Category: Mirador Publishing

REVIEW OF HEART OF ETERNITY BY N. JAY

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Nadene @ Totally Addicted to Reading in 5 stars, Mirador Publishing, N.Jay, Spiritual Journey / 2 Comments

TITLE: HEART OF ETERNITY
AUTHOR: N. JAY
RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 15, 2013
PUBLISHER: MIRADOR PUBLISHING UK
BUY LINK: AMAZON
PAGES 99

When you are invited to dance with the muse of love, when you are driven to the edge by the pain of the past, when you hold the remedy for what ails you in your arms you will find yourself in the heart of eternity.

Set in the Blue Mountain’s town of Blackheath in New South Wales, Australia, the novel Heart of Eternity introduces two very different characters, Jay and Naida, who encounter each other at a challenging time in each of their lives. Their individual expressions of the feelings they provoke in each other give rise to a turmoil that could ultimately claim their lives. When two people understand so deeply the pain each other has faced will it force them into the abyss of darkness or will their combined need for healing allow love to enter both their hearts?
REVIEW

 

Heart of Eternity by N. Jay is quite an intense and unique read. This is a tale that will pull you to question the durability of your faith. Is your faith strong enough to overpower the annoyance of your past and to capture your inner demons? The main focus of this story is on ancient healing and the metaphysical realm.
Heart of Eternity has been classed under the contemporary romance and suspense genre. I tend to disagree with the classification of contemporary romance. There were some elements of romance, however, I do not believe it was enough to classify it as such. There was some amount of suspense as the author had me wondering what next was going to happen in the lives of Jay and Naida.  This, however, was not the type of suspense one would expect when you hear the word romantic suspense. I found this book to be more on the spiritual side as it was a portrayal of the battle between good and evil in the spiritual realm.
We are introduced to Jay, who is what one would term a bad boy. He is quite charming with a vibrant and infectious personality. When it came to women he was the ultimate heart-breaker. He had no room in his heart for love. He is a danger junkie and is willing to participate in any activity that will allow him to feel pain. He felt that he was beyond redemption.
Naida the female protagonist is a twenty-one year old college student who has been diagnosed with cancer. She decided to seek spiritual healing against her parents’ wishes. They desired for her to go the scientific route. In order to achieve her goal, she sought the help of her uncle Zachriel who is a spiritual healer.
The writing style is poetic, beautiful and quite positive. It reaches into your heart and touches your soul. The story flowed from the beginning to the end and it had me quite captivated.
Heart of Eternity is a story of self-discovery, healing, overcoming the past and the conquering of one’s demons. This is an excellent read and I am looking forward to more from this author.

 

DISCLOSURE
 I was provided with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

 

EXCERPT

Soft lines of emotion crossed his forehead as he turned and looked into her eyes one last time, confused as to why she seemed so familiar and all the more frustrated at his own dark side for not breaking out in front of her. Jay forced himself not to look back, to pretend as if Naidah had never existed, and to be cold and alone again just the way he liked it. He disappeared eventually, basking in the heat of his own hell.

But Naidah stood there as if she’d been waiting her whole life for him. Her soulful eyes locked on his every move, craning her neck as far as she could to lock his towering frame in her eyes forever, feeling her breath stop as distance grew between them, wanting to reach over but not being able to move an inch, the distant recesses of space pulling Jay infinitely away from her till he vanished from her sight. A sharp and tangible pain ridged between her heart and ripped away her soul. She caressed the folds of his jacket. The feeling flooded her with his scent. It was engulfing. Crouching down where Jay was standing a minute ago, Naida cupped the sand up in her palm and held it there as if trying to confirm the veracity of his existence, to tell the difference between her vision and reality.

All that happened afterwards was a mere blur for Naida; Eva’s shout, the lifeguard’s queries, the crowd eyeing her drenched body with curiosity, murmuring conjectures. Everything gyrated around her in full swing but she stood there, unmoving… unnerved.

The sand in her palm slowly slipped away in the wind and took her with it and the only part that ever remained there was the one that did not belong to her anymore…it belonged to him.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 
N. Jay, found the inspiration of her romance novel Heart of Eternity in her own life history and folklore—- By drawing on the power of her personal experiences, she has created characters whose desires are circumscribed by the landscapes and pasts they can no longer escape. Coming from a culturally diverse background, N. Jay received an M.A. in Literature in 2009 and teaches in the areas of comparative literature, composition, and language pedagogy. Currently, she resides in Dubai, UAE, with her husband and two-year-old daughter. N. Jay finds the internal world of human beings to be a constant source of fascination and loves the more emotionally laden side of life.
 

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