Write For Me by Michelle Holt #Debut #review @authorMHolt

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This book was great! I really loved how funny it was. There are so many quotes I made while reading. For a debut this was really good. The lead character Bently Young is somewhat typical. The author gives her a special dialogue flair that makes you adore her. There is Josh who is seemingly perfect. When Josh has signs of a girlfirned I was annoyed. I liked these two characters together and the book was so funny I didnt want the dialogue to stop. It didnt! Josh and Bently have a wonderful story in here that has to be enjoyed.

The plot makes you think and just in case you were gonna get sad, don’t there is a lot of George Costanza, Lord of the Idiots here to enjoy. If you like CLEAN reads then YES it is for you. Going a little out there I will say if you have a YA reader this is just the type of book that MAY just get them to read. So much to admire about the Bently character and also so much to relate to.

Connecting with the story, locations and characters will make you do the happy dance. I think that there is a perfect balance of comedy, romance and seriousness here. Bently needs an entire series and this author really should be recognized for her amazing breakout talent. Her humor was something to be savored.

Ours is an epic love story and I just happened to write it down for you…

Michelle Holt is a West Coast author who likes to spend her time dreaming up fun love stories and testing out the best chocolate chip cookie recipes. She has been a writer for as long as she can remember. Beginning with her dramatic Barbie and Ken plot lines that were often requested by friends. She has refined her craft since then. She believes there is a hot smart guy just waiting to fall in love with every pretty funny girl. And that sarcasm makes the world go round.

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5Aug2015

Write For Me by Michelle Holt #Debut #romance #romcom @authorMHolt

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My name is Bently Young. I wouldn’t say I’m an angry person. In fact my life had been like a bubble gum infused sundae topped with happiness sprinkles up until the age of when I could date. And I started to date a lot. Guys were fun at first, a nice dinner, someone to tell me I was pretty and laugh at my sarcastic jokes. But then the little creeps started showing their true colors. And they were not my favorite colors. They were like barf green and overripe fungus tangerine. And it made me angry.

Swearing off dating all together was too drastic, but I sure wanted to not do it for a while. I had my family and friends to keep me occupied. I didn’t need a man to take me to cheesy restaurants. One could only eat so much free bread and butter. Life could keep zooming along without the necessity of someone with chest hair being around.

Oh but then I met Josh. If I could have just never known he existed, all would have been fine. Of course, I don’t mean that because if I never knew he was in the world, my own world would have been an awful place. He makes me want to dance under a happiness sprinkle hail storm. Pretty much he is gorgeous and has the insane ability to use his words to make my heart float out of my chest. That made things a lot better when everything else I knew in my life decided to implode. But we weren’t immune to the black hole of horribleness either.

Ours is an epic love story and I just happened to write it down for you…

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19Jun2013

Beside Your Heart by Mary Whitney @wordymary @OmnificPub @Literati_Lit #review

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Beside Your Heart
by Mary Whitney
“It’s an emotional story that will take the reader back to those feelings that made the late teen years such a powerful time.”

Late one night Nicki Johnson plays with emotional fire and Googles her high school love, only to find his name splashed across the British gossip columns. Back in his native England, Adam Kincaid is successful and dating a woman from an aristocratic family like his own. With a career in politics, Nicki’s no slouch, but she knows Adam is living a world away from her life.

Yet there was a time he was no farther than the next locker. Nicki will never forget their year together in high school—the year of her sister’s death, the year her mother checked out. Adam helped Nicki through suffocating grief, and she led him through a coming of age. Was it just high school, or was it something more?

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I really enjoyed this book. The overall angst is what draws me in all the time. Nicki and Adam had a great connection. Nicki had a lot of things to deal with and it was equally as mental and physical. Suffering such heartbreak Nicki was at the lowest point. Sometime you think about someone like Nicki being so young and having to have to deal with very adult issues. I don’t know how I would do in the situation.

What got me ready to scream was Adam and his future. How can he have a girlfriend and worry about staying here in the states? That was another persistent part of my angst. I hope other readers will see that point too. I was thinking why bother, then the other hand saying, yes figure it out later. So there was a grappling between staying and what was going to happen for me.

Aside from Nicki and Adam, the story had really good structure and sub characters. I know the age thing is difficult, but, as an older woman it did remind me of some long ago issues. What I know for sure is the YA and NA audience will grab this one up. What I HOPE for is for the romance and contemporary fans to take a dive into the genre too.

Mary Whitney’s Author Bio

Even before she graduated from law school, Mary knew she wasn’t cut out to be a real lawyer. Drawn to politics, she’s spent her career as an organizer, lobbyist, and nonprofit executive. Nothing piques her interest more than a good political scandal or romance, and when she stumbled upon writing, she put the two together. A born Midwesterner, naturalized Texan, and transient resident of Washington, D.C., Mary now lives in Northern California with her two daughters and real lawyer husband.

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19Jun2013

Beside Your Heart by Mary Whitney @wordymary @OmnificPub @Literati_Lit

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Beside Your Heart
by Mary Whitney
“It’s an emotional story that will take the reader back to those feelings that made the late teen years such a powerful time.”

Mary Whitney’s Author Bio

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