This isn’t the boogeyman. These are real people who exist.This is how Bracken wants it, as he explains. “You can send monsters from Hell, outer space, the bottom of the ocean, and the grave as much as you want, and it’ll never make me tremble as much as the things real people do to each other on a daily basis.”
Mountain Home takes place in Northern Idaho, a place Bracken used to camp. If you have ever been in a small, mountain city diner, you will feel yourself back there again as soon as you read the first chapter. But once this story starts, your head will swivel, you may duck for cover, and you’ll be transported inside the heads of some incredible characters. Bracken is able to switch from one character to another with amazing artistry, which is perhaps criteria #4 of my 5 star review criteria: Do I envy the writer’s skills? Hellz yeah, in this case. Go read Mountain Home. I promise you will devour this novel fast with wide eyeballs and your brain on fire.
As I write, run, and chase the dragon, I have learned a few things along the way. Much like the running community, the writing community is incredibly supportive.Reach out to writers who are higher up the artist food chain than yourself, and you will often get a hand reaching back down. It’s been incredible. Some of this I attribute to Goodreads, a place where writer and reader mix like some social-media commune. (please don’t screw this up Amazon)Over the coming weeks, I am going to feature a few of my peers and those who have helped me along the way.