{"id":990,"date":"2015-03-06T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T18:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2015-03-06T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T18:49:53","slug":"review-excerpt-and-giveaway-of-sarge-at-the-smutsonian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/review-excerpt-and-giveaway-of-sarge-at-the-smutsonian\/","title":{"rendered":"Review, Excerpt, and Giveaway of Sarge at The Smutsonian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shurrn says: \"Sure, the alien planet might be unbearably hot, but the setting barely holds a candle to the heat being generated between our main characters\u2026<\/p>\n<p>You will not believe the amount of brilliance crammed into this little book \u2013 This short story combines so many amazing elements it will make your head spin \u2013 the fact that the author managed to write such a complex tale in a short amount of space while allowing for seamless continuity and perfect pacing is nothing short of astounding.\"<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sarge - The Smutsonian\" href=\"http:\/\/smutsonian.com\/2015\/03\/02\/bey-deckard-sarge-review-excerpt-interview-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more of this review as well as an excerpt, an interview with me, and a chance to win one of two e-copies of Sarge.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shurrn says: &#8220;Sure, the alien planet might be unbearably hot, but the setting barely holds a candle to the heat being generated between our main characters\u2026 You will not believe the amount of brilliance crammed into this little book \u2013 This short story combines so many amazing elements it will make your head spin \u2013 the fact that the author managed to write such a complex tale in a short amount of space while allowing for seamless continuity and perfect pacing is nothing short of astounding.&#8221; Read more of this review as well as an excerpt, an interview with me, &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Review, Excerpt, and Giveaway of Sarge at The Smutsonian\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/review-excerpt-and-giveaway-of-sarge-at-the-smutsonian\/#more-990\" aria-label=\"Read more about Review, Excerpt, and Giveaway of Sarge at The Smutsonian\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705,"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":[179,21],"tags":[79,109,36,263,60,180,143,262,261],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sarge","category-writing-2","tag-4-5stars","tag-giveaway","tag-interview","tag-rafflecopter","tag-review","tag-sarge-2","tag-sci-fi","tag-shurrn","tag-the-smutsonian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/murphy-sargepromo.jpg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-fY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":738,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/fangirl-moments-and-my-two-cents-give-sarge-4-5-stars\/","url_meta":{"origin":990,"position":0},"title":"Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents give Sarge 4.5 Stars!","author":"Bey","date":"October 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Toni says: \"This author's writing is so fresh. I read a lot and sometimes stories feel somewhat recycled, definitely not the case with anything Bey writes. Sarge is a sci-fi, futuristic, war, BDSM combo. 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This is a fabulous blend of adventure, romance, suspense, action, and erotica \u2013 it bends genres and keeps the reader on their toes. 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