Caged behind an electrical fence, locked in a house in the middle of the snow, Senna is left to decode the clues to find out why she was taken. If she wants her freedom, she has to take a close look at her past. But, her past has a heartbeat…and her kidnapper is nowhere to be found. 

With her survival hanging by a thread, Senna soon realizes this is a game. A dangerous one. Only the truth can set her free.

My Review

I don't think my brain has ever worked harder, but at the same time it felt effortless. So many thoughts. So many emotions. I impossibly invested myself into a story while the receeses of my mind never stopped questioning, theorizing….searching. Tarryn Fisher has found a way to tap into a dormant part of the brain allowing it to concomitantly function at an intensified level. A part of the brain that is devoid of all emotion yet at the same time a place that is created by feeling. Feeling too much.

Some reviews summarize the plot. You won't find that here. You will do yourself a disservice entering this experience with anything but a clean slate allowing your head and heart to be a blank canvas later to be painted by tears and emotion. Go in blind and find sight by experiencing the words. Mud Vein will crush every emotion you have into tiny pieces just to create new ones.


This book is one of the most honest things I've ever read. It explores the dark side of love, the true side of love.


"What's the difference?" I asked him. "Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?"
"One is a choice, and one is not."


Everyone will experience this book in a different way. Some may experience nothing but the superficial layers of the story while others will strip each coat away discovering not only pieces of the characters, but pieces of themselves. There is no right or wrong here. It's not about what the words mean, but that you find meaning in them. This book is psychologically fascinating because it is brilliantly written in a way that can be diversely interpreted. My advice to you, look deeper. The words continuously evolve, and will speak to you differently each time you read them.


Don't be so worried about loving this book. Focus on feeling this book. Let all your conflicting emotions be united by Mud Vein.


The hardest part will be letting go. I can still hear this book silently echoing in my thoughts…consuming


"Your silence, Senna, I hear it so loudly….I hear you still."


It is time for you to listen.


READ ON!


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You don’t have to be alone. We are mostly born that way though. We grow up being nurtured to believe that the other half of our soul is somewhere out there.  And since there are seven billion people inhabiting our planet, chances are one of them is for you. To find that person, to find your soul piece, or your great love we must count on our paths diverging, the tangling of lives, the soft whispering of one soul recognizing another. 
I found my piece. She wasn’t what I was expecting. If you formed a woman’s soul out of black graphite, bathed it in blood, and then rolled it around in the softest rose petals, you still wouldn’t have touched on the complication that was, my match. 

Tarryn's Bio
I am a real life villain, truly. I drink sick amounts of Starbucks. Most of the time my hair smells like coffee. I was born in South Africa, and lived there for most of my childhood. I moved to Seattle just for the rain. Rome is my favorite place in the world so far, Paris comes in at a close second. I read and write more than I sleep. When I was eleven, I wrote an entire novel about runaway orphans, using only purple ink. I am addicted to Florence and the Machine and will travel to see concerts. I love scary movies and giraffes. I spend way too much time on Facebook. Meet you there?…


48 comments:

  1. The first book that ever made me cry was, In the Stillness by Andrea Randall.

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  2. Cannot wait to read this book, Tarryn Fishers box are outside the box, and I LOVE that. So many books don't inspire you to think, and feel. Tarryn's books never let me down in that department!

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  3. Soul Screamers (all four volumes) by Rachel Vincent. And guess what? They STILL make me cry. I really can't wait to read this book!!

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  4. The first book that ever made me cry was The Reluctant Dom by Tymber Dalton.

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  5. The first book that made me cry that I can remember of was the Emi Lost & Found series by Lori Otto

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  6. Can't wait to read this! The 1st book to make me cry was a Danielle Steel book way back when I was 13 or 14........I think it was called Blessings.

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  7. Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls...it hit a little close to home.

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  8. The first book that made me cry was The Outsiders. I think I was about 12 or 13

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  9. The first book I remember making me cry was Message In A Bottle by Nicholas Sparks

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  10. I don't remember the first book, but the most recent book is Me Before You. I cried like a baby!

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  11. The first book that I remember making me cry was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Thanks for the giveaway! I can't wait to read Mud Vain!

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  12. Don't cry when I read

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  13. The Edge of Never made me cry big ugly tears.

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  15. The Edge of Never was the first book that made me cry. :)

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  16. The Edge of Never was the first book since I can remember weeping while reading!

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  17. Ummm.... The Little Match Girl? Does that count, lol? It`s not really abook, it`s a story. Very sad story.

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  18. Two weeks with a SEAL it & the second book I sobbed like a baby i mean ugly crying...

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  19. First book that I cried would have to be Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper. I was inspired enough to write those kinds of emotional roller coasters, too.

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  20. A monster calls. Mollie actually reviewed it and made me want to read it. Then read it with my daughter and we cried together.

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  21. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson.

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  22. The Storyteller! That one really broke me.

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  23. The first book I can think of is a children's book called 'A Long Way From Chicago' by Richard Beck. ;)

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  24. Oh gosh! I think it was The Little Prince back in a day or probably The Girl with Matches before that :) I think it's a really long list :)
    Thanks for the giveaway :)

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  25. The first book I ever cried in was Hopeless by Colleen Hoover. Still one of my fave books of all time.

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  26. Little Women when I was 9 years old.

    Thank you for the gieaway.

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  27. I read this in 1 sitting. I bawled, laughed and held my breath through the WHOLE DAMN THING! Bravo, Tarryn. It's fabulous.

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  28. Big ugly tears...was Me Before You by JoJo Moyes..if you haven't read it...don't wait. RUN! Grab it and dig in! Soooo good!

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  29. The Opportunist was the first book that made me cry! So remember staring at my tablet thinking... what the hell did I read and why am I crying!!

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  30. As a kid, Charlotte's Web. As an adult, The Time Traveler's Wife.

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  31. Flat Out Love by Jessica Park

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  32. I cried while reading Hopeless :(

    -Abbie Young

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  33. Taking Chances by Molly McAdams!! Thanks for the GA!

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    1. Hah. Chase. :-( I hated the twist though!

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  34. I still clearly remember the first book that made me cry and till this day, it still makes me cry every time I read it :'( It is Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus and I absolutely love this book so much! Thanks for the giveaway

    Raffle name: Tess H

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  35. First book that made me cry was Hopeless by Colleen Hoover.

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  36. The time traveller's wife was a real tearjerker-----Flo Mac

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  37. I don't have a google account so I'm signing in as anonymous. Anyway my name is Penelope Chan and the first book that made me cry was The Thief Lord.

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  38. The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons was the first to break the dam

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  39. John Green's The Fault in our Stars. First book I read about cancer.

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  40. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn. Never thought Peter Pan would make me cry......
    comment by Clara Song

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  41. Before i fall by lauren oliver. And I thought it was chick lit too!
    -Helen Read

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  42. Fault In Our Stars... hands down

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