Happy Monday! It’s raining here, but green bits and buds are showing everywhere, so it looks like spring is officially here! I hope you had a great weekend. This is our last week together this year. I hope you’ve enjoyed my posts in the 2023 challenge.
Public service announcement first! For the second time during this year’s blog challenge, I get to announce a book’s birthday. Today, Atonement is available in e-book format and free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
The Did you know? for today’s letter T concerns the tone of a novel. Did you know that, in a novel, tone refers to the mood created by the author’s choice of words and the way the text creates and emotional response in the reader? The best known literary tones are: airy, comic, condescending, facetious, funny, heavy, intimate, ironic, light, modest, playful, sad, serious, sinister, solemn, somber, and threatening.
The tone is also the way the author’s approaches the topic, and like the mood can be identifies by examining the setting, the individual characters, the details that may seem irrelevant in the moment but come back with a vengeance, and the words chosen. The author’s hope, at least this author’s, is that by doing so, the reader will feel more connected to the story.
Tone doesn’t necessarily remain constant in my novels, and Atonement is a perfect example of that. Depending on the scene, you could find yourself laughing, shuddering, or going through a wide range of emotions, that will hopefully keep you invested in the story
Here’s the blurb:
Although she was raised in an alleged haunted house by a Wiccan priestess, Anca Cole, a bartender with a degree in psychology, refuses to believe in magic, demons, ghosts, curses, or anything remotely supernatural. There’s a logical explanation for everything.
When her aunt has an accident, Anca rushes back to Salem, arriving home to realize that things aren’t what she expected. The family ghost exists and insists it’s time for Anca to accept and fulfill her destiny.
With help from Dr. Walt Tanner, the man who broke her heart, a couple of unusual cats, and an ancient parrot, Anca sets out to discover the truth about Cole Cottage and find the key to saving the future. This fight may have started more than three hundred and fifty years ago, but the war ends now.
Unless she and Walt can find what was lost, evil will prevail and destroy any chance they may have at a future together. Can their love overcome centuries of hatred, jealousy, envy, and greed, or will they be doomed to stay apart forever?
Grab your copy today, and if you read it, please be kind and leave a review. Check out the free preview to whet your appetite.
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Come back tomorrow when I’ll give you a Did You Know? for the letter U. Enjoy your day.
Living the Dream 
Great topic! Tone is so important to a story.
Ronel visiting for T:
My Languishing TBR: T
Terrifying Trolls
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