{"id":625,"date":"2014-10-06T20:19:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T00:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=625"},"modified":"2014-10-06T20:19:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T00:19:04","slug":"the-novel-approach-gives-sacrificed-5-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/the-novel-approach-gives-sacrificed-5-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Novel Approach gives Sacrificed 5 Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa at <a href=\"http:\/\/thenovelapproachreviews.com\" target=\"_blank\">TNA<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\"Unlike anything I\u2019ve ever read before,\u00a0<em>Sacrificed<\/em>\u00a0packs emotion, sensuality, adventure, fantasy, and danger into every one of its chapters. Knowing that Captain Baltsaros was a more complex character than was introduced in\u00a0<em>Caged<\/em>\u00a0(and, trust me, he was already plenty enigmatic),\u00a0<em>Sacrificed<\/em>\u00a0takes the reader on a perilous journey to a place ruled by a twisted Emperor who preys on the psyches of Erem\u2019ia Balor\u2019s people. There are truths Baltsaros needs to discover and secrets he and Tom have kept from Jon, and these truths and secrets will either set him free or spell his ruin. You can cut the tension with a knife at times in this installment of the series, while at other times these three men could make the hardest of hearts melt as they attempt to navigate their feelings for one another.\"<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Novel Approach gives Sacrificed 5 stars\" href=\"http:\/\/thenovelapproachreviews.com\/2014\/10\/06\/review-sacrificed-heart-beyond-the-spires-by-bey-deckard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the rest of the review at The Novel Approach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa at TNA writes: &#8220;Unlike anything I\u2019ve ever read before,\u00a0Sacrificed\u00a0packs emotion, sensuality, adventure, fantasy, and danger into every one of its chapters. Knowing that Captain Baltsaros was a more complex character than was introduced in\u00a0Caged\u00a0(and, trust me, he was already plenty enigmatic),\u00a0Sacrificed\u00a0takes the reader on a perilous journey to a place ruled by a twisted Emperor who preys on the psyches of Erem\u2019ia Balor\u2019s people. There are truths Baltsaros needs to discover and secrets he and Tom have kept from Jon, and these truths and secrets will either set him free or spell his ruin. You can cut the tension &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The Novel Approach gives Sacrificed 5 Stars\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/the-novel-approach-gives-sacrificed-5-stars\/#more-625\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Novel Approach gives Sacrificed 5 Stars\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[7],"tags":[99,29,181],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyond-the-spires","tag-5-stars","tag-reviews","tag-tna"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/treasure.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-a5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":903,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/sacrificed-gets-a-bad-ass-boots-rating-at-3-chicks-after-dark\/","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":0},"title":"Sacrificed gets a Bad Ass Boots rating at 3 Chicks After Dark","author":"Bey","date":"December 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Kristy says: \"Sacrificed\u00a0was a very intense installment to the Baal\u2019s Heart series. 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To celebrate, I'm putting the Baal's Heart trilogy on 50% sale for the rest of the month at Smashwords. https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/byseries\/12012Just enter the following coupons at checkout:Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas: CZ46V Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires: BN46V\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/teaser-promo9.png?fit=650%2C336&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/teaser-promo9.png?fit=650%2C336&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/teaser-promo9.png?fit=650%2C336&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1037,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/interview-with-the-pirates-of-baals-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":3},"title":"Interview with the Pirates of Baal&#8217;s Heart","author":"Bey","date":"April 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Lisa from The Novel Approach sat down with Baltsaros, Tom, and Jon this week. 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