{"id":2191,"date":"2010-02-01T01:36:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T05:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2191"},"modified":"2010-02-04T14:19:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:19:31","slug":"shades-of-green-by-rhonda-parrish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2191","title":{"rendered":"Shades of Green by Rhonda Parrish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title: Shades of Green
\n<\/em>Author: Rhonda Parrish
\nPublisher: Sam’s Dot Publishing available at The Genre Mall
\n<\/a>Source: Author<\/p>\n

\"Shades<\/p>\n

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Z\u00e2\u20ac\u2122thandra, the last swamp elf in Aphanasia, lives with the Reptar, a fierce race of lizard-people, most of whom resent her presence and want her gone from their village. When she discovers a human in the swamp and falls in love with him she must face the most difficult decision of her life. Will she pursue a life of happiness with the man she loves and in doing so condemn the Reptar to extinction, or will she chose to sacrifice her future to offer them hope? In the end the choice she makes will affect the Reptar for generations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I believe the cover does a good job matching up with the synopsis.\u00c2\u00a0 It shows Z’thandra with the man she loves and\u00c2\u00a0a Reptar in the background.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m not sure if the Reptar is angry or\u00c2\u00a0fierce-looking but I would think twice\u00c2\u00a0before purposely\u00c2\u00a0crossing paths with one.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Z’thandra has no choice though.\u00c2\u00a0 Her adoptive parents are Reptars so she sees them every day.\u00c2\u00a0 They do give her a little more attention than their birth daughter but Z’thandra does them kind favors in return.\u00c2\u00a0 She doesn’t take them or their love for granted.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Reptars were once a technologically advanced race.\u00c2\u00a0 Z’thandra’slife would be a little bit better if they would fix the indoor plumbing.\u00c2\u00a0 She bears\u00c2\u00a0all her hardship\u00c2\u00a0with more grace than the Reptars who barely tolerate her presence.\u00c2\u00a0 The wounds caused by racial wars have not healed.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

By the time Z’thandra meets Dorian, the human, and falls in love with him, it’s easy to see Z’thandra’s future with the Reptars is a bleak one.\u00c2\u00a0 Without her adoptive parents’ protection\u00c2\u00a0Z’thandra may not even\u00c2\u00a0have a future with the Reptars.\u00c2\u00a0 The reader really wants her to be selfish and run off with him.\u00c2\u00a0 It doesn’t matter that she would be running from something instead of to something even though such romances usually don’t end well.<\/p>\n

The ending is a bit of a surprise but it’s what sets the story apart from similar tales.\u00c2\u00a0 It ties things up neatly in a way that isn’t obvious on a first reading.\u00c2\u00a0 If you want to lose yourself in the story of the last Swamp Elf for an hour or two this is the novelette to pick up.<\/p>\n

Come back tomorrow for my interview with Rhonda Parrish to learn more about Rhonda and Shades of Green<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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