{"id":1903,"date":"2021-06-24T12:42:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T16:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.com\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2023-08-15T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:44:33","slug":"awesome-booklife-editiorial-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/24\/awesome-booklife-editiorial-review\/","title":{"rendered":"AWESOME BOOKLIFE EDITIORIAL REVIEW!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am super stoked!! Received this just today, after an excellent book signing trip to Deadwood, SD. Will be posting about the trip later. But THIS!!! OMG!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1904 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-300x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Title: Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Author: Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Genre: Fiction\/Mystery\/Thriller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Audience: Adult<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Word Count: 100000<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Assessment:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Plot: <\/strong>Alonso-Sierra&#8217;s high-speed plot is dramatic and well-balanced. Despite an abrupt ending, the storyline introduces believable complications and plausible intrigue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Prose\/Style: <\/strong>Alonso-Sierra&#8217;s prose is both poetic and succinct. The articulate third-person perspective employs genuine criminal lingo without sacrificing its lyrical style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Originality: <\/strong><em>Hanging Softly in the Night<\/em> applies conventional murder mystery themes, but goes above and beyond by adding in psychiatric subplots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Character Development\/Execution:<\/strong> The characters in <em>Hanging Softly in the Night<\/em> are relatable and intriguing, particularly Nick Larson&#8217;s troubled past juxtaposed with his present-day crime-fighting. Readers will be left ruminating on the attention-grabbing dynamics between Laura Howard and her malicious twin sister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Blurb: <\/strong>A fast-moving murder mystery that will leave readers fixated on the psychiatric undertones driving the main characters.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Score:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Plot\/Idea: 8<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Originality: 6<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prose: 7<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Character\/Execution: 8<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Overall: 7.25<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am super stoked!! Received this just today, after an excellent book signing trip to Deadwood, SD. Will be posting about the trip later. But THIS!!! OMG! &nbsp; Title: Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel Author: Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra Genre: Fiction\/Mystery\/Thriller Audience: Adult Word Count: 100000 Assessment: Plot: Alonso-Sierra&#8217;s high-speed plot &#8230; <a title=\"AWESOME BOOKLIFE EDITIORIAL REVIEW!!!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/24\/awesome-booklife-editiorial-review\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about AWESOME BOOKLIFE EDITIORIAL REVIEW!!!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2812,"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions\/2812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariaelenawrites.webcraftersdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}