Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Schwarzschild Radius Blog Tour +Giveaway +Review

Title: The Schwarzschild Radius

Author: Gustavo Florentin

Genre: Thriller

Publish Date: 9/23/2014

Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press

Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc.

~ Book Synopsis ~

Rachel, an 18-year-old Columbia University student descends into the netherworld of runaways and predators to find her sister, Olivia, who has suddenly disappeared. After getting a job in a strip joint where Olivia worked, then doing private shows in the homes of rich clients, Rachel discovers that Olivia has been abducted by a killer who auctions the deaths of young girls in an eBay of agony. As she closes in on the killer who's taken Olivia, Rachel becomes his next target.

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My Review

In this book Rachel’s sister Olivia goes missing. She is determined to figure out what happened to her. She copies her sister’s hard drive and starts looking at all her sister’s emails and instant messages. She pretends to be a run away and goes to the shelter were her sister used to volunteer to see if she could find anything out there. She then looks for a girl that her sister was linked to by one of the other volunteers. She finds out this girl works at a peep show place. Rachel gets a job there when she finds out her sister worked there also. She begins doing everything her sister did in hopes to find out what happened to her. She keeps the detective on her sister’s cause up to date as she finds things out. She also asks her friend to help her at one point. She figures out that someone is hosting auction where bidders get to pick the torcher the victims will go through.

This book isn’t my normal read but I couldn’t put it down. I really liked this book. I couldn’t wait to see what happened next. The things that are done to the girls on the website are horrible. Things I couldn’t even begin to imagine. Rachel’s devotion to find out what happened to her sister is nothing short of amazing. Most people would have sat at home waiting for the police to figure things out. Maybe hung some flyers set up a hotline. What Rachel did went above and beyond. This book tugged at me so much. I felt for Rachel and Olivia and the others along the way. This could have and probably would have kept on going for a long time if not for the girls. I recommend this book as a must read. I will be looking for other books by this author.

About the Author

Gustavo Florentin was born in Queens, New York and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of New York. He spent a decade in the defense industry working on the F-14 fighter jet and classified electronics projects. After the fall of the Soviet Union, many thought America wouldn't need weapons anymore, so while others waited for the peace dividend, he moved on to the financial sector in New York where he is currently a network engineer. His passions include violin, travel to exotic places and exploring worldwide conspiracies. He lives in New Jersey where he is working on his third novel. His thriller, In the Talons of the Condor, won the following awards: WUACADEMIA--Prix d'Or Best Novel The Verb First Chapter Contest--First Prize Mount Arrowsmith Best Novel 4th place The Writing Show--Second Prize best first chapter of a novel. Second Prize--2014 International Latino Book Awards