The Descendant (City of the Gods, #1) by S.J. McMillan
4/5 Stars
Published: May 25th 2012 by Ruby Lioness Press
ISBN: 1938397029
Book Description:
700 A.D. Teotihuacán,
Mexico – The High Priest believed himself to be as powerful as the gods. He set
a plague on the city as a demonstration of his power. The Gods took pity on the
remaining loyal congregation. They granted each survivor immortality and an
extraordinary ability. Three loyal survivors were given a mission of great
importance: train the lone human descendant of their civilization to stop the
evil priest from damning the rest of humanity.
2012 A.D. San Diego, California – The time has come to
finally make Katalina Deckard aware of her destiny. Her life has been a
constant struggle since the loss of her parents when she was young. But has it
prepared her to save the world? Can her friends, who have survived so long,
convince her she has what it takes to accept the mantle of Redeemer?
Review:
I enjoyed this book a lot and I will be reading the next one
when it comes out. What a wonderful paranormal romance that has a little bit of
everything, action, adventure and Mythology.
I really liked the story line, it holds you’re interest till the end and
I really liked learning about the gods I thought it was really interesting and
I can’t wait for more. The characters are great I loved Kat (Katalina) and her friends
not to mention the sexy club owner who is more then he appears to be.
Kat is having one hell of a day, first she had just lost her
job because of cut backs and returned home to see her fiancée packing up his
stuff and leaving with another woman. Just when she thinks thing can’t get any
worse when out to a club with her friends and they get her to sing and WOW Kat
is really good! But after she starts to lose it and goes out for some air.
While out there she gets attacked and ends up being taken to the hospital.
After that things start to get crazy and out of control for Kat. I’m not going
to go into any more detail because I want you to read it and find out for yourself.
This is a great story and I see myself re-reading it and recommending it to my
friends and family to read.
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What a great way to start the year out by having the author of this awesome book do a guest post! I'd like everyone to welcome S.J. McMillan!
Procrastination at
its Finest
Guest Post by S.J.
McMillan
‘Nothing
makes me more productive that the last minute.’
I just read that on one of those
Facebook e-card pictures that have been floating around and being shared like
crazy. Yes, I’m a procrastinator. I can come up with almost any excuse to not
work on something I need to be working on. Here are just a few of the excuses
I’ve come up with.
·
It’s too cold to write. My fingers will freeze
to the keyboard. (Not really, but it feels that way sometimes).
·
It’s too hot to write. I can’t think while I’m
sweating. (I hate to sweat).
·
The house is too messy. A messy house creates
messy ideas and writing. (My house is more messy than not, with three kids it’s
hard to keep it picked up).
·
The house is too loud/quiet to write.
·
I should really check my emails before I get
started.
·
My T.V. shows are on. (though I have DVR, so I can
record them, but watching them live is so much better).
·
I’m sure the balance in my account is fine…I
hope. (I use this one when I’m too scared to check my bank account balance).
·
I’m too tired. (This is my excuse to not go to
the gym).
·
I’m just not feeling that well. (This excuse can
be used for multiple things that I should be doing).
Those are just a few of the excuses I use, and yes, I use my kids and hubster
as excuses as well. I know it’s shameful, but true. Now you may be asking, ‘How
does she accomplish anything with all these excuses?’
Eventually I get around to certain things, because honestly, overdraft
fees are not cool, the kids will run out of clean underwear, they will also
need to eat, I want to stay healthy (as far as going to the gym), and DVR is one of the best creations around
for procrastinators such as myself. Writing procrastination is a different
situation all together. I usually set goals when this particular dalliance sets
in.
For example, I have three guest posts that need to be written for my City
of the Gods: The Descendant blog tour. I gave myself until the end of the week
to complete them and send them back. This is a goal I should be able to hit. Awesome!
Another example, I should be working on the final book to the City of the
Gods trilogy, but this is a hectic time of year (like how I did that, yet
another excuse for my dilly-dallying). My goal is to start the third book after
the new year (you should check my author page on Facebook,
www.facebook.com/mcmillansj, to make sure I’ve now started it, if I haven’t,
you should totally call me out on it and tell me to get my butt in gear. Your
words of encouragement will help start the ball rolling, or keep me motivated
to continue on). While the goal is to start the book in January, I have another
goal to finish it in May.
So there you have it, procrastination and goal setting all in one post.
Please feel free to stop by my Facebook page and say hi. I’m also on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/mcmillansj, and
I have a website with all sorts of goodies to browse through, www.mcmillansj.com. Thank you so much for having me here today.
I’m looking forward to those words of motivation I mentioned earlier.
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