Nadine Ducca

Serving Time is really two stories: the first is about the goddess Time, her loyal servant Robert, the True Soul she once wronged and her desire to help that soul; the second is about brothers Tristan and Eneld, desperately running from the evil corporation that wants to own Tristan body and mind. The first story is boring and serves only to interrupt the much superior science fiction adventure of the second. The three stars are for the second story, the first would have garnered only 1.

(Provided by publisher)… (altro)

Thanking the author for providing me a copy and give me the opportunity to read and review The Soul Distillery.

This dark fantasy tells us the story of Robert, who recently lost his wife and wants to bring her back. No matter to what cost. Time isn't on his side and in combination with my desire to find out everything which has happened to puzzle the pieces together, made it a fast paced read. Although I still have many questions concerning the soul distillery itself, I truly enjoyed the ride and was most impressed by the characterization of the demons!… (altro)

First of all, I would like to thank Nadine Ducca and LibraryThing’s giveaway program for my copy of the book.

So, my original reaction when I first got the book was “great beginning, highly original world building.” There were some really amusing situations: the prologue in which aliens were cruising their space ships along the wrinkles in Time’s face, the fact that demons have been left in charge of the universe because God has decamped, and the Triangulate Sisters were a particular favorite.

However, I have to say that I found myself a little stymied by the relationships in the book. Tristan and his brother had a really promising start: I was intrigued that there wasn’t the usual wise-cracking repartee between a man and woman in the throes of sexual tension, but instead, the world-weary sibling rivalry of two really interesting men. I liked the way they were maneuvered into the care of each other, but considering their previously passionate anger and loathing for each other, their relationship throughout their various scrapes and predicaments was rather lackluster.

Another issue is the rather complex universe that the author created that I feel was never given an opportunity to add color and character to the situations she devised. There were so many times where I felt the tension developing into a clever dilemma that never really materialized into chances for the characters to confront their issues with their lives and with each other.

All in all, good potential. Hopefully, the next installment will benefit from the exposition of the first book.… (altro)