{"id":244,"date":"2026-10-16T18:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2026-10-16T19:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:00:24","slug":"my-review-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"My review of The Man and the Morgen by Alyssa Roat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A solid read!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I appreciated Alyssa\u2019s Author\u2019s Note giving a little insight into how she wrote the book as it relates to Welsh mythology. I like the fact she used real names I could search to find out more. I am a big fan of mythologies, so this was book was right up my alley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maidens in the water reminded me of Sirens of Greek mythology, singing a song to entrance unfortunate travelers to their doom. The most beautiful women are the last thing they see before their fate is sealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like the way this story went, providing a life lesson from a tragic event. It makes me want to dig into Welsh mythology for more. It\u2019s a short story and there is enough to get me interested in reading more from Alyssa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Man-Morgen-Novelette-Alyssa-Roat-ebook\/dp\/B0HG7WLVXT?crid=16IASX1WTN4BB&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gd2Q5yBfPcEs-Yfx3-MWGnFQiUPHiEndAJby2GX4YFaAYVcbmJOjL5a_PiAWT9hE64Fq2a5eZa75rtmpISTF0cwJa4Oj7GT4TG9tZZiDzoDviRb5co_5uVqI-CoPR906Uckd1U-yHSwznaiwndlv4UMIVQqAIh5IT9jUhvEyLVCyfVBXhvOLgyobGMqQpo7fNfagmdTPRquboJ--EJ3JfFXDp3fjnHIxir93G9CcY2P8283k5XX5aSfsgwTvXinrM5_qT2ug1v0sVeX4DguCl9uCRe8T6meKCIIh3HYToaA.iX3bgdkA49X2rUvtoFj_N0eKzTF3xtH0zaLrJU2svdI&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=novelette&amp;qid=1792172311&amp;sprefix=novelett%2Caps%2C158&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Man and the Morgen<\/a> is available on Amazon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A solid read! I appreciated Alyssa\u2019s Author\u2019s Note giving a little insight into how she wrote the book as it relates to Welsh mythology. I like the fact she used real names I could search to find out more. I am a big fan of mythologies, so this was book&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/?p=244\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My review of The Man and the Morgen by Alyssa Roat<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}