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Apricus
Apricus: A Perplexing Story | Jordan Violina
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Nathan Marque struggles with anxiety after his collegiate best friend is murdered and his deranged mother reveals a curse stemming from an ancestral offense against the universe. In pursuit of the slain friend’s dream, Nathan enters an intern program for a space exploration company. Though his sick father denies the Marque misfortune, Nathan’s circumstances leads him to believe in its existence. After moving to San Diego for work, rumination and numbness taint good times, but a solution grows apparent when his mother notifies of his illegitimate daughter in his hometown. Controversy follows him as he tries to obtain custody of the daughter and break away from a drawn-out love triangle. An ancient book that Nathan acquires in Rome called Astronomica could unlock keys to the bad luck, but time is of essence. Substance abuse delivers divine insight but at the price of detachment. And the more mortality visits him, the further his conscious ventures into the cosmos, rendering him a misfit in the societal constructs that he once excelled in.
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Author Jordan Violina reached out to me on Instagram and asked me to read and review his book on NetGalley.

I was excited and curious. I'd never read an ARC before and was unfamiliar with NetGalley.

Let me just say, I'm glad it's over.

"Apricus" was a drug-fueled story that often read like a creative writing assignment.

I did see some potential - the gypsy curse, the main character's family, but not enough to make this a pick

sprainedbrain Oh boy… I read the description on GR, and that sounds painful. 😬 2y
jdiehr @sprainedbrain Painful is an appropriate word 2y
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