Time Stamps by K L Kreig
Dear K L Kreig
It is a hazy summer morning here on the North-East coast of England, I am due to meet friends for brunch in two hours but I am finding hard to get ready. You see, I finished Time Stamps five minutes ago, and I feel like my world has stalled.
Death doesn’t come easy, whether it is out of the blue, over in seconds or a long, drawn out, weary process that takes years. The pain is insurmountable, the grief unbearable and the mourning eternal. I admit I am an emotional reader, I feel what the characters feel, the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. I started reading Time Stamps three weeks ago, and from the first chapter I knew I was lost, tears streaming, but not quite ugly crying.
I have read everything you have published and knew that s*#t was going to get real. Laurel and Roth they sucked me in, not the facts of their circumstances, death happens, none of us can escape it, but it was the way in which they lived that got me. The memories shared, both the good and the bad, from swing dancing to losing their baby you let their humanity shine through your words.
Thirty minutes ago I was rocked with grieve for Laurel, a fictitious character, who I will never meet but will hold close, the ugly crying was real, the tears, the snot (my sinuses thank you by the way), the pressure in my jaw felt like my teeth were going to pop out. I know Roth thinks that most people were hoping for a miracle, but I am not born of Hallmark, I saw the writing on the wall. It’s why it took me three weeks to read, I was holding off the inevitable, and when I got there it was not pretty, death never is. But it wasn’t Laurel’s passing that will stay with me, it was her life, the thoughts it provoked in me, wishing time away to the next day off work, the memories that were long forgotten, sparking inspiration. I thank you for that and so much more.
The part of the story that surprised me the most was the mysterious ways, I hadn’t expected that but found myself in tears again at Laurel’s utter selflessness and love for Roth and Esther, her final gift made everything worth it.
Thank you, my friend, for sharing their story, for leaving me reeling and possibly late to meet friends, Time Stamps was worth the time it took to write and publish and the time (I know you have been waiting patiently for readers to finish) it took for me to finish it without leaving me a quivering shell of the person I was when I started it.
If anybody reads one book this year I cannot recommend Time Stamps strongly enough, it’s 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 from me, though be warned, even the hardest of hearts might need a tissue, or five.
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/time-stamps/id1571423119
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/time-stamps-kl-kreig/1139656776?ean=2940165289361
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/time-stamps
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