Review: Farsighted + Blog Tour Info!!

Title: Farsighted

Author: Emlyn Chand

Release Date: October 24th 2011

Series: None (yet)

Number of Pages: 218

Source: Author

Alex Kosmitoras’s life has never been easy. The only other student who will talk to him is the school bully, his parents are dead-broke and insanely overprotective, and to complicate matters even more, he's blind. Just when he thinks he'll never have a shot at a normal life, a new girl from India moves into town. Simmi is smart, nice, and actually wants to be friends with Alex. Plus she smells like an Almond Joy bar. Yes, sophomore year might not be so bad after all. 

Unfortunately, Alex is in store for another new arrival—an unexpected and often embarrassing ability to “see” the future. Try as he may, Alex is unable to ignore his visions, especially when they begin to suggest that Simmi is in danger. With the help of the mysterious psychic next door and new friends who come bearing gifts of their own, Alex must embark on a journey to change his future. 

When I was first ask to participate in the blog tour for this book, I was really curious. I had never heard of this book before, but I decided to give it a chance. It actually didn’t disappoint me. It actually really surprised me in a good way.

If I’m honest, I wasn’t sure at first I would really enjoy this book. Within the first few pages were a couple of things that got on my nerves. At the beginning of every chapter, there’s a couple of sentence telling you what “Our Hero” is about to live. That really got on my nerves. I don’t know why, it reminded me of those bad sitcoms….

The thing is, after a few chapters, I stopped seeing them (or rather reading them), which helped me get into the story. Once I got into the story, I ended up really enjoying it. Mind you, it won’t make my top ten this year, but I found that Farsighted was worth the read.

Alex didn’t really captivated me at first, simply because I thought he fell for Simmi a little too fast. That did bother me a little at first, but once they ended being friends for a while, it stopped bothering me. The other thing about the characters that sometimes bothered me was the reaction they had. They were confusing, because they were reacting to the news that should either creep them out, or scare them without even blinking. I did like the way Alex reacted to the news of his gift. He doesn’t accept it right away, which would have really bothered me..

Overall, I really enjoyed it. I’m happy to have been lucky enough to read this.

Be sure to check out the other stops, for a chance to win a 100$ prize! What do you need to win? COMMENTS! One random commenter will win the prize, so comment on every post if you can!

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Blog Tour Notes

THE BOOK:  Alex Kosmitoras may be blind, but he can still “see” things others can’t.  When his unwanted visions of the future begin to suggest that the girl he likes could be in danger, he has no choice but to take on destiny and demand it reconsider. Get your copy today by visiting Amazon.com’s Kindle store or the eBook retailer of your choice. The paperback edition will be available on November 24 (for the author’s birthday).

THE CASH PRIZES:  Guess what? You could win a $100 Amazon gift card as part of this special blog tour. That’s right! Just leave a comment below saying something about the post you just read, and you’ll be entered into the raffle. I could win $100 too! Please help by voting for my blog in the traffic-breaker poll. To cast your vote, visit the official Farsighted blog tour page and scroll all the way to the bottom. Thank you for your help with that.

THE GIVEAWAYS:  Win 1 of 10 autographed copies of Farsighted before its paperback release by entering the giveaway on GoodReads. Perhaps you’d like an autographed postcard from the author; you can request one on her site.

THE AUTHOR:  Emlyn Chand has always loved to hear and tell stories, having emerged from the womb with a fountain pen grasped firmly in her left hand (true story). When she’s not writing, she runs a large book club in Ann Arbor and is the president of author PR firm, Novel Publicity. Emlyn loves to connect with readers and is available throughout the social media interweb. Visit www.emlynchand.com for more info. Don’t forget to say “hi” to her sun conure Ducky!