I’ve read a wide variety of stuff already this year, and some of it has been slightly traumatic. Eg Life, Above All, read the book and watched the film for Movie Gazette. (That’s one of my new projects. I’m doing a couple of features on there, one being Film of the Book, and the other being Family Film Night 🙂 )
Anyway, after you’ve read something like that, you want something completely different. So a parcel from ChocLitUk with a bar of chocolate and a book in was a very positive sign. And I have to say I loved this book. It’s unashamed chick lit, but also has a strong story line and plot as well as well drawn characters – I’m sure the main man, Devlin would turn my head in much the same way he did Kat’s 😉
I enjoyed pretty much everything about it. I was surprised, halfway through, to discover that I was only halfway through, but the story doesn’t feel dragged out – there is plenty of material in there. I’ll avoid spoilers but there are some parts that you probably wouldn’t expect to find in your average chicklit – there’s a strong mystery storyline and some unexpected violence and gore. Not particularly graphic but more than you might expect in this genre.
The sex scenes are to be expected 😉 They are well written and really rather enjoyable. The romance isn’t trite, and the characters, particularly the females are strong – ChoclitUK I think specialises in thinking women’s books, rather than formulaic Mills and Boon style romance. It’s rather pleasant to read a book in this line where the women are independent and not desperate to find themselves a bloke.
This is Evonne Wareham’s debut novel, due to be released 8th March though you can pre-order from Amazon now, and on the strength of it, I’d definitely be happy to read more of her work. Especially if it comes with chocolate 😀
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