I have a confession: I don’t do relationships.
Funny, I know, since I recently wrote a book about them.
But the truth is I only do real-life relationships. The ones
in novels…? Not so much. They usually leave my stomach churning and my mind
asking… really? On what planet…?
Until last week.
Betsy let me read her book Addison Blakely: Confessions of a PK.
Girls. I was excited. But skeptical.
I knew Betsy was an amazing writer from her articles online,
but I’d never read her fiction. I've been disappointed so much in the fiction department lately, so was wondering… was this going to be a
rerun of boy-meets-girl, girl-falls-in-love, lame-lame-lame-drama-drama-drama-drama,
seals-it-with-a-kiss-in-romantic-sunset-scene?
My husband knows how much I hate the same old story packaged
with different looking characters. He watches as I roll my eyes while reading books I'm supposed to review.
He laughs when my fiction hopes are dashed as I reach the end of a book feeling – gasp – no emotion whatsoever.
In short... I'm a picky reader.
I tried with this book, girls. I really really tried. I
tried to be detached from Addison. I tried not
to care when her father started dating her teacher. I tried not to care when
she started flirting with the bad boy. I tried not to care when she started
doubting everything she’d ever believed in…
But in the end, folks, I CARED. I FELT.
Yikes.
Betsy pulled it off. She made Addison
so real to me. She made me think I was in her head, writhing at every turn of
emotion. Girls.
I have reviewed a LOT of YA books. Some of them I have had
to write the authors back and say, “Do you really want me to post a review?
Because if I do it’s gonna be honest.”
But this book… it was REAL. The characters drove the
story-line, in my opinion, and that’s something you just don’t come by every
day. It was like sitting across the table from REAL LIVE people. With all their quirks and idiosyncrasies.
So stop by your local Barnes & Noble, Christian BookStore, Amazon.com – whatever, and find Addison
on the shelves. She's lonely. Take her home with you. I promise you won’t regret it.
4 comments:
I want to!!!! Now just to convince my mom to actually TAKE me to a bookstore... :)
Thanks Bekah! What a fabulous review. That made my day :)
wow, I'd be scared to give you a book of mine to review!!
If I could win you over though, it'd be high praise.
Thanks for a great recommendation. I'm not a big fan of YA as a genre (probably because High School wasn't a good time for me!) but this sounds like a good book to read.
Thanks.
Natalia Gortova
www.nataliagortova.blogspot.com
Trinka - Good luck! I know you'll make it happen! :)
Betsy - Thanks for the opportunity to read your book! It was my privilege.
Natalie - I hear ya about high school - wasn't my best time either, LOL. I'm sure you are a fabulous writer, and I've really only had to ask the writers that a couple of times. I'm sure the problem's with me... I'm just a picky reader!
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