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[Following is a volunteer review of "The Soulmate Prophecy - Book One - The Birth" by Yasmina Haque.]
"The Soulmate Prophecy-Book One- The Birth" by Yasmina Haque is an interesting book in the sci-fi and fantasy genre. The story follows Lovelin Khan, a Romance Novelist living on the surface of Earth and Dr. Kaelyn Khan, an enhanced human geneticist, born and living under the surface of the sea in one of the Galapagos Islands in a place called Underground. The two have never met, but are plagued by each other's presence in their dreams. Meanwhile, in Ancient Egypt, Maya, an ordinary girl gives birth to twins, a boy, and a girl. They are different from the rest of the world and do not care what society thinks of them.
While the story itself is engaging, I disliked how the first few pages seem like an information dump. A lot of what the author tries to tell us immediately could have been explained slowly, weaved into the storyline in a much better fashion. Some plot elements appear randomly, only when the plot needs them to appear. For example, we only come to know about Kaelyn's interest in Egypt much later in the novel when it is needed to hint on the link between the Ancient storyline and the present storyline.
The use of the present tense and the first-person narrative is an interesting choice. While it helps hold the attention of the reader in the second half of the book, in the first it seems to drag on forever. The first person narrative seems like a general voice for all the characters who narrate their stories. The different voices of the characters would be hard to distinguish if the chapter heading did not give away the names of the characters.
I found the parallels of the stories from two different eras very interesting. The story itself is captivating. Both the protagonists seem too alike at first, but their differences and similarities with reasons are established well by the second half. The idea of an Underground colony made up of the smartest people is well established, highlighting the different circumstances and reasons that have led each person to live there. While it appears too Utopian at first, it slowly becomes clear why some people would not like to leave the place.
There are a few punctuation errors on pages 18, 24, 45, 59, 63, 65, 76 and 109. Other than that, the books are well edited and well written.
The first half of the book could be written and explained in a better form. However, once the first few chapters have been read, the story begins to pick up the pace and makes for an interesting read. Therefore, I rate the book 3 out of 4 stars.
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The Soulmate Prophecy - Book One - The Birth
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"The Soulmate Prophecy-Book One- The Birth" by Yasmina Haque is an interesting book in the sci-fi and fantasy genre. The story follows Lovelin Khan, a Romance Novelist living on the surface of Earth and Dr. Kaelyn Khan, an enhanced human geneticist, born and living under the surface of the sea in one of the Galapagos Islands in a place called Underground. The two have never met, but are plagued by each other's presence in their dreams. Meanwhile, in Ancient Egypt, Maya, an ordinary girl gives birth to twins, a boy, and a girl. They are different from the rest of the world and do not care what society thinks of them.
While the story itself is engaging, I disliked how the first few pages seem like an information dump. A lot of what the author tries to tell us immediately could have been explained slowly, weaved into the storyline in a much better fashion. Some plot elements appear randomly, only when the plot needs them to appear. For example, we only come to know about Kaelyn's interest in Egypt much later in the novel when it is needed to hint on the link between the Ancient storyline and the present storyline.
The use of the present tense and the first-person narrative is an interesting choice. While it helps hold the attention of the reader in the second half of the book, in the first it seems to drag on forever. The first person narrative seems like a general voice for all the characters who narrate their stories. The different voices of the characters would be hard to distinguish if the chapter heading did not give away the names of the characters.
I found the parallels of the stories from two different eras very interesting. The story itself is captivating. Both the protagonists seem too alike at first, but their differences and similarities with reasons are established well by the second half. The idea of an Underground colony made up of the smartest people is well established, highlighting the different circumstances and reasons that have led each person to live there. While it appears too Utopian at first, it slowly becomes clear why some people would not like to leave the place.
There are a few punctuation errors on pages 18, 24, 45, 59, 63, 65, 76 and 109. Other than that, the books are well edited and well written.
The first half of the book could be written and explained in a better form. However, once the first few chapters have been read, the story begins to pick up the pace and makes for an interesting read. Therefore, I rate the book 3 out of 4 stars.
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The Soulmate Prophecy - Book One - The Birth
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