Summary ~ What would you do if your husband suddenly wanted to rewrite the rules of your relationship?
Dear Sarah,
Brilliant! Your new novel, Skipping A Beat, is BRILLIANT! I loved it from beginning to end and not just because I know you and have always rooted for you. Because your storytelling and writing has grown and your skill in weaving characters, plot(s), scene, and magically wonderful detail is incredible.
I am sorry I was unable to come up to Maryland for your first book signing on release day last week but it didn’t stop me from downloading Skipping A Beat onto my Kindle that morning and diving in feet first. Julia and Michael are wonderful characters with so many faults and great aspects to their make up. The history you created for them as individuals and a couple made them so real! You were clever but not corny and the images created by your words leapt off the page and into my mind’s eye effortlessly. Isabelle, Julia’s best friend, was rich in detail as well and her story did not fall to the wayside when the drama between Michael and Julia began to build. I love that! Julia needed Isabelle as much as she needed Julia and the affection you created between the two women is a reflection of my best girlfriend relationships which added a believability to even the smallest gesture between the characters.
Of course I must mention my pleasure in the fact that the book is mainly set in yours and my hometown area of DC/MD/VA. I continue to enjoy reading books set in an area that I feel I know well and yet learn something new about it through the author’s eye. Julia finds peace and escape in a place called Great Falls. I did the same in my late teens and early twenties between classes and theatre rehearsals at Montgomery College. I could picture the large rock that Julia’s friend Noah could be found sitting on while playing fetch with his best friend and canine companion Bear. The city became a character in Skipping A Beat that added to the story beautifully.
Sarah, I am so excited for you and the accolades you have already and will continue to receive! You’re writing has flourished and I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us next year (not to rush things).
Always a friend and fan,
Karen
{Rating ~ 5 out of 5}
Planet Books 