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My blog will consist mostly of book reviews and maybe some other book related stuff! My passion right now is romance, YA, NA, suspense, but who knows what will pop up! Reviews will include the great ones that I fell in love with, the bad ones that I couldn’t finish & the ones I “had” to finish because I was told to “give it a chance”!! These are my opinions & only mine & I will be honest no matter what! I do not mean to offend anyone & certainly feel free to comment or give me feedback, but this is my point of view and who knows, you might even find a good read!

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

THE STORY GUY by Mary Ann Rivers

 The Story Guy

3.5 STARS

All I can say is what an odd story, but in a good way.  Not at all what I was expecting.  I would describe this as a cross between a soap opera and erotic romance all wrapped up in one little novella...LOL!

I was hesitant to read this book but something intrigued me.  I mean really...a guy puts an ad in the paper for someone to kiss in the park, only on Wednesdays, no strings attached.  Come on!  But something told me there was more to this story and boy was I right!!

The beginning was very slow for me.  For a novella I seemed to get way too much detail that I didn't need.  I would have rather had more focus on the characters and their interactions than what was going on around them.  I can't explain what it was about the writing, but I just wasn't hooked in the beginning and found I was forcing myself to continue at some point...

BUT THEN...

When the details about his sister started coming out, OMG...those scenes I was in tears!!  And the steamy, sexy, kissing scenes and love scene!!  WOW!!  That was some great writing!  So you see I am torn on this one...between glimpses of beautiful writing that had me in tears and then sometimes wanting to skip paragraphs.  I am settling on 3.5 stars because when the writing was good, it was GOOD!!  It evoked personal emotions for me that I was not expecting.  I would definitely like to see more from this author.
*provided by NetGalley for an honest review*

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