The Cupid Wars by Timothy Carter
Description:
Dark entities known as Suicides attack the living, causing depression in people and feeding on their negative emotions. Their enemies are the Cupids, who make people fall in love. My main character, Ricky Fallon, becomes a Cupid after his death, and learns that he’d been the victim of a Suicide during his life. He is assigned to a high school, where he must bring couples together while protecting them from Suicide attacks. I wanted to suggest a supernatural cause for mood disorders, the way I suggested in EVIL? that Fallen Angels were responsible for religious fanaticism. That way, I could turn depression into an enemy that can be fought and beaten.
My thoughts:
This idea is BLAST-TASTIC. I love the idea that are taken over by a entities rather then just a mood disorder. If you have ever known someone who is depressed they really do become someone new. This kind of a revolutionary idea and like he said it puts it in terms of the fact that it can be beaten!
To be published August 8th, 2011 by Flux
just sayin,
This sounds like such a fun read!
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds cool.. I am going to have to keep an eye out for it. I like the concept. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever concept..thanks for sharing! I like the cover too.
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Publication date: December 28, 2010
At a time when most people have grown weary of the war between the states, two young children are desperate to find their way to the battlefields. Jeremy DeGroot wants nothing more than to join a troop as a drummer boy. For Dulcie, a runaway slave, freedom means she must head directly toward the fighting in the hopes that she'll become "contraband," that is, property of the Union troops. Both Jeremy and Dulcie find a place with the 107th New York Volunteer Regiment and even start to forge a friendship. But all that is threatened when they keep crossing paths with the mysterious Charlie, a young Confederate soldier, who may look like the enemy but feels more like a friend.
Sounds Interesting :D Great Post!
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http://halesalvatoresupernaturalmustreads.blogspot.com/2010/12/waiting-on-wednesday-1.html
I'm waiting on this one too! It sounds seriously amazing! I completely agree about the idea of depression this book will have with the entities! It really does make someone a completely new person.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait till this book comes out I read "Evil" and thought it was great
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