Review: A stunning debut novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2012
"The Sins of His Grandmother" is an adult thriller by author Jeremy Francis with Angelo Armbrister (Illustrator). This Kindle e-book is a 367 Kb download (approx. 267 printed pages) and is priced at $8.99 (free as an amazon prime member).PLEASE NOTE: the author provided me with a free pdf version of this book in exchange for an honest review.<spoilers>Amanda Toffer is an innocent and naive 14 girl when she has the misfortune to meet one Frederickstein (Fred) Sillow. Her immaturity and infatuation with his attention, essentially permits him to steal her from her concerned parents. Once away he then proceeds to use her and her body to enhance his ego and nefarious lifestyle. As Amanda ages, she becomes hardened and embittered by the brutal lifestyle she's had to endure at his hand and as her sanity begins to wane she begins to inflict some misery of her own to those nearest and dearest to her.<end spoilers>Some thoughts on "The Sins of His Grandmother"...1.) a great story, superbly told.  Once into... very hard to put down.2.) a prologue-like first chapter that seems out of place, but finally makes sense towards the very end.3.) a disturbing tale. Filled with violence and life's most unsavory characters... not for the faint of heart. A strange macabre story that just got more bizarre as the tale unfolded and yet at the same time became more and more intriguing. Ensuing chapters slowly reveal Amanda Sillow's strange existence piece by sordid piece, until the reader is finally able to grasp the true character of the tortured soul that is our demented heroine.4.) believability and realism is, admittedly stretched... but in this case call it 'artistic license' if you will, as the story is so different and so well told that one can overlook a few digressions from reality and maybe a few holes in the plot.5.) cover art... very different, portraying one scene in the book.6.) a few grammatical errors, a few spelling mistakes, but overall the editing was fairly well done.7.) one minor compliant... the author resorted to a Thesaurus maybe too many times, using synonyms that just seemed a little out of place with the rather base attitudes of this story.Impression:I loved this novel... I was captivated within the first couple chapters.One of my best reads of 2012.Author Jeremy Francis is, if nothing else, a superb story teller... a skill exceedingly rare.Despite a few minor flaws... 5 StarsRay Nicholsonraynicholsonsreviews@hotmail.com