A Review of A Rose to the Fallen
A Romance Novel by April Bostic
A Rose to the Fallen
True love and eternity are bound
A Rose to the Fallen is a great romance. It has all of the quintessential elements that I look for when wanting to escape into the fantasy that is romantic literature, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the genre.
The book captures the reader’s imagination in the prologue, with the engaging story of a little British boy who has an imaginary friend in the form of a little redheaded girl. Two mysteries are established in the prologue – that of whether or not this redheaded little girl is actually real, as well as the enigma that is the little boy. There's something very special about him, we just don't know what it is.
The story then launches, narrated by none other than that little redheaded girl, all grown up. The book is written in a conversational style – unpretentious and real – so that it’s easy to simply slide into the story itself. The first person narration is endearing and quickly establishes the leading lady as a woman that most women can relate to and like.
Enter Tristan, the impossibly good-looking British bad-boy, including tattoos, a sordid, slutty past, and once he meets our heroine, eyes only for her.
“My first impression of Tristan was that he reminded me of a fallen angel. He had this almost inhuman beauty, but he seemed oblivious to it. I couldn’t detect an arrogant bone in his entire body. And judging by his extremely casual appearance, he didn’t seem like one to obsess over vanity. But I was fooling myself because a man as gorgeous as him has definitely been made aware of his good looks; probably as soon as he hit puberty. (p. 24)
A Rose to the Fallen explores the major aspects of female fantasy, including two gorgeous main characters, the best friend who brings them together, magical physical chemistry, the reformed bad-boy who becomes the jealous, over-protective partner, disapproval on the part of the mother (which makes him all the more irresistible), and more.
What makes this story unique is the underlying supernatural quality woven into the background. Moreover, the sex scenes are intense and very well done. Oh, and did I mention the sexual episode between the superbly hot Tristan and another equally good-looking man? Oh yes, ladies, there is some fantastic man on man action.
As one of the sub-plots drives the story to a suspenseful and tragic ending, the reader can be rest-assured that when fate is involved, all things end well. After the sorrow, we get to learn exactly what it is that makes Tristan so very special.
Published by AuthorHouse, 2009 (www.authorhouse.com).
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Originally published August 2009