Thank you to Stephen H. Provost and Xpresso Book Tours for allowing me to act as host!
Synopsis:
How far would you go to find yourself?
Imagine everything you thought you knew about yourself turned out to be a lie, and you didn’t know who was telling the truth. Imagine you possessed a secret so dangerous that, if it were exposed, it would reshape the entire world.
What would you do if that secret were your very identity?
In almost every way, Palo Vista seems like a typical California city, with office buildings, schools, and homes sprawled out across suburbia, filled with families making a life for themselves at the dawn of the new millennium.
But two seniors at Mt. MacMurray High are about to find out that nothing is as it seems…
My Thoughts
Well…. This is what happens when reality fragments.
I loved Elyse’s character. She was always trying to figure herself out,
“I had just wasted three hours on a blustery fall day sitting on a cold, hard, metal bench watching twenty-two boys beat each other up for the sake of a stupid ball. Run around for a couple of seconds. Stop. Wait half a minute and repeat. It sounded like those inane philosophies my mom got out of her favorite book, Wisdom on the Head of a Pin. I didn’t like philosophy, so I wasn’t a thinker. I didn’t like football, so I wasn’t a tomboy. And I didn’t like dresses, so I wasn’t a proper lady. What did that make me?”
I loved the message this book sent,
“Worry about yourself. I’m the past, but as sure as I’m standing here before you, you’re the future.”
I loved the fact that this book kept me guessing with every word. What is reality?
“Is this a dream?”I asked.
“Yes, it is.”
“How do I wake up?”
“You wake up when we decide to wake you up. Not before.”
I tried to shift my weight, but that just made it harder to breathe. So I pushed down with my arms against whatever was underneath me. It felt like wood, and splinters dug into my skin. The thing I’d seen before hadn’t been made out of wood. Maybe I’d been dreaming then, and this was real. Or maybe it was the other way around. I felt myself cough, exhaling. I tried to draw another breath, but the air was foul inside here, and I got the feeling there wasn’t much of it available for breathing. “
What if I decide?”
“You’re not even supposed to know you’re dreaming,”the voice said.
“I told you, I’m conscious of everything.”
“You also said you didn’t dream. It looks like you were wrong about that.”
“Maybe.”
“I wouldn’t talk too much if I were you. There isn’t much air left for you. If you use it all up, you’ll die. And you know what they say about people who die in their dreams.”
My one criticism is Stephen, I hate “Twilight”, but you spelled Stephenie Myer’s name wrong! I know. Weird thing to nit pick.
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Author Bio
As an author, he has written historical nonfiction (“Fresno Growing Up” and “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street”), novels (“Memortality” and “Identity Break”), while also exploring the realms of mythology, fable and ancient history.
http://www.stephenhprovost.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14158636.Stephen_H_Provost
Identity Break is Best Served with
a Mind Fuck Shot
Ingredients
- 1/2oz Vodka
- 1/2oz Kahlua
- Splash of Club Soda
Directions
- Pour the Coffee Liqueur into a Shot Glass
- Layer on the Vodka, and top with Club Soda
- Place a straw in the Shot Glass and drink it all in one go
- CHEERS!!
I loved the drink… A question DEVILESS, it comes with a straw?? Then can I have an umbrella too? Never had a drink with umbrella straw and lime wedged
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Well, the lime wedge might be gross with this drink.. But, EVERYTHING is better with an umbrella!! ☂️☂️
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Yayyy I have to get me a drink with umbrella..
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Just come to Canada and you can have all you want!! 😉😉😂☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️☂️
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Umbrellas or the drinks?
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BOTH!! 💖💖💖🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
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Weirdly a lemon wedge works… Stepehn looks friendly – My book choice have odd basis
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Ha ha!! I like your reasoning!! I agree with you. I kind of want to be his friend. 😅😋💖
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Interesting book…kinda sends psycho-thrills 🙂 or maybe it’s the review only haha 😉✌️
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Ha ha ha!!!! .. A little bit of both? 😉😂🍻
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Time to check…where’s my – tea? Lol 😂
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Your drinks are as creative as the books! Lol.
That’s a really cool cover too on this one.
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I love the cover!! The cover and the fact that it’s a sci-fi that messes with your mind (literally) is what drew me to it! 💖💖
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Lol. definitely your kinda book!
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Damn straight! I love anything that messes with my mind! 😉💖🍻
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😂😆😂😆
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Thanks for being on the tour! 🙂
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Thanks for having me!! Sorry about the mix up!! 💖🍻😅
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Now we’re talking! (The drink, I mean!)
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Also leave off the soda for a Black Russian, add Irish cream for Mud Pie 😂
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True dat, Fraggle! It’s so versatile!! 🙃👍
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Ha ha ha!! Glad you appreciate it! I was worried about using the actual word and not all the #@* garbage. Then I thought “Fuck that!” we’re all adults here! … And if not, then you probably shouldn’t be looking at the drink anyways! 😉😅🍻💖
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Haha you profanity queen you! 🤣🤣
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Oh, I try!! 😉😅💖
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A Twilight hater? No! 😉 Haha. Sounds pretty good so I’ll add it. Loved your review. ❤
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Thanks for checking it out!! And I’m sorry… I can’t actually SAY that I’m a Twilight hater, as I’VE NEVER READ OR SEEN IT!! I know, *gasp* I just couldn’t hop on that bandwagon at all.
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Lol ” a mindfuck shot ” huh? Gotta give that a try some day…and not to forget this book of course as it sounds pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing this one…and the drink 😊😊🍸
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Ha ha!! Glad you enjoyed it! If you try either out, let me know what you think! 👍😄💖
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Will definitely do that 😀
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Fantastic review Nicole! I just entered the giveaway.🤞🏻 If I win I’m definitely going to try your drink with it.😁
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Do it!!!! I REALLY hope you win so I can find out what you think about both! 😄🍻💖
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This drink sounds yummy! Love that it comes with a straw! Fantastic review, lady!
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Reminds me a bit of the matrix.
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It definitely has a “matrix” kind of feel. Very different at the same time, but definitely that “questioning reality” kind of sci-fi!
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The shot made me laugh,Nicole, but it sounds perfect for the book! I’m also no fan of Twilight. I wanted to strangle those characters. Hopefully this book will be much better!
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Ha ha! DEFINITELY better than Twilight!
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Wow, that is some drink, Nicole. Great review of this book; it sounds fabulous.
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The book definitely lives up to the drinks name!! Ha ha!
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