TITLE: Heart Thief
AUTHOR: Ker Dukey
GENRE: Dark | Fantasy
PUBLICATION: June 8th, 2020
—BLURB—
Monsters come in many forms.
Some want shiny new toys to play with—others want blood.
Mona Walters dreams of adventure, of a world beyond the shoreline she’s confined to. She yearns for vibrancy in her dull, mundane existence, but succumbs to the bleakness.
Until the necklace her sister wore the night she was brutally murdered shows up on her door wrapped in a neat bow, fueling her to run away and seek out the person responsible for stealing her sister’s life.
Mona wished for more—for color in her gray world.
What she didn’t realize was just how much more she would get.
And that the world outside her own was soaked in red—blood red.
The world she dreamed of is made of nightmares.
A rich, influential world of two brothers—and once they have her in their sights, they plan to keep her there.
Her father kept her secluded for a reason.
Be careful what you wish for.
There's a thief out there, and he's coming for Mona's heart.
Some want shiny new toys to play with—others want blood.
Mona Walters dreams of adventure, of a world beyond the shoreline she’s confined to. She yearns for vibrancy in her dull, mundane existence, but succumbs to the bleakness.
Until the necklace her sister wore the night she was brutally murdered shows up on her door wrapped in a neat bow, fueling her to run away and seek out the person responsible for stealing her sister’s life.
Mona wished for more—for color in her gray world.
What she didn’t realize was just how much more she would get.
And that the world outside her own was soaked in red—blood red.
The world she dreamed of is made of nightmares.
A rich, influential world of two brothers—and once they have her in their sights, they plan to keep her there.
Her father kept her secluded for a reason.
Be careful what you wish for.
There's a thief out there, and he's coming for Mona's heart.
—MY REVIEW—
HEART THIEF
Is a short sinister Fairy Tale by Ker Dukey
Here we meet two sisters, Mona and Clara, who live on a secluded island surrounded by water and run by their father who keeps them under his thumb instilling fear into the congregation making it so they never attempt to leave.
My father wants us to fear the water, so that we never leave this place. Even paddling is forbidden here. There are tales of a monster living in the oceans depths to stop us from wanting to cross it.
But Mona's always wanted to discover what the outside world holds. Her mind has been opened by a few contraband books from the outside world further instilling a curious mind.
Just before Mona's thirteenth birthday her sister gifts her a silver heart on a chain from a box with the words Shiny Jewels by Ward Brothers each necklace holds the sisters initials.
One for you and one for me.
So no matter where I am,
you know you own my heart and
I love you.
That was the last time she ever saw her sister. A month goes by and she learns that her sister was murdered.
Clara's story infected this place. Fear crept in and planted itself in the hearts of the youth, much to the joy of my father. Don't stray from the path of your leader because monsters lurk beyond our island, beyond his protection, and steal your heart.
Five years go by, and now that she's all grown up that just increases her need further to leave the island and find out the truth about her sister. Her first port of call will be to the two brothers.
This was only a short read so it was inhaled in no time at all. Going into this and knowing what this author can deliver I knew some twists and turns would be thrown my way and in no way did she disappoint, and that there is what I love about this author, expect the unexpected and she will deliver. The only thing with this is that I wished it was longer, I needed and wanted more. After reading about the goings on which went down on the island I craved more of that twisty dark f#cked up sh#t. Because that definitely got my dark juices flowing, and I just wished she'd stayed in that theme for a wee bit longer.
Here we meet two sisters, Mona and Clara, who live on a secluded island surrounded by water and run by their father who keeps them under his thumb instilling fear into the congregation making it so they never attempt to leave.
My father wants us to fear the water, so that we never leave this place. Even paddling is forbidden here. There are tales of a monster living in the oceans depths to stop us from wanting to cross it.
But Mona's always wanted to discover what the outside world holds. Her mind has been opened by a few contraband books from the outside world further instilling a curious mind.
Just before Mona's thirteenth birthday her sister gifts her a silver heart on a chain from a box with the words Shiny Jewels by Ward Brothers each necklace holds the sisters initials.
One for you and one for me.
So no matter where I am,
you know you own my heart and
I love you.
That was the last time she ever saw her sister. A month goes by and she learns that her sister was murdered.
Clara's story infected this place. Fear crept in and planted itself in the hearts of the youth, much to the joy of my father. Don't stray from the path of your leader because monsters lurk beyond our island, beyond his protection, and steal your heart.
Five years go by, and now that she's all grown up that just increases her need further to leave the island and find out the truth about her sister. Her first port of call will be to the two brothers.
This was only a short read so it was inhaled in no time at all. Going into this and knowing what this author can deliver I knew some twists and turns would be thrown my way and in no way did she disappoint, and that there is what I love about this author, expect the unexpected and she will deliver. The only thing with this is that I wished it was longer, I needed and wanted more. After reading about the goings on which went down on the island I craved more of that twisty dark f#cked up sh#t. Because that definitely got my dark juices flowing, and I just wished she'd stayed in that theme for a wee bit longer.
