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The Surprising Life and Death of Diggory Franklin
A serialized novel, updating thrice weekly.
Diggory Franklin met a beautiful woman today. Twice.
The first time, she warned him of impending doom and then bestowed the most passionate kiss of his life. The second time, she had no memory of the first.
And that’s really just the start of his problems . . .
The Surprising Life and Death of Diggory Franklin
I met a beautiful woman today. Twice. I'm still trying to figure that out. Before it kills me.
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A tease
Caveat: Story in progress, updating regularly, review may be subject to radical change based on future installments.
Diggory Franklin’s first chapter drew me in, immediately piqued my interest, and left me chomping at the bit for more. I was willing to be dirty and underhanded to get more of it. 
What follows is an offtimes amusing, tantalizing story which raises all sorts of questions.
As of July 16th, the story stands at 23 chapters, and unfortunately, I don’t really feel as if the story has gone anywhere since Chapter 1. A lot of time is spent on what feels like buildup, and while most chapters are fun to read, taken as a whole I must admit I was hoping to get more answers, or at least more of an indication what the mysterious aspects of the story are about. Or, at least, for more strange and exciting things to happen. I’m not very interested in any of the stuff focusing on Diggory’s business life, which is coming into play more and more.
However, just when I start to snooze, the mysterious Ms Calla Wiley reappears to shake things up, and I start chomping at the bit, wondering, "What?!?! What’s going on?"
In short, a little less dancing around the story’s hook and a little more crazy chick, please!
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Who doesn’t want a crazy chick?
Warning: This story is a serialized novel currently being regularly updated. Review is subject to change based on future content.
I was instantly hooked by the first chapter. It promised yummy happenings — with just enough hint of Science Fiction to tickle my slightly nerdish tendencies.
Some of those promises have been made good. Some of them haven’t.
Calla and Matt intrigue me, and I often wish that they were in the story more.
Diggory, himself, can be amusing and fun to read — but there are times when he becomes too much of a lawyer and not enough of a character.
The writing, for the most part, is clever, the characters enjoyable, and I smile often enough to remain interested, even if the plot stalls every once in a while.
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Great Scott! This is heavy!
Gavin once again provides an excellent romp filled with well-fleshed out characters and excellent cliff-hangers that keep a reader coming back for more.
The beginning reaches out and grabs you and never really lets go. Gavin has an excellent writing style that is just as capable of portraying an action-packed fight as a romantic date.
Do yourself a favor and check out this story today. Seriously. What are you still doing here reading this review? Go!
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