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review 2018-06-20 03:18
Fatima Farheen Mirza's A PLACE FOR US

The first title from Sarah Jessica Parker's imprint for Hogarth

 

I am normally wary of hyped debut novels, but with comparisons made to Anthony Marra’s outstanding A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, I was eager to read Fatima Farheen Mirza’s A Place for Us.

 

Unlike many reviewers, I was not immediately absorbed by Mirza’s family narrative.  The prose itself was strikingly assured for a debut novelist but I struggled to truly engage with the characters, my personal feelings about the entrenched cultural-religious gender bias impacting their lives getting in the way.

 

Many of the characters’ behaviours/actions are frustrating to an outside observer also. But to Mirza’s credit, her attention to detail and absence of sentimentality in the presentation of the different character viewpoints soon had me seeing past those differences. It is with the nuances of behaviour explored, the family dynamics, and the gravity and impact of what is often left unsaid that I engaged. Continue reading >>

Source: bookloverbookreviews.com/2018/06/a-place-for-us-by-fatima-farheen-mirza-book-review.html
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review 2017-11-30 04:22
Wicked Torture
Wicked Torture - J. Kenner

Title:  Wicked Torture

Author:  J. Kenner

Publisher:  Martini & Olive

Series:  Wicked Nights S tark World Book 3

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Rating: Four

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"Wicked Torture" by J. Kenner


My Thoughts.....

 

If you love reads of intensed second chance love that will have a lots of emotional twists, memories, heartbreaks to redemption and love then this is definitely the read for you.This is definitely one of those loves that should have never been walk away from in the first place however, I could see that Noah was doing what he felt was right.   

 

We find that the two main characters Kiki and Noah have been on a roller coaster 'to hell and back' will they be able to get finally  their HEA? For reason why these two had separated due to what Noah had done to Darla. Now as his life changes due to his wife and daughter death and it seems like he still had feeling for Kiki after seeing her again. Will Kiki be there for him as he seems to have come back into her life after ten years?  What about her 'huge music career?  Well, the story gets more interesting as you keep turning the pages where we see that these lives would have to be rekindled. We find Kiki now that she is divorced from her husband and Noah is widowed.  

 

The author presents quite a story as we see how these two being drawn together once again. I will say I did like how time that was taken to heal before they tried to start once again. There was definitely the hot chemistry between these two but will Noah be able to 'give his heart a second chance at love?'  This will definitely be a 'unique twist on a second chance love.' Will these two get this HEA and find their way back to each other?  To find out the answers to these questions and so much more you will have to pick up "Wicked Torture" to see how this story all comes out especially that epilogue.  

 

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review 2017-06-14 20:09
Secrets in Summer
Secrets in Summer: A Novel - Nancy Thayer

Title:  Secrets in Summer

Author:  Nancy Thayer

Publisher:  Ballantine Books

Reviewed By:  Arlena Dean

Rating: Four

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"Secrets in Summer" by Nancy Thayer 

 

My Thoughts...

 

"Secrets in Summer" really gives you quite a read where the reader will be pulled into many different directions.  We find Darcy Cotterill a librarian is in her Nantucket home where she has inherited it from her grandmother. Oh, let me just say she is dating Nash being newly divorced. But what all was up with that?   Now it is the beginning of Memorial Day and people are showing up. But to Darcy's surprise her neighbor behind her is none other that her ex [Boyz] and his new wife [Autumn] and stepdaughter[Willow]. Some other neighbors.were one with three boys and a elderly woman who was staying with her grandson [Clive] who happens to be thirty. We now get the start of the story as the it will go into their life's.  Now, this is where this story will get most interesting as the story isn't only about the neighbors but of 'adultery, drugs, senior citizen issues, secrets and then it seems like this ex doesn't know what the word no really means.' Really what in the world was that about?  Didn't Boyz leave his wife [Darcy] for this new one?  I am only left to say that Darcy really had her hands full because it seems like she was just too involved with everyone life which did get a little over the top to me. You will definitely have to pick up this good read to see how it will all come out for Darcy.   I will say this is a good summer entertaining read that will keep your attention to see what will happen next in this story.  In the end will Darcy be able to get out of her past and finally find a permanency in her life that she will enjoy?  It will be a interesting to read and see how this story does unfold.

 

I received this from NetGalley to read and review. 

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review 2017-03-23 19:33
Star’s End: An Inner Space Opera
Star's End - Cassandra Rose Clarke

Man, I really like Clarke's stuff. Not real flashy, but emotionally detailed.

 

My latest at B&N SciFi & Fantasy

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review 2017-02-14 19:36
What Lies Beneath 2
What Lies Beneath 2 - Faith Weathers

Title: What Lies Beneath 2
Author: Faith Weathers
Publisher: PenBullies
Series: Book 2
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Five
Review:

"What Lies Beneath 2" by Faith Weathers

My View.....

What a read! This story will definitely have you emotionally all over the place with every page having something that will simply blow you mind. I found all of the characters [Georgia, Carson, Savannah, Delta] to name a few giving the reader a little bit of it all from 'drama, concern, approval, confused, support to even some growth' in this Parrish family. What a family that may 'go hard' but in the end will be their for each other. The reader will be kept in the state of what dark secrets will be dropping next. But will this family survive with this latest acknowledgement from that Ms. Monica? To find out you will have to get this author's next novel to see what all will be happening next ....as this drama continues in this Parrish family!

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