22nd April 2017 - Gina Writes Words

When I worked at Three Worlds Press, I had the great honour to work with Jessica and edit this story. Very sadly, Three Worlds Press has since closed, but happily, Breathless is back! 🙂 And look at its pretty…

Gina's bookshelf: read

Divergent

by Veronica Roth

4 1/2 stars rounded to 5. Oh, my. A book FULL of PROMISE. I love clever and detailed world-building, and I found plenty to love here. Of course, comparisons will be made to The Hunger Games as we have a some-what unlikely female protago...

tagged: dystopian and ya

Here He Comes Again

by Melissa Shirley

I really love this book. It doesn't follow the usual path for a second chance romance as the 'before' is shown through flashbacks, rather than just sniping or the sadness of the heroine in the present. Neither does the heroine pine for t...

tagged: womens-fiction, lyrical-press, and romance

The Secrets of Married Women

by Carol Mason

4 1/2 stars rounded to 5. This story follows the intertwined lives and loves of three female friends. It’s an almost painful look at marriage, complete with warts, flaws, humour and sadness. Halfway through, I realised I was reading a ...

Domestic Secrets

by Rosalind Noonan

3.5 stars rounded to 4 I am very conflicted about this book. Several times in the first portion, I considered putting it down. It moved slowly as it set the pace of life in the small town of Timbergrove, and I struggled to see the relev...

Insurgent

by Veronica Roth

Again, as with the first book in the Divergent trilogy, I loved the world building here, but the promise of romance/love between the two main characters progresses very little in that I don't fully understand or really see their attachme...

tagged: dystopian and ya

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