RELEASE DAY REVIEW AND EXCERPT: Judgement 8 by D.H. Sidebottom

BLURB

When your genetics are reformed, life becomes a constant battle to survive.

Elina Rowe was born and raised for one specific purpose… to become Subject Alpha in Judgement’s research into enery manipulation. After years of tests and experiments, something goes wrong in one specific test allowing Elina to escape. When she runs straight into the hands of Reid McCallum, things start spiralling out of control and everything she believed in is turned upside down.

Elina soon finds out that Judgement isn’t all she thought it was and people she thought enemies and friends, are total opposites.

Reid McCallum—Subject Delta, has been searching for ‘The Eight’ for eighteen months, hoping to build himself an army to take down the establishment that took so much from him.

When Elina storms into his life, he and his friends find out just how devious and greedy Judgement have become. What seemed like a ‘freak mistake’ in one of Elina’s trials, wasn’t exactly what they thought and her break out wasn’t as simple as it seemed.

However, what Reid comes to find out is that he no longer needs and army…Because Elina IS an army!

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EXCERPT

I called it, the energy in the atmosphere. Reaching out with my mind, I seized the small sparks that ignited the sky and fed it with everything inside me, giving it food, seducing it and encouraging it, nurturing it as though it was my child.

Bright flashes blinked through the windows as I manipulated the air and brought forth my own personal storm.

I heard both Heather and Blaine’s gasps when every single window shattered around us, the explosion of glass making my lips turn into an evil grin as my minions fought to get to me. My body became a master to the elements as the air did my bidding and each strike of lightening became my servants, their need to destroy that which was hurting their guardian, a craving which needed to be sated.

REVIEW

I’m a huge D.H. Sidebottom fan. She’s a hell of a storyteller because she’s not afraid to take risks in her writing; she’s not afraid to cross boundaries and take readers out of their comfort zones into pretty jacked up worlds and circumstances.

In her latest release, D.H. heads into an unfamiliar genre for her, erotic sci-fi. I love paranormal/fantasy reads, but it seems lately they have become a bit cookie cutterish…segueing from a pretty standard plot and then making small adjustments and tweaks that make it only a bit different from the norm. This is definitely not the case with Judgment 8. Elina’s story is extremely original, which makes it a captivating read right out of the gate. The text still has Sidebottom’s signature sexy and her well known twists and betrayals, but it also has so much more.

Subject Alpha. Project Judgment. Death and Destruction. Abnormal. Deviant.

These are familiar terms for Elina, the female lead in Subject 8. They have defined her existence since her creation, and she’s sick and tired of being a lab rat in a deadly game that has too many players to keep track of. The abuse and torture that she’s received at the hands of her mother has been her question her worth as a person – she seems to be nothing more than a test subject – any kind of love or comfort is not something that Elina truly understands because she is completely desensitized due to the mistreatment she’s received by her mother and her mother’s minions. When Elina finally finds a way to escape from Judgment Corporation, she feels like she might have a chance at a “normal” existence. Too bad things go from bad to worse when she finds herself in the club of another subject, Reid McCallum. A man who has his own agenda and will stop at nothing to complete it.

Reid has suffered an immense amount at the hands of the Judgment Corporation, and he’s looking for payback, but how his feelings for Elina fit into the equation are unclear throughout much of the story, and as secrets are revealed and more lies and betrayals surface, Elina and Reid’s relationship may implode and cause irreparable damage to Elina’s heart and psyche the Judgment Corporation and her mother can be brought to their knees.

Judgment 8 is a crazy and unpredictable ride all the way until it ends. There are so many puzzle pieces for readers to try and figure out and a lot of the time, they just won’t fit in the way we expect them to. Elina is a kickass heroine who is completely selfless even when she has every right to take care of her and her alone. Her body and mind may have been manipulated her entire life, but Elina at her core has never been disturbed because her soul is not easily programmed. I absolutely loved Reid, but he’s also quite frustrating. I’m extremely interested to see how Sidebottom portrays him in book two after everything has been revealed.

If you’re a fan of well written science fiction reads with a bit of spice as well, this book is definitely for you, and if you’re a follower of D.H. Sidebottom, even though this text does veer away from her norm, it’s text every bit as good as her other ones.

I definitely can’t wait for more Elina and her electric personality;)

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

5 poison apples

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Author of The Heart of Stone, Room 103 and Shadows of Sin series, and the new Blue Butterfly series.

D H Sidebottom is a fulltime mum/author. She lives in Derbyshire, England with her children and two dogs.

She is an avid reader and her tastes range from horror to erotic, but she loves to help new authors get into the ‘scene’. She loves rock music and tattooed guys, and has a weakness for coffee, wine and Belgian buns.