Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Sunday, February 12, 2017
See What French Reviewers Are Saying About Ómorphi!
« Il y a ces livres, si rares, si précieux
qui bousculent votre vie, bouleversent votre esprit et restent gravés dans
votre coeur... "Omorphi" est de ces livres. » —Eryna
« J'ai été tellement touché que j'avais
envie de les prendre dans mes bras, les réconforter...Les personnages
secondaires sont tous aussi importants, car malgré la gravité de la situation,
ils apportent une belle touche d'humour! Cody Kennedy est un auteur à suivre. »
—Livie
« Ce livre c'est le genre d'histoire qui
vous fait passer par tout un panel d'émotion et qui vous est impossible à
arrêter en cours de lecture. Vous en voulez toujours plus, et même arrivé à la
fin, vous ne voulez pas quitter les personnages. C'est le genre d'histoire qui
résonne en vous, qui s'infiltre dans votre tête, et vous remue de l'intérieur.
» —Ely
« Il y a bien longtemps que je n'avais pas
lu un livre si poignant, si dur qu'il me fallait arrêter de lire pour supporter
et assimiler l'horreur indicible de ce que l'Homme peut faire subir à un autre
être humain ! Ce roman est une ode à a vie et à l'espoir bien que regorgeant de
tout ce qui se fait de pire. J'en ressors bouleversée et grandit car j'ai eu la
chance d'avoir des parents comme Michael qui ont su faire de moi une personne
tolérante, ouverte et sans préjugés. » —Marionle6tron
« ENORME coup de coeur pour ce livre de
plus de 550 pages (tout de même) mais qui se lit avec une extrême facilité tant
j'ai été happée, "aspirée" par cette histoire qui m'a prise aux
tripes...Ce sujet qu'est la maltraitance, abus....n'est pas un sujet facile à
aborder et pourtant C. Kennedy l'a fait avec extrêmement de pudeur et de
retenue, même si certains passages sont poignants. » —Caliméro
« L'histoire est émouvante, mais l'auteur a
fait en sorte que ce ne le soit pas en continue. On a donc des moments bien
bouleversants, avec l'histoire de Christy, mais également des moments de
franche rigolade avec le duo Michael et Jake, les inséparables. Il y a aussi
des moments de doute, d'angoisse, de joie, d'apprentissage de la vie.... » —de Nanaho
Saturday, February 11, 2017
See What People Are Saying About Books by C. Kennedy!
Ómorphi
“Hauntingly beautiful, a book that you never wanted to
end... Magically written, the voices and setting of the story were so clear you
lived each moment with the characters.”—2014 Rainbow Awards
“Cody Kennedy writes with staggering beauty... The love
story... leapt from the page and wrapped itself around your heart.”—Sammy Goode, Joyfully Jay Reviews & Goodreads YA LGBT Group
“The beauty of Omorphi is more than skin deep... There were
so many facets to Cody Kennedy’s first full-length novel, it was just… so
much.”—Tina, The Novel Approach
“This book, in the guise of a fictional novel, ... lets
[you] know that you are not alone and you are not defined by what has been done
to you.”—Deb, Live Your Life, Buy theBook
Thárros
“...for beneath the social overtones of this novel lurks a
breathtaking story of love and healing.... Author Cody Kennedy has created an
indomitable spirit in Christy—one that will not be broken despite all the
horror he has experienced. Kennedy has given us a novel of hope…of love…of
courage…thárros.”—Sammy Goode, Joyfully Jay Reviews
“A STANDING OVATION FOR SHEER AWESOMENESS.... yet another
installment of beauty and strength, love and devotion, and now we’re adding
hope and loyalty to the mix too...”—Caer
Jones, QUEERcentric Books
“I loved being back in Michael and Christy’s world.... Most of the book was sweet and moving, but the ending just about broke my heart. This book was just beautiful all around...”—Jenna, Love Bytes Reviews
“We must start with courage. And Thárros is
courage... we do muster courage, because without it there
is no hope. And without hope, we are all lost.... a story of great
struggles, of great friendships, and of great pain, all turned into a wondrous
blend of both strength and love. The telling of a great, great love story—with
true friendship shining through, the kind of love that inspires both happy
endings and hope....”—Anna Lund
“Cody Kennedy is the literary artist who created the
compelling situations. As I read, I was right there with Christy and
Michael.... it was awesome! Highly recommended.”—Mia Kerick, author of Not Broken, Just Bent
“...to sum up this whole story into one word it would be
magnificent. I highly recommend reading the Elpída series.”—Joanne Swinney, Jo & Isa Love Books
“[Thárros] is a must read. It will break your heart, but it will also fill you with love as these two boys struggle with the unthinkable. Loved it.”—Pam Kay
Slaying Isidore’s Dragons
“...intense, emotional, crazy... and beautiful.”—Brian Katcher, Forever Young Adult
“This bold, sweeping saga is a compelling story of
redemptive love and healing grace. The people who inhabit Cody
Kennedy’s Slaying Isidore’s Dragons are heartbreakingly real and
heroic.... I highly recommend this novel to you. It is one that will impact
your life in so many ways and remind you that we must all be dragon slayers.”—Sammy Goode, The Novel Approach
“If you read just one book this year, this should be the book….”—Wendy, Joyfully Jay Reviews
“Kennedy has done it again... he has put his heart and soul
on the page and produced magic.”—Bec,
Bike Book Reviews
Safe
“Cody Kennedy has done a great job of making two distinct
personalities for the boys, and I really want to know more about their lives
together.”—Becky Condit , USA
“Mr. Kennedy pushed all the right buttons and touched me deeply with this story.... The author made me long for more because of the way he portrays their experiences.”—Dani, Love Bytes Reviews
“…the most effective tool an author possesses to illicit
emotion from the reader is excellent characterization, and in this, Kennedy is
a true master.”—Mia Kerick, author of TheRed Sheet
“Safe easily rises to the bar set by Mr. Kennedy
in Omorphi. I love this author. The writer and the man. Please read this.”
—Tina, The Novel Approach Reviews
“Emotions, connection, first love, friendship, family support. Everything that a young boy needs while walking down the road of self-discovery.” —Connie, Gay List BookReviews
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Awesome Review of Slaying Isidore's Dragons from Forever Young Adult by Brian Katcher!
❝Like all teenage romances, Slaying Isidore's Dragons is intense, emotional, crazy...and beautiful.❞
—Brian Katcher, Author of The Improbable Theory of Anna and Zak and Almost Perfect,
Forever Young Adult
Forever Young Adult
If you haven't checked out Forever Young Adult,
go do it! It's an awesome site for people ages 0-80!
go do it! It's an awesome site for people ages 0-80!
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Slaying Isidore's Dragons Book Tour! A Beautiful, Heartfelt 5★ Review by Wendy at Joyfully Jay Reviews
A beautiful, heartfelt 5★ review by Wendy at Joyfully Jay Reviews!
"If you read just one book this year, this should be the book to read."
Now available in print and ebook at
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Slaying Isidore's Dragons Book Tour! A Glorious 5★ Review by Petra over at GGR & Friends Reviews!
“...this is by no means a ‘soppy’ story and the happy ever
after that Isidore and Declan are looking for is hard-fought. With assassins,
kidnappings, international spies and more, Mr. Kennedy has written a story
reminiscent of a young Bourne Identity or James Bond... as a matter of fact, I
think that Ian Fleming himself would be jealous of this.”
Wow! What a high compliment, Petra! Thank you!
Now available in print and ebook at
Monday, April 6, 2015
Slaying Isidore's Dragons Book Tour! I'm over at Rainbow Gold today with a Never-before-seen Expert!
pots of gold review from Dana and a never before seen excerpt from Slaying Isidore's Dragons! Check it out!
"...a really well rounded story filled with action, courage, and the healing power of love."—Rainbow Gold Reviews
Now available in print and ebook at
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Slaying Isidore's Dragons Book Tour! My Fiction Nook's 5★ Review & The Mom I Always Wanted to Have and the Value of Humor!
I'm at My Fiction Nook today talking about The Mom I Always Wanted to Have and the Value of Humor!
A 5 shining stars review by Anna!
Don't forget to enter the rafflecopter for a chance to win an eCopy of my book, Omorphi! Check it out!
over at
Now available in print and ebook at Dreamspinner/Harmony Ink Press
Amazon GooglePlay Barnes & Noble OmniLit/ARe Beam-eBooks in Europe
Amazon GooglePlay Barnes & Noble OmniLit/ARe Beam-eBooks in Europe
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Timmy's 5★ Review of Slaying Isidore's Dragons!
Cody’s books are the only ones that I know of on the market that are contemporary high-action. He isn’t kidding when he says Slaying Isidore’s Dragons is a teen Bourne Identity. Isidore is raw and terrified and has nothing to hold onto except Declan and his mother, Sorcha. They not only do everything in their power to protect him, they go above and beyond. While this is a story of fiction, it does represent a lot of what it takes to keep a kid safe after leaving an abusive environment, especially if the parents of the abused kid are wealthy and powerful. This isn’t only a story of hope, but a story about the extreme measures it can take to remove a kid from an abusive environment and protect him from his abusers trying to get him back—which happens in real life. Cody writes it in such a way that it isn’t based in fear, but in triumph. It’s a totally feel-good book.
I have read two books, one novella, and a free serial story by Cody Kennedy. I am in awe of his ability to tell a story in any form, and I was not disappointed when I read Slaying Isidore’s Dragons. It takes great talent to be able to tell a story based in negative events and situations in such a way that it gives hope to the reader. Cody has done that in every book I’ve read of his, but especially in Slaying Isidore’s Dragons. Coming from a troubled home myself, I really appreciate how Cody can tell stories of abused kids and still leave me feeling hope and triumph after reading it. This book, and others like it, not only help abused kids, it gives us the strength to survive and continue on. I don’t say that because Cody is a close friend, for I have said this about authors I don’t know, but hope is a very magical thing to a kid who has none. I have all these emotions that would explain it better, but it’s so hard to get it out in words.
Happiness is a hard thing for abused kids to see in their futures. It’s like that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. We want it to be real, but can’t seem to actually find it. Books like Cody’s give us hope for our futures, and he does it by telling his stories without dwelling on all the negatives in our lives. It’s not that he skims over the negative aspects, because those are all there. But he shows how we can still have the elusive happiness by trusting people who are trustworthy and want to help us. So I would like to thank Cody for the time and effort he puts into his books for the kids who need it the most.
Cody has a true skill for pulling the reader into his stories. This is another way his books and others like it will save lives. They are a safe place. A place we can hide, even if only for a few hours, and imagine a world better than the one we live in. Slaying Isidore’s Dragons is so much more than a book about an abused boy. It’s an adventure.
After reading the final copy, I fell even more in love with Slaying Isidore’s Dragons. There is MUCH more of Isidore in the story now, and that made an excellent book a PERFECT book. I can now relate to Isidore and the story even more than before. It also gives the reader a little more insight into the mind of an abused kid. This is important because it will help readers understand a small part of the heartbreaking confusion that makes up our daily thoughts. I believe everyone has had hard times, but it almost seems harder to start over than it does to remain in an abusive home. It’s hard to find the real you under everything you were forced to be. It’s harder still to explain that to someone who never lived that type of hell. This book will give you some idea of how hard the “new life” can really be.
I give this book 5 marbles and would give it more if I could. It is a must read (as soon as it comes out. You can preorder it now.) Be sure to buy your own copy rather than borrowing someone else’s because you will want to read it more than once. ~Timmy
Now available for preorder in
print and ebook at
Now available in
print and ebook at Dreamspinner/Harmony
Ink Press
Amazon GooglePlay Barnes & Noble OmniLit/ARe Beam-eBooks in Europe
Amazon GooglePlay Barnes & Noble OmniLit/ARe Beam-eBooks in Europe
A special note to the author:
I know your life hasn’t been easy, but the work you do to help save others, either through real life or your writing, is what makes you a true superhero. I can’t tell you the number of kids you will save, but I can say for sure, you have saved at least one. Here's a poem I wrote for you.
5 Best friends
4 Vicious brothers
3 STD tests
2 Guys in love
1 Car bombing
&
Nowhere to run
4 Vicious brothers
3 STD tests
2 Guys in love
1 Car bombing
&
Nowhere to run
Follow the burgeoning love of two teens during the worst year of their lives. Irish-born Declan David de Quirke II is the son of two ambassadors, one Irish and one American. He is ‘out’ to his parents but to no one else. French-born Jean Isidore de Sauveterre is also the son of two ambassadors, one Catalan and one Parisian. His four half brothers have been told to cure him of his homosexuality. Both teens have lost a parent in a
5 Weeks of hell
4 Attempts on their lives
4 Attempts on their lives
3 Law enforcement agencies
2 Dead high school seniors
1 Jealous friend
&
A love that won’t be denied
2 Dead high school seniors
1 Jealous friend
&
A love that won’t be denied
Declan and Isidore meet at the beginning of their senior
year at a private academy in the United States . Declan is
immediately smitten with Isidore and becomes his knight in shining armor.
Isidore wants to keep what is left of his sanity and needs Declan’s love to do
it. One is beaten, one is drugged, one is nearly raped, one has been raped.
They are harassed by professors and police, and have fights at school, but none
of it compares to running for their lives. When the headmaster’s popular son
attempts suicide and someone tries to assassinate Declan’s mother, they are
thrown headlong into chaos, betrayal, conspiracy, allegations of sexual
coercion, even murder. And one of them carries a secret that may get them
killed.
5 New family members
4 BFF’s
3 Countries
2 Extraordinary Psychologists
1 Courageous Mother
3 Countries
2 Extraordinary Psychologists
1 Courageous Mother
&
A new beginning for two young men in love
A new beginning for two young men in love
Stop by Cody’s Blog with questions or
comments, or simply share what’s on your mind.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Author Chat! Meet me at Rainbow Gold Reviews Facebook Page tonight 7:30 p.m. PST!
Come on over to Rainbow Gold Reviews' Facebook Page for an author chat! We'll be talking about PRIDE and writing high-action stories! Comment there and on Rainbow Gold's blog for a chance to win an ebook copy of my novella, Safe! Come check it out!Sunday, July 13, 2014
Timmy's Review of Safe by C. Kennedy
Safe was a good read, but sad and hard to read at times. Safe takes us on a journey of two friends who become lovers. They support and help each other to become the men they are. One reason I don’t like short stories is because I don’t feel I get enough time to get to know the characters and their stories. However, I do feel that Cody did a great job of going through their relationship by giving us glimpses of the past. The little pieces of their history together really make them and their story feel so much more real for me.
I felt like I could relate in some ways to Nico, though our situations were very different. He had such a hard life, and needed badly to be protected. Caleb wanted to be that protector even before he was old enough to really know what that meant. Caleb was a great boyfriend. So very caring, sweet, and most of all, protective.
I want more! I would really love to know what became of these two, and how their story might end. I hope to one day get to read more about them. Until then I will leave you with a few words about the part of the book that I was disappointed in. This is not the story, writing, or author, but is a sore subject that I feel the need to address when I’m given the opportunity to.
I was extremely frustrated by the fact that Caleb's dad did nothing to help Nico when he Caleb first went to him. Sadly, that is all too common. If nothing else, It’s my hope that this book will open some eyes to the abuse that goes on that most are too afraid to get involved with. Don’t make excuses of why you shouldn’t or can’t help. Get in there and protect these kids who are beaten. Sometimes it’s as simple as asking the right questions and taking the appropriate actions. I know Cody has links on his blog for kids that need help, but this link is for the people who don’t know how to help. ~Timmy
Available from: Harmony Ink Press
and read Cody’s free serial story, Fairy.
About Safe
Caleb
had one mission in life.
To
keep his boyfriend safe.
They met at ten, kissed at twelve, and were madly in love by eighteen. Caleb Deering is the captain of the swim team and the hottest senior in school. He comes from a loving home with a kind father and a caring, but strict, mother who is battling breast cancer. Nico Caro is small and beautiful, and has a father who rules with an iron fist—literally. One morning Caleb forgets himself, and he pecks Nico on the lips at school. A teacher sees them and tattles to the Headmaster. The accidental outing at school might be the least of their problems, because the ball set in motion by the school’s calls to their parents could get Nico killed. In the face of that very real danger, Caleb knows he has only one mission in life: to keep Nico safe.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Timmy's Review of Omorphi by C. Kennedy
Many people will read this story and think it’s just a
story, made up by an author who writes fiction. But there are some of us who
will understand that bad stuff like this happens to kids. It’s not only in faraway
countries, it’s here, wherever you are it’s there and real! I think the best
thing Cody did in this book was not to make it Christy’s story but made it
Michael’s story. No good person would want to know what goes on in the head of
a person who lived the way Christy did. But Michael’s story wasn’t about all
the bad stuff that happened to Christy. It was about helping Christy live with
all the bad stuff that happened to him. My one thought when reading this book
was if anything in it is fiction, I hope it's not Michael. This book gave me a
goal. I will find a Michael! It's very important to know that this is real!
People like me have lived this and I will always live with it, but with help, I
hope to not live it. This book gives me hope that I will get better and that I
can be ok. I want to say thank you to Cody for writing this, for showing people
how hard life can be for people like Christy and me. I think everyone should
read this book even if you don’t like gay people. You should read this to
understand what kids go through all the time, but people try to hide it. ~Timmy
Omorphi by C. Kennedy
Read the first chapter of Omorphi
High school senior Michael Sattler leads a charmed life. He’s a star athlete, has great friends, and parents who love him just the way he is. What’s missing from his life is a boyfriend. That’s a problem because he’s out only to his parents and best friend. When Michael accidentally bumps into Christy Castle at school, his life changes in ways he never imagined. Christy is Michael’s dream guy: smart, pretty, and sexy. But nothing could have prepared Michael for what being Christy's boyfriend would entail.
Christy needs to heal after years of abuse and knows he needs help to do it. After the death of his notorious father, he leaves his native Greece and settles in upstate New York. Alone, afraid, and left without a voice, Christy hides the myriad scars of his abuse. He desperately wants to be loved and when he meets Michael, he dares to hope that day has arrived. When one of Michael’s team-mates becomes an enemy and an abuser from Christy’s past seeks to return him to a life of slavery, only Michael and Christy's combined strength and unwavering determination can save them from the violence that threatens to destroy their future together.
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