{"id":12669,"date":"2022-03-10T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=12669"},"modified":"2022-03-10T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T17:00:35","slug":"the-knowing-bulwark-anthology-1-by-brit-lunden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=12669","title":{"rendered":"The Knowing (Bulwark Anthology, #1) by Brit Lunden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Exciting to read, engrossing, and satisfying\u2026 A phenomenal read.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lunden continues the story of Bulwark by delving into the backstory of JB Stratton, a character who made an appearance in the original Bulwark novella. With his beloved wife Ellie long-gone and children settled in far-away places, JB Stratton is alone in the world with nothing else but the memories of his vivid past. But his longing for Ellie wouldn\u2019t let him live in peace. Lunden offers tremendous entertainment: swiftly paced, packed with colorful depictions of the gothic town of Bulwark and vividly drawn secondary cast. JB happens to be an old eccentric with a tendency to zone out and lots of wisdom to distribute. In this novella, though, Lunden capably keeps her story far from the usual scary stuff and instead holds it to the confines of literary gothic genre, which is poignant, atmospheric and just a tad bit foreboding. JB\u2019s relentless longing\u2014between the desperate feelings of restlessness to which he is accustomed to and his equally strong desire to be with Ellie\u2014are movingly conveyed. As the life of JB, prior to Ellie\u2019s unexpected death from cancer takes shape through flashbacks, the potential paranormal aspects, particularly the local rumors surrounding children\u2019s occasional disappearances\u2014become almost as believable as JB and Ellie\u2019s love story that\u2019s grounded in reality. The narrative occasionally loses its forward drive and turns scattered but is overall extremely probing, as Lunden explores the mysteries of what it is to love someone truly and wholly, to be connected to familial relationships, and to seek and live a life of meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Knowing<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Bulwark Anthology, #1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brit Lunden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date March 13, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN \u200e 978-1947188990<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $8.99 (USD) Paperback, $0.00 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exciting to read, engrossing, and satisfying\u2026 A phenomenal read. Lunden continues the story of Bulwark by delving into the backstory of JB Stratton, a character who made an appearance in the original Bulwark novella. With his beloved wife Ellie long-gone and children settled in far-away places, JB Stratton is alone in the world with nothing else but the memories of his vivid past. But his longing for Ellie wouldn\u2019t let him live in peace. Lunden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":12670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1442],"tags":[7223,726,103272229,91,7215,40309533,3328,178,723769793,169246,914142,8053601,73945036,1136176,610903656,54306025,62857929,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-12669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gothic","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-authors-reviews","tag-blogging","tag-book-review","tag-book-review-website","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-gothic","tag-gothic-literature","tag-gothic-romance","tag-indie-author","tag-indie-authors-books","tag-indie-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indieauthor","tag-indiebooks","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/knowing.jpg?fit=313%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-3il","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12669"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12675,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12669\/revisions\/12675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}