Giveaway ALERT! A comment on this post (within 7 days of post date) gets you 5 extra entries in our MegaBook Giveaway. If you haven't entered yet, go to the contest post (or click on the contest link on the upper right sidebar) to enter! Good luck! Cost of Dreams
by Gary Stelzer
pub: Oct 2009
296 pages
Synopsis:
Flora Enriquez trusts that she has found safe haven for her young family in the remote U.S. Southwest, after fleeing the murderous environs of her homeland where her parents were slain in a civil war. Only to find that all of her life's greatest challenges, by far, still lie before her.
Cost of Dreams is an emotional roller coaster ride. Flora leaves a hellish homeland with her young siblings and thinks life in the US will be a wonderful dream. Unfortunately, she finds difficulties here as well. Throughout her life has to deal with so many hardships and heartbreak, at times this is hard to read.
Drugs, extreme violence, kidnapping, murder, betrayal all come into play but the beauty of this story is the triumph of the human spirit over adversity and pain. Flora faces so much nasty situations but just when you think she's beaten, her strong will shines and carries her through.
The pace of the story moves along well and sucks you in with interesting characters that are easy to care about (and some you don't). You're invested and want to find out what happens.
A very emotional read and at times just plain brutal but Cost of Dreams is worth it. This is written for adults but I would recommend it for older teens. It has fabulous insights and positive lessons about strength, hope and determination.
The Cover: Doesn't grab me but the content is good.
First Line: Months later, Kate Bowman sat in her study at her Lake Michigan home and remembered with an agony the appalling event that, like a splitting maul, cleaved her life into a divide of a before and after.
It lets you know you are in for an emotional story.
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96 comments:
What a great day for a contest and sounds like a good book.
Sounds like a good book - not my type, but a good one. And a great idea for a giveaway too. :)
Great contest and review! I don't think I'm going to enter (personal issues with the mail, hm), but it definitely sounds gritty and riveting. :)
The cover is cool. I liked it. And I loved the first line of your review. "An emotional roller coaster ride"! :) Thanks.
This sounds intense but worth the read.
This sounds like a book I read a looong time ago. I can't remember what it was called, but it was about a girl and her family oming to America from a really violent place (can't remember where, but it was truly aweful. I think there was a revolution going on or something. And there was something about a militia. Scary place.). I'd completely forgotten about that book!
Great review! This sounds really good. Great contest, too!
This sounds really good. Thanks for the review!!
i've never heard of this book or this author. it's not my kind of book though but nice review. lol now if only i can keep my reviews this short and sweet! :)
the first line does show a really nice visceral tone to the writing
I'm not in the mood for a depressing book right now, but maybe later...
Sounds like a good book!
Oh no, I hate brutal! This sounds like a terribly awful, sad book! I can't stand drugs or extreme violence! I love your review on it though, it explains a lot!
I haven't heard of this book before but it sounds pretty good! Thanks for the opportunity to win it!
This sounds very interesting. I'm trying to read some different genres other than paranormal and this is perfect! Thanks for the chance to win it! :)
This sounds like it could be an "Oprah book". It also sounds like it is way outside the genres I usually read. I would relish the opportunity to stretch my boundaries.
I haven't heard of this book until now. Sounds like an interesting story. Not sure if it's for me... so I might not enter. Not sure if I could handle a story like this right now. Sounds like it's a story that's full of pain, to say the least. :o(
Thanks... I'll think about entering.
-Lisa
Great review. I am glad you enjoyed it. You are right about the cover, it needs something.
Sounds like a good book, just not something I'd get in to
Sounds very interesting. Not really my type of book but still very interesting.
Wow... this sounds like something I will like! Great review!
Sounds like a great story - I'll have to check it out :o)
I've never heard of this book before but it sounds good.
Sounds like a great read. Love when books make me emotional. Thanks for a cool contest.
I love stories about the triumph of the human spirit so I know I would like this book. Great review!
It seriously looks good, and interesting plot, very common these days.
Nice review :)
Wow! Cost of Dreams sounds like an incredible book. Nice review. :)
Great review! Not my type of book, though. But if I ever need something out of my comfort zone, then I know what to pick up.
Thank you for the review!
I had never heard about the book until now.
It sounds good though. I would
love to read. Thank you!
Sounds like an interesting book. Probably a good one to read when I am in the mood for something dark. Lol.
Hmm I've never heard of this book before. I agree about the cover though, it's not really appealing.
Sounds good, though I'm not a fan of the cover either.
Ooh, this sounds good. I like the cover; it's dry and thoughtful, letting you know what kind of story you're in for.
i believe you Alyssa, when you say 'the content is good' :)
count me in !
Sounds like a great book, but it's just not my type :(
Never heard of it, sounds interesting.
I've never heard of this book. Sounds very intense, maybe too much for me.
This looks like a really good book. :)
I have to say that I hate the cover. :X
Wow, sounds like a heavy book. Not quite up my alley but sounds like quite the read nonetheless. Thanks for sharing!
I really like the cover...and the title is really intriguing. Lovely overview of the book. :)
I really like the cover...and the title is really intriguing. Lovely overview of the book. :)
I really like the cover...and the title is really intriguing. Lovely overview of the book. :)
Sounds like a great book *O*
Good review, but I have to admit I don't like the cover either =/
Something about that plot sounds very familiar, but I know I haven't read this book before. :S
Oh well, it is the kind of book I'd enjoy, I think. (the cover definitely isn't anything special)
I haven't heard of this book before but I'm glad you brought it up! Thanks!
Great review! And yes, I think the cover could really benefit from a few changes. But then, it's already published. There's nothing more we can do. :) This sounds familiar too. I think I've seen a movie where the same thing happens? I'm not sure. And I haven't read an emotional read for a while. Great giveaway!
This sounds like a very interesting book. The review really makes me want to pick it up.
done! This sounds really good!
^_^
This should be an interesting book but I'd have to be in the right mood for it.
And I agree about the cover. It just doesn't seem to suit the book's subject at all.
Sounds like a very interesting book.
Whoa! This kind of sounds brutal! :-) But I totally want to read it!
This definitely sounds like an intense read - and one that possibly requires tissues! Great pick for "Winning Wednesday"! And thanks for the giveaway!
Sound interesting, but it seems very dramatic...
I'm not really into drama books, but you say this one is good? Maybe I'll read it ;)
Ok I messed up *blush*
Sent it with only half my email.
Anyhow, sounds like a really good story
Sounds intense. I'm trying to read something new and this sounds like it would be a good change.
I didnt know this book, sounds very good :D!
This is the first I have seen of this book, but you are right, it does look like an emotional roller coaster! Gotta love those type of books!
I love to read about strong women who survive adversity.
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I hadn't heard about this one before - thanks for the review!
I'm glad you reviewed this book, because I probably would have passed it up because of the cover!
Thanks for the chance to win.
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sound really like a good book and i like the contest too.
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Thanks so much for the great contest!
"The Cover: Doesn't grab me but the content is good."
I agree! I mean, I haven't read the book but the cover looks really boring and off-putting, I so easily judge books by their covers :P
A very interesting read and I indeed love reading books that have messages in between the line - where there are things to be learnt from the overall story itself. Thanks for giving us a chance to win this book!
I also agree, the cover doesn't really grab me, but your review sounds excellent, and I'm thinking about reading it :)
I want to know more....more about the homeland, and what she finds when she gets to the U.S. I love your reviews you always leave the reader wanting more! Which makes me read more books. Thx
great contest i love that it adds points to the mega giveaway
This book sounds very harrowing and heartrending! I love those kinds of books, ones that leave an impact.
Fab review!
(This is not an entry) :)
I agree the cover does not work. For me if I was passing by the book in the bookstore and knew nothing of it then the cover has to catch my attention and then the title to get me to pick it up.
Sounds very emotional. Great review and contest!
Sounds like a great read! :)
This seems like a great one for a giveaway - a title that people might not otherwise have heard about.
Please count me in.
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Sounds like a great read.
I really like the sound of this one, highly emotional reads do it for me. Thanks for a great review
I like the flowers on the google thing...how did you do it???
I hadn't yet heard of this book. It sounds great. Thanks for giving a copy away. :]
Perfect contest for the middle of the week hump day!
I'm going to pass on this one. It sounds good, but I don't know if I'd ever get around to reading it, so I hope whoever wins really wants to read it.
It sounds like an interesting book. I would love to read it!
Hmm, maybe I wouldn't be so into it...but it sounds interesting. Maybe someday.
I actually got this book to review, but one of my daughters snagged it from me. After reading your review, I've got to get it back:-)
Sounds like an interesting book! :)
This one seems really different to my regular reads, I think I'd have to be in a particular mood to read it. The covers a little bland for me but atleast it isn't different and seems to fit the book.
Seahn
The book seems very emotional, better have a klenex near then!
Wow, sounds a really emotional, rough book! I'm not entering, but good luck to everyone who is!
Sounds like a great book!!! It seems very emotional
I'm sure this is a good read, but it doesn't seem to be my cuppa tea
This book sounds very interesting!
This again sounds great !
Sounds like a good book, nice review!
Sounds like a great book....
Great contest and a great book, I would love to win so I can start reading as soon as I received it.
LOL,. Thanks for the great givewaway and review.
This does sound like a great book and I do want to read it.
I like the idea of this :)
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