When Fully Fused by Shari J. Ryan – a Review

When Fully Fused by Shari J. Ryan – a Review

 

When Fully Fused
The Schasm series – Book #3
by Shari J. Ryan
Release Date: July 20, 2014

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Description:
In the third and final book of the Schasm Series, author Shari Ryan takes you on a final journey of the mind. Chloe and Alex together again maintain their composure and romance as they raise their four-year-old son, Sammy. But fairytales are merely stories they read in the nursery at night, for lurking behind each thought is a world out of control like the chaos of a car crash. As life likes to do, everything Chloe firmly believes in twists in the opposite direction. With three paths to choose from she can only choose Left. Right. Or Start Again. All the questions have answers, and the forces of good and evil wage an epic battle solely within the mind, leaving behind the constraints of reality. From time travel to drifts, When Fully Fused is a thrilling ride from start to finish, literally

 

Review:

When Fully Fused is the third and final book in the the Schasm series by Shari J. Ryan. In this amazingly epic last dance we find Alex and Chloe still together and raising their son Sammy.

All Chloe wants is a simple, ordinary life to raise her son in. But is that even possible with all of the unanswered questions and the men that are still after Chloe and the locket? It seems that everyone wants and needs that locket.

But Chloe still doesn’t have a clue how to obtain the locket. And if and when she does, will it change everything?

The love between Chloe and Alex continues and expands, if that was even possible, with their son Sammy. Chloe tore my heart out with the pain she feels for the life she craves.

I fell more in love with Alex in this book – he moved my heart and made me question his intentions and reasons, and in the end I understood more completely. And Sammy works his way directly into your heart.

The entire series has a very adult, psychotic Alice in Wonderlandesque feel to it. Each drift a rabbit hole. Each character slightly mad. The concept ground breaking – unlike anything I have ever read before. And the ending was absolutely NOT what I was expecting and could not have been more beautiful. This book left you questioning reality from dreams. Life from drifts. And how the mind sometimes blurs the two together.

Reviewed by Erin

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about the author

Shari ryan
Shari J. Ryan hails from Central Massachusetts where she lives with her hubby and two lively little boys. Writing has become Shari’s great escape from the real world over the past few years. After a bout of postpartum depression with her first child, Shari was determined to occupy her brain enough to eliminate some of the blue moments in life. When she found writing to help as a newfound therapy, she started her first book. Her books brought her out of postpartum depression and helped her overcome it when her second son was born. Shari likes to think writing saves her mind. She even used one of the characters in the book (the main character’s protagonist mother), to veer away from the type of person she refuses to become. Shari has two happy little boys and the Schasm series to show for her unorthodox therapeutic method.

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Fissure Free by Shari J. Ryan – a Review

Fissure Free by Shari J. Ryan – a Review

 

Fissure Free

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Description:
After nineteen years of suffering with a psychological condition, ethereal Chloe had finally come close to finding her ultimate escape—or, so she thinks on the vibrant streets of Paris. Finally in a relationship with Alex, a man she fell in love with in Schasm, Chloe thinks life is finally coming together. As she battles her own demons, she attempts to repair the damaged man she’s grown to love. But as his clouded past abruptly crashes into their lives and falls heavily upon their budding romance, Chloe must fight to maintain her relationship. Although even when the problems begin to subside, she comes to realize certain things cannot be escaped. Just as Chloe believes she might have sealed the doors of darkness once and for all, new questions, new findings and new inceptions arise. Whether or not Chloe wants to continue forward with the path her life seems to be leading, she quickly learns that any choice she makes will ultimately land her in a place she never knew she was destined to be

 

Review:

Fissure Free is the second book in The Schasm Series by Shari J. Ryan. It is six months after Schasm and Chloe and Alex are living in a perpetual drift in Paris, France. As perfect as their life is in the drift, Chloe knows they must go back to the reality of the real world and deal with unfinished business before it quite possibly may be too late. Once they decide it is time to return to the institution and see what has befallen themselves – their worst nightmares are realized. Franco is back and he seems to have plans for Chloe and Alex. But what are they and how will they affect the reality Chloe longs for. Is it all worth it – is reality worth losing all that they have?

I completely enjoyed the second book in this series. It was a psychological thrill ride. You have to pay close attention or you will get lost in a drift. I connected more with Alex in this book and found him more emotional and caring. Although that being said – the fact that he kept things from Chloe did not sit well with me. At times I truly could not believe the secrets he kept from her, although truly understanding the reasons. The sub-characters weave into the story like a fine thread. Intertwining into the world that is Chloe and Alex’s.

Chloe’s longing for a true real reality is palpable. It makes you want to figure out a way to help her. But does Chloe have the power to protect herself and bring the man she loves back to the real world. This book will confuse you and corrupt you. It will pull you in and you will begin to doubt what is a drift and what is reality. It truly is an epic tale into mental illness and the worlds that it can force a mind to retreat to. A world of mental illness that engulfs the characters and swallows them. It makes you truly wonder where does one world end and the other begin. And the ending is a shocker that left me breathless and wanting book three.

Reviewed by Erin

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