A Love Letter to Whiskey by Kandi Steiner: I love a good love story, even better if it’s a young adult novel. A love letter to Whiskey sounded very promising and came recommended several times in my many FB groups. Still, as much as I enjoyed it, it was not a book which kept me up at night. Rather, I fell asleep with it. Still, I read it in one go. Maybe because I was on vacation. B. and Jamie aka Whiskey have a tumultuous non-relationship and it ends quite predictably. But I think I might give whiskey a go. It sounds like the kind of drink I would enjoy.
Adé: A Love Story by Rebecca Walker: A young American woman takes a year long trip to Africa and ends up in Kenya. On the small sandy island of Lamu in the Indian Ocean she meets Adé, a Muslim fisherman and wood carver. They fall in love and she accepts a new Muslim name, Farida. It’s her acceptance of his religion and his culture, which makes this book very poetic. She, an Ivy League absolvent and he, a simple man with deep religious feelings. In the end she falls ill and needs to be rescued off the island. The way this love story develops is beautiful until it comes to its foreseeable end. Some of her choices are difficult to understand. But it’s a quick and interesting read.
The Way I Am Now by Amber Smith: This is actually a sequel to a book, which really touched me. Book two did that as well, but I might have missed some references to the first one. It has been a while. Eden and Josh find a way to be together, but both their traumas have a way of catching up with them. Even when they are happy, a little something could spark a bad moment. And there’s still the trial to go through and facing her rapist. It’s quite unbelievable how many women go through similar experiences and what they have to deal with. The question of believing them. How many accusers are necessary before we trust their statements? Thought provoking!
The Wall of Winnepeg and me by Mariana Zapata: The author is called ‘The Queen of slow-burn romance’ books for a reason. There is nothing happening in this book until the last 30 pages. Nonetheless, it has a certain allure when there is no rush. I just wish that she would have taken the time to let us know the fate of Vanessa’s best friends. They disappear towards the end and only one gets mentioned in passing. I enjoyed the main characters, and there was really enough time to get to know them. But I kind of missed the appeal of Aiden, the vegetarian hulk. He didn’t talk much, was interested only in his training and his sport, and basically grunted more than he spoke. Still, an entertaining book!
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