Book Tour: Painted Fire by Mark Fowler

Title: Painted Fire
Author: Mark Fowler    
Publisher: SpellBound Books   
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 3/5

Synopsis:

Actress Kate Tolle has an illness that is baffling the medical world, no one is able to come close to healing her. Her husband Ben is desperate to have his wife back so he puts an appeal to the public and soon an anonymous benefactor comes forward. Kate and Ben find themselves on a flight to San Francisco, not knowing that the enigmatic Merle is waiting for their arrival. Kate’s health begins to improve, but others begin to die horrifically around her. Merle tells Ben that everything comes with a price, so what exactly does Merle want? And what is the chilling truth waiting to be discovered out in the desert in Las Vegas?

Review:

It was the description of this book that had me intrigued, it hooked me in and made the book sound like it would be something you could really sink your teeth into. I had not seen any reviews or star ratings for this book, and I hadn’t seen the front cover before jumping in, I really was going in blind with this read.

The prologue definitely caught my attention, the author had me feeling a range of emotions before the story had even really begun.  The story also seemed to kick off straight away, I was thrown straight into the action.

One thing I really enjoyed about this book is that instantly there was a dark feel to the story, I could feel a heaviness around me as I was reading. I genuinely didn’t know where this book was going to take me and how it was going to unfold.

Merle really intrigued me, at first I was unsure if he was a character I should like or not and I was questioning that if I did like him, would this be a bad thing? He soon began to get under my skin however, he really did give me the creeps.

There was something about the author’s writing that was quite captivating, he did a fantastic job at creating imagery in my head but I can’t quite put a finger on how he made me feel when reading his work, almost dream state maybe. I won’t lie however, at times I was very baffled and confused as to what was actually going on, but I have a feeling this actually may have been an intentional move from the author.

This really was quite a strange read; I wasn’t sure what I was expecting but I know it wasn’t that! I am actually struggling to sum this all up in words, I still don’t fully have my thoughts and feelings together whilst writing this review, I am a little mind blown by this read but I know for sure it’s not one I’ll forget in a hurry.