Misery’s Fire – reader reviews
Misery’s Fire is the product of a seasoned hand, a veteran of the written word. I’ll subdue my envy for a moment and seriously try to be gracious and complimentary. Obviously, the high standard of prose and pace, that does not miss a beat, allows no leeway for criticism. The creation of the plot, devious as it is devilish, and its proficient development, is sublime. What a gift of comedic insight to be able to devise the ‘chain’ of why the guardian is called Angelo! And the Boy called Sue homage in the opening ? Respect! BACKED.
Robert Davidson, The Tuzla Run
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If I laugh out loud while reading someone’s short pitch, it gets watchlisted; and when the first couple of pages cause me to delay brushing my teeth or putting on pants, the book gets backed. Nice. I’m down for more.
Greg Levin, Notes on an Orange Burial
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Ok- Misery’s Fire – you got the gift – I found it easy to work my way through 6 chapters without even realising it.. that is a good sign of a great storyteller.. this has it all, humour, darkness, a hero with a mission.. I like it – well done! Backed and best wishes.
Diane, Good Blood
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Kim, if you haven’t hit the right note with this I don’t know what the right note could possibly be. It’s a great new take on the human relationship with hell and the humour that pops up occasionally keeps it from being too grim. Will most certainly keep on reading, all the best.
Maggie Pritchard, Llangorfan
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This is Brilliant. There have been many takes on hell and you seem to encompass them and go a step further, mix the preconceived ideas so we can relate, and then use your talent to take us to new heights.
Extremely well written, perfectly paced and the back story, which I feel is the most important, is perfect.
Love of Family or lack of, is the key ingredient in the becoming of, to some degree, a product of our enviroment.
The choices we make or do not make based on the data we choose to process. Using Hell to show us, that even though we made those choices, doesn’t mean, that we can’t let them stop us from winning, or that, eventually, because of all those previous circumstances, we may perhaps reach a level we never thought possible.
It’s been a long time since I have been excited about a fiction book and where it goes, but I think this is really special, and extremely thought provoking in a very subtle but powerful manner.
Thank you for sharing your gift in this wonderfully paced book, with it’s complex but likable characters, and for the message that is clearly there for those who wish to see it…Backed 1000%.
Patricia, aka Columbia, Layers of the Heart
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It always amazes me how people, such as yourself, have such vivid imaginations, and to be honest, I harbour a bit of jealousy (but don’t be telling anyone that. 
Your story is very different from what I expected and your writing has a lot of warmth to it – no pun intended – and even though it’s fantasy your prose makes it so real. I love the closeness your narrator and Misery have for each other especially after their mother died. A very entertaining read, and already backed.
Cáit, Muckers
