Tribal Affairs + Giveaway
Book Title: Tribal Affair by Matt Dallmann
Category: YA Fiction, 277 pages
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Matt Dallmann
Release date: July 2017
Tour dates: Oct 9 to 27, 2017
Content Rating: G (No bad language or sex)
Book Description:
Dahlia, a centuries-old genie, lies hopelessly trapped in a damaged golden locket charm attached to an ankle bracelet. Its owner, sixteen-year-old Liana, wears it for the first time during her father Jamison’s opening night illusion spectacular. Not only does its presence cause Jamison to folly his performance, but it also starts a chain of bizarre events that lead to a showdown with Dahlia’s mortal enemy, Stefan, and an unsuspecting romance between Liana and his son.
My Review
I just love when a book exceeds my expectations. This book is solid. At first glance when you read this book summary, you may think "fantasy". Yet, this book is more than just "fantasy". It kind of dealt some into the mental psyche as well.
Liana and Taffi were great main characters. They were relatable and engaging. Both the young and adult readers will enjoy this book. Plus, the other characters and locations that Liana and Taffi met and visited along the way were cool. There was more to Liana. As the story progressed, these attributes were revealed. There was a romance between Liana and Taffi but it was not the main strong focul point of the story. I liked this as it did not distract from the overall story.
There were moments within the story where it would flash into the past. These moments helped add to the present and the connection between Liana and the bracelet. This was such an easy, smooth read. I finished this book in one day. I look forward to reading more books from Mr. Dallman.
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How Justifying Genie Powers Got me interested in Quantum
Physics by Matt Dallmann
While most superheroes, wizards, aliens, robots, gods and
genetically modified dystopian humans are capable of some amazing things; they
are all still grounded within some set of rules/reality. Genies do have a small
set of basic rules, but can otherwise create, conjure or do almost anything;
all you have to do is wish for it. That’s a pretty awesome power to contain in
60,000 words or less. So when I stumbled onto a discovery about how tiny
particles may know what is going to happen before it actually happens, I
thought it might be my link from the genie world to reality. My central take
away was that particles don’t actually become anything/anyone until they are
observed. Remember the question; if a tree falls in the woods and there is no
one there to see or hear it, does it still fall? Well, according quantum theory
the answer is no; it only falls/makes a sound if someone knows, or something in
the future knows, it is going to fall. There is also the famous Schrodinger’s
Cat theory; if there is a cat in a box, it isn’t alive or dead until you open
the box and look at it. Of course, that is simplifying it
a bit, but my thought was; what if genies could manipulate these particles
before they were observed? What if they could see the particles existing in
space and time, before any human or animal could, and then nudge them into
being? I mean, if Haley Joel Osment could see dead people, certainly genies
could see quantum particles. I did have to be careful, of course, of not
turning my book into a really long thesis paper on quantum theory. I have come
across a book or two that planted a non-fiction theme so deeply that it
outweighed the actual story. As fascinated as I had become by quantum theory, I
doubted that my book would become the catalyst to bridge the gap between
particle behavior enthusiasts and, basically everyone else. I can only hope
that it tickles the curiosity bone of some readers just a little bit.
Enter the Giveaway!
Ends Nov 3
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