Fierce Mind
Suzanne Perazzini
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(, June 5, 2013)
FIERCE MIND – a Young Adult novel by award-winning author Suzanne Perazzini – winner of the Romance Writers of Australia’s R*by Award and finalist in the EPPIE Awards. Characters: Heroine – Ellie Hero – FentonSetting: Southern CarolinaEach night, gifted and lonely fourteen-year-old Ellie goes to the local cemetery to watch gravedigger, Fenton, do his job. Elusive and secretive about her appearances there, she keeps her distance from him and her head low. Fenton buries the dead to atone for a past filled with death and mystery. Theirs is not to be a simple relationship as secrets and lies keep them apart and drive them together in need.PRAISE FOR FIERCE MINDI feel like an old-time prospector, panning for gold, sifting through indie books, looking for treasure. When I downloaded Fierce Mind, I found my golden nugget! What an amazing book!This book is pithy-full of concise ideas with much substance. ….It grabs at your interest and holds it steadily, page after page. ….. I found there was no lull in this story where I could put the book aside. I wanted to keep reading, propelled by those secrets.The characters are well-developed, interesting and endearing. …. What I really enjoy and actively seek out in a book is when ideas are presented that make me say, "Wow, I never thought about that before!" It expands me and induces my mind to go in directions I had previously never considered. Fierce Mind did that repeatedly. What I loved about Fierce Mind: The wonderful ideas, the suspense, the unusual story line.What I did not love: Can't think of a thing.Overall: Fierce Mind is truly a treasure! A five-star wonder!