Shattering Truths
Deadly Veils, #1
by Kyrian Lyndon
Publication date: January 30th 2017
Genres: Suspense, Young Adult
She was left fighting her demons alone . . .
The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . Shattering
Truths (Deadly Veils, #1) . . . Dark. Dangerous.
Debilitating. Determined. Deadly. Danielle had a traumatic experience or
hallucination. She was not sure which until she started to remember. And
remembering things was not making life any easier for her. She experienced this
with her cousin. But her cousin cannot or will not remember any of the event. The
story was wrapped in suspense, confusion, loss, understanding, coping, and so
much more. This YA was a serious story put to words and explained in terms that
could be felt deep down to your soul. This was a heavy read that involved
emotions on various levels, abuse, victimization, stalking, harassment, and
memory and mental issues. Don’t take this read lightly.
For sixteen-year-old Danielle DeCorso, the old house in Glastonbury was an eerie place to grow up. Coping with mental health challenges exacerbated by a traumatic family dynamic, Danielle watches from the window for two men in a dusty black sedan who keep circling the house and harassing her with phone calls. The two predators drugged her and her cousin, Angie, and then lured them from Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport to a secluded cottage on Long Beach West. She remembers feeling dizzy, the room spinning. She recalls screaming, crying, fighting, and then slipping in and out of consciousness. Angie, however, has no recollection of the incident.
When Danielle attempts to jog Angie’s memory and convince their best friend, Farran, that the two strangers had victimized them, no one seems to believe her. Alone in her pain, Danielle remains guarded, obsessed, and withdrawn. Soon she is sinking deeper into a tumultuous world of adolescent isolation and change. Grief, guilt, and anger send her spiraling into an even darker place.
Tormented by terrifying nightmares, she fears she will lose her sanity, or possibly her soul. Is she having post-traumatic stress hallucinations, as one of her friends suggest, or are her recurring nightmares as real as they seem? Trapped in an unyielding emotional bondage, Danielle continues the fight to reclaim her power. Startling revelations awaken her newfound spirit, inspiring a once naïve girl to grow into a woman of defiance and courage.
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Author Info
Kyrian Lyndon is the author of Shattering Truths, the first book in her Deadly Veils series. She has also published two poetry collections, A Dark Rose Blooms, and Remnants of Severed Chains. Kyrian began writing short stories and fairy tales when she was just eight years old. In her adolescence, she moved on to poetry. At sixteen, while working as an editor for her high school newspaper, she wrote her first novel, and then completed two more novels at the ages of nineteen and twenty-five.
Born and raised in Woodside, Queens, New York, Kyrian was the middle of three daughters born to immigrants —her father from Campochiaro, Italy; her mother from Havana, Cuba. She has worked primarily in executive-level administrative positions with major New York publishing companies. She resides on Long Island in New York.
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