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A lovely article about the civilized and literary charms of ravaged panoramas with collapsed roofs, crumbling walls, and lush overgrown vegetation by Lewis Dartnell inThe Morning News:
"The present-day lust for ruins is nothing new. In fact, it’s nearly as old as any ruins themselves. From a flattened Louvre to Percy Bysshe Shelley, a journey to the dawn of ruin porn . . .
Ruin lust grew with fervor from the 18th century: the soft, pastel hues of J.M.W Turner’s Tintern Abbey, Hubert Robert’s “Imaginary view of the Gallery of the Louvre as a Ruin,” the ruined cathedrals and shipwrecks of Caspar David Friedrich, and Gustave Doré’s “The New Zealander.” Eighteenth-century English aristocrats even went to the extent of constructing fresh ruins on their estates—follies—for exhibiting their wealth and sophistication whilst picnicking in the shade of the contrived remnants.
It is within this zeitgeist that one of the earliest examples of post-apocalyptic fiction was born, Mary Shelley’s novel The Last Man, published eight years after Frankenstein. The Victorians in particular were obsessed with the decline and fall of Rome and conscious that their mighty, globe-spanning British Empire could also succumb to chaos and disintegrate . . ."
Vue imaginaire de la galerie du Louvre en ruine, 1796, Hubert Robert
Title: Natural Lust
Author: Madison Sevier
Published: Secret Cravings Publishing
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Review:
"Natural Lust" by Madison Sevier was a excellent short story read of just how 'readers, reviewers, writers and companies that stand behind them actually think." Well, at least I would some of them and as you can see from this read that it not a 'fancy reality that surrounds some of these business.' Well, this all happens to Kallie when her employer gives her 'time off'' after a meeting over such a negative review that she had been working on. However, on this vacation she meets an attractive stranger. Now, I will stop at this point and say you must pick up this good read to see where the author will lead the reader to. It will be a interesting ride. Will there be a happy ever after for Kallie and Hank? Also will it leave you thinking if you give a bad review will it come back to haunt you? This was a well written short story that once you get into the read you will find it hard to put down until the very end. Would I recommend? YES!
Grace Draven is one of my favourite authors. I adored her Master of Crows which was released a few years back which I highly recommend and I think she's one of the best fantasy romance authors out there. We were lucky enough to unveil her latest book which is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast along with some interior artwork which is just lush! I cant wait to get my mitts on the book because I adore this premise and the blurb sounds fantastic!
