Cinderella, a childrenās book edition (shortest book and Purple)
Gifted Thief, from Helen Harper (purple and new author to me)
Calling, from Mio Otsuki (new author to me and pink)
Miwaku Shikake Amai Wana, from Yonezou Nekota (new author to me and pink)
Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance vol. 1, from Reki Kawahara and Hazuki Tsubasa (new author to me, green and yellow)
I didnāt get to my Wonder Woman comic book or to finish Emma again, but I managed to read a rainbow š ā¤ To see the available reviews, click on the titleās links.
Iām still learning, but overall, I think I did a way better job than last time, haha!
Thatās it, thanks for reading! Do you like readathons?
Hello, there! Welcome to a book review, for a change ;D
Our star today is a book I have received from author Gerri Bowen, called Escape to Gettisā¦ And Love, the first in the Love in Gettis series, in exchange for an honest review š Thank you again for the kindness, Gerri! Oh, and I also would like to thank Booktips for introducing me to Gerriās work ā¤
Maggie is a 21th century woman that thinks she canāt ask for more: she has a good daughter, a sweet granddaughter, a wonderful family, nice friends, a job that she loves doing and money enough to not raise worries. The perfect life.
Or so she felt until laying eyes on the strange Viking man that came through the time travelling portal on her backyard.
Joren is a true Viking man that came through the portal near his village into a strange place called Gettysburg, seeking for lost children. He couldnāt be more surprised to find all of them already grown up. Specially the child of his Kingā¦ Maggie.
Now Joren must adjust himself to life in 21th century in order to win the heart of the woman that fascinated him. Mean while, Maggie needs to decide whether she can finally be happy with Joren after so many poor choices regarding men on her life.
All the while helping an entire Viking village to flee from the wrath of a psychotic man of their time. Good thing that they have magical guardians to help.
The Analysis
Just remembering that those were my impressions and opinion as a reader š
I wasnāt prepared to like this book so much! It was my first time-travelling romance and the level of identification that I felt with the characters was awesome! Honestly, my heart warmed every time I picked this up for reading. Some quotes just made my day, keeping me cracking up for several minutes in a roll. There were some minor editing problems and the book pace was weirdly slow/fast, so it was a four stars book š
The narrative style was third person with alternating points of view between Maggie, Joren, and their ādogsā, Koozie and Dromo (they have dog forms, but are magical beings). I liked the switching points of view, this is my favorite style. Point for Bowen ā¤ I had a small problem with the pace. I mean, you expect a book to have a small pace if it involved time-travelling people trying to adapt, but I felt that the story dragged in several points and was too fast in others, especially on the acceptance of new habits area. A star was half lost here.
The plot seemed simple, but developed in such a way that you could never predict what would happen and I would have never guessed who the 21th century villain was. AWESOME. As this book opens a series, itās waste of time to talk about loose ends. What I can do is say how much I long to see whatās going to happen next! ā¤ But seriously, I loved this plot. It got me since page one!
The characters were one of the strongest points in this book. For starters, I got myself a new bookish boyfriend, Joren. He is awesome ā¤ A wonderful man in every way possible without losing his Viking touch, haha! And, more important: he was so real. I donāt know how Bowen did this, but all her characters could live in my building with me and be my neighbors. The social drama was palpable and real, I was amazed.
Other new thing is that I loved Maggie! I usually have problems with main female characters, but I loved Maggie. She was the perfect main character, even on her flaws, haha!
Other thing that got me a little on this book is the amount of main characters that are important for the story. It got me very confused in the beginning and Iām especially bad with names in general, so I was lost sometimes.
Bonus point: Bowenās humor and dialogical constructions. Just read this piece of dialogue between Maggie and her brother Colin, extracted from the book:
āHe [Joren] thought I was in your cell phone?ā
“As near as I can figure, yeah. He was ready to skewer me unless I let you [Maggie] out.ā
“Thatās sweet. Funny, but sweet.ā
I cracked so hard. Bowen knows her business, guys. Now, feel Jorenās intensity on this dialogue with Maggie:
“What would you [Joren] like to talk about?”
“You.”
His answer stopped her in her tracks.
“What about me?”
“All about you.”
Seriously, I canāt even with this man!! *swoons*
Ahem, Iām alive.
Overall, I always looked forward to picking up this book again whenever I had to stop reading and was biting my nails to know what was going to happen next until the last page. Like this:
If you like time-travelling, romance, beautiful Viking males and women that know exactly what they want, just drop my blog and go read this book ā¤
Thatās it! Thanks for reading and thanks once again to both Gerri Bowen and Booktips team! I loved this book ā¤
Hello, good morning! We have reached yet another Sunday in December and itās TBR of the Week day! š Iām still trying to knock out my TBR pile with readathon that Iām participating, but Iāve only read a full book in two daysā¦ Oh God. Anyway, todayās TBR of the Week is a book I received from the author herself, called Escape to Gettisā¦ And Love! Thank you again, Gerri Bowen! Canāt wait to read it š
The Book Adventures of Annelise Lestrange 