Hello! I know, it's late, but I just really wanna tell you how inspired, appreciative, and moved I am by your storytelling in Almost Home, the very first work that I read from you.
The book caught my eye for it's previous book cover, the one with the floating hot air balloons, with the sunset as it's background, as if it's headed there. Their final destination. Their home. An instant click to add to my library. If I only looked at that cover, I would've thought that it was a romance-adventure story, with some magic powers here and there, all leading up to a happy ending. That's when I noticed the title. Almost Home. The word "almost"...I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hesitant on reading this.
And when reading the synopsis/description of your book, including the positive reactions from other readers' comments, during that time, I just knew that I needed to wait for a quiet time to read that particular book. It could explain the reason as to why I keep stalling it for so long. I added it to my library during the pandemic, only for me to start this on Aug 1 and ended it on Aug 3.
Your writing. It made me feel so invested. During the whole journey, I looked forward to every word that is structured so meticulously to give a certain meaning to the sentence. Makes me stop and admire the way it is written more often than I should, hehe. It inspired me to start making plot ideas more personal to me. Even though I don't have a single book finished, let alone published/started.
Then there's the plot.
I am an empathetic person. I cry to fake deaths on screen, but truly, I have never read a book that changed the way I view things. We got to see most of their story through her point of view, so it feels even more personal. However, the fact that it's a problem that's more attainable and inevitable, brings me back to reality.
