I decided to do some research on the author of the book, Steven James before I continued to read any further into the book so that maybe I'll grasp a sense of his writing.
Steven James is an award winning author who's written dozens of books throughout his career as well as the well known Patrick Bowers and Jevin Banks series. He has also won several awards such as three Christy Awards, two Publishers Weekly Awards along with being the finalist for the International Thriller Award. Majority of the book that James writes are thrillers, stories which have you sitting up at the very edge of your seat, chewing your nails while anticipating what will happen next. As well as being an author James has also acquired a degree in Storytelling from East Tennessee State University. Not only does he just write all his books based of the genres of suspense and thrillers, but he also prides himself in writing inspirational nonfiction novels.
I'm really excited to read the book Blur, because from what I've read of it so far I can tell its going to be another one of his hit thriller novels. His use of imagery throughout his writing really brings the story to life for example on page 18 when he describes what Daniel sees at Emily's funeral, "Emily was still lying there but had tilted her head and was staring at him, her eyes ghostly white, drained of color. She opened her mouth slightly and a trickle of stale water oozed out... Right before his eyes, weeds from the soft-bottomed lake appeared in her hair. Her clothes became soaked. The color of her skin changed from imitation-Caucasin-white to the bluish gray shade of death" After reading this descriptive paragraph of how Daniel claimed to see Emily's dead body at her funeral, it tends to creep the reader out. The astonishing change of her dead, harmless looking, lifeless body transforms in front of his very eyes into a breathing demon whom he thinks is trying to tell him something about her death. That the girl, Emily who no one seemed to have noticed when see was alive had not been killed by accident. The incorporation of such vivid imagery and frequent use of figurative language in the book allows it to become more interesting and enjoyable to read overall.
