Title: 23:27
Author: H. L.
Roberts
Genre: Young
Adult
Publisher: Cadava
Publishing
Blurb
Fame.
Money.
Glory.
These were all the things that you would expect from being famous. The bait
that the producers of the industry would tempt you with to get you on their
side.
What they don't tell you though are all the inner tragedies that come along
just as quickly. They don't tell you about the heartache that occurs when you
realize that this wasn't what you wanted at all.
They don't tell you about the pressure that's always on the verge of crushing
you when you're forced to do everything that the public demands for and not
what you truly desire.
They don't tell you about the self hatred that would soon take over your entire
being at the thought that you will never be good enough.
No - they don't tell you these things at all.
But, Lilith Rose will.
When Lilith Rose, lead singer to one of the most famous rock bands around gets
tired of all the lies and secrets that comes with being famous.
She decides that it's time for all of it to stop and ends up revealing
everything on a Facebook live stream.
The result...
"Part of me wants to die tonight, part of me wants it to be an accident,
and part of me wants someone to notice and save me." - Lilith Rose.
Excerpt
TIME.
In the beginning, that was all there was. Seconds, minutes,
hours pressed together, forming a mask of illusion that could never be dropped.
A wall of steel grew around their hearts, one that couldn’t be broken. The
United Misfits image could never be distorted.
It was wrong. It wasn't right. No matter what her heart told
her, it was wrong. Every flutter that skated through her stomach. His every
skipped heartbeat, meant nothing. She was nothing. He was nothing. They were
nothing.
It had been said many times, by many different people, the
most broken person in the world could hide behind a perfected smile and a fake
laugh. This could carry out a person's persona, something that never even
existed to begin with. That would never exist. Laughter and smiles filled with
fake truths and real lies could hide what that person wanted to show, or to
tell, the truth.
In the end, she wanted to break free, but chains restrained
her, blocking each move before she could make a single one, turning her into a
prisoner, a captive in her own life.
Those chains squeezed tighter and tighter, never loosening
their grip. They choked her from the inside, wrapping her tighter with every
deceitful accusation and fake persona they
put in her life. Deadly thoughts clouded her vision and stomped through her
mind. Both of their minds.
Their hearts were noosed, yanked in every which direction.
Like a snake. Until it all stopped. Until they both stopped fighting.
And when the fight dissipated, she could no
longer turn away from the deceitful ways they had so graciously bestowed on
her.
About The Author
H.L. Roberts is a writer from a small Kentucky town. She comes from a big
family, and often finds herself sitting with them around the TV watching
movies, and just staying close, which is how she believes a family should be.
Reading is one of her passions, and so is advocating for mental illnesses, as
well as epilepsy. She wants to bring awareness to the invisible illnesses—the
ones people know so little about. Using her other passion—writing—she does that
and more.
She is working toward her degree in Marketing and English Literature, and hopes
to finish that soon. When she does, she’ll have even more time to fall into a
good book, whether she’s writing it, or reading it.
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