Will Entrekin’s self titled book, Entrekin, is a book that has had some exposure already. Having read Mr. Entrekin’s book for myself now only validates why I started The Lulu Book Review in the first place. This is a POD book with lots of heart and character. It’s well polished. It is good writing. And it deserves to be read. I told Mr. Entrekin in an email that the cover sold me. If I had eventually come across this book on my own, based on the cover and the blurb on his Lulu page, I would have bought a copy. Great job at making this book your own, Will!

Entrekin begins with a short story called “For Cynthia” in which the author meets a girl in a bookstore and briefly begins seeing her. He falls pretty hard for her only to have her call it quits, but they can still be friends. There’s nothing new to this story you haven’t read before. But the author does a brilliant job of leaving the reader hanging, just as humans are sometimes left hanging when a relationship abruptly ends unexpectedly. He has captured that moment perfectly, gently exposing himself right on the page.

Next is an award winning poem called “This Ain’t Wonderland.” Yes, it’s about Alice and the White Rabbit. Each verse describes an all too familiar scene from Carroll’s beloved work, but then the author hits the reader with a line that compares it to real life.

I love the sense of discovery here and how the reader can definitely relate. Using Alice in Wonderland as the metaphor is genius because it’s a story we all know well.

“Dear Author” is a short story that begins with another dreamy relationship. The true heart of this piece begins at the bottom of page 17. The narrator begins to compare his love life to the anticipation of waiting for a literary agent to send an acceptance letter. Any writer can relate to this feeling. We all have strong relationships with our writing and our characters from time to time.

Mr. Entrekin also dabbles into historical fiction with two longer pieces about Edgar Allan Poe. They are Addicted to Praise and Raven Noir. Overall, both are brilliant and should be developed into novel length pieces. Raven Noir is available for free by itself on the author’s Lulu page.

What I Saw That Day (also available by itself at Lulu) is a short story about the author’s point of view on 9/11 while he was working in New York. Obviously, it’s a very personal story that all of us can relate to. While reading it, I paused to remember where I was that day. The author does not cloud his story with vivid pictures of chaos and terror. Instead, he distances himself and the reader from it on purpose because those are visions we already know too well.

Throughout my journey of Mr. Entrekin’s work, I often stopped and wanted to know more. This writer had pulled me in like a close friend telling me how his day went over a happy hour drink. I wanted to know why he chose to tell this story, or if that was how it really happened.

If you want to discover the kind of heart and soul that should be put into a POD book, then I highly recommend reading Entrekin today. As a writer or reader, you will not be disappointed.

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