Finding Emmaus: The Lodestarre
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In this unsettling new fantasy novel, the psychiatric community has confused Empathic personality traits with mental illness with tragic results, leading two Empaths—Francis Nettleton and Katherine Spencer—who live three hundred years apart, on personal journeys to learn the true nature of Empathy. Transcending time and death to right a centuries-old wrong, they inadvertently uncover a multibillion dollar conspiracy in which millions of Americans are being misdiagnosed and drugged for no other reason than the enormous income they generate. FINDING EMMAUS, book one of The Lodestarre series, is a complex, dark, historic fantasy about human frailties and courage. It is an intricate, meticulously researched, deeply disturbing, suspenseful tale of love and sacrifice, obsession and the abuse of power, and the indisputable human right of free will. It is a story with a cast of characters who will keep you guessing as to what they will do and what choices they will make as they weave in and out of the story and each other's lives.
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I was on the fence about this book until about 2/3 of the way through it. I was super intriqued by the concept behind it, but the first 2/3 of the book had very slow pacing, and I feel a large chunk of the text could have been edited out without negatively effecting the story. Also, the copy I have was so badly copyedited (extra words in sentences, missing articles) that it was distracting.
However, once the story finally gets going, it's quite enjoyable. The last third of the book almost feels like it had a different editor. There's less fluff, fewer copyediting mistakes, and better pacing.
Overall, very interesting concept, and I'm intrigued enough by the cliffhangers to find out what happens in the next installment.