If you haven't downloaded Chasing Pavements yet, or have but have yet to begin reading, hopefully this second review will convince you to delve in, if last week's review didn't. First up, the blurb and cover:
Author: Neha Yazmin
Reviewer: Smashwords customer
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Would you recognise true love if you saw it?
Singer and songwriter Jamie York is suffering from writer's block. When he meets Mukti, suddenly his creativity knows no bounds and he feels torn. He has to keep seeing her, but what will she make of his tortured soul?
Little does he know that Mukti has her own secrets and is just as troubled as he is. Her name translates as freedom in her native tongue Bengali, but she is anything but free.
Recent graduate Mukti Khan has started a new job in the City and is determined to work hard and keep others at bay. All that changes after a chance encounter with the mysterious Jamie. He fascinates her like no one ever has and she just has to get to know him better.
But is truly capable of letting him in?
As an unlikely friendship develops between the two, will Jamie and Mukti be able to help each other come to terms with their pasts and move forward together, or do some ghosts haunt us forever?
Set in contemporary London, Chasing Pavements is a unique love story between two unique characters that will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.
REVIEW:
Singer and songwriter Jamie York is suffering from writer's block. When he meets Mukti, suddenly his creativity knows no bounds and he feels torn. He has to keep seeing her, but what will she make of his tortured soul?
Little does he know that Mukti has her own secrets and is just as troubled as he is. Her name translates as freedom in her native tongue Bengali, but she is anything but free.
Recent graduate Mukti Khan has started a new job in the City and is determined to work hard and keep others at bay. All that changes after a chance encounter with the mysterious Jamie. He fascinates her like no one ever has and she just has to get to know him better.
But is truly capable of letting him in?
As an unlikely friendship develops between the two, will Jamie and Mukti be able to help each other come to terms with their pasts and move forward together, or do some ghosts haunt us forever?
Set in contemporary London, Chasing Pavements is a unique love story between two unique characters that will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.
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"This first novel by Neha Yazmin was also my first ebook, and
I'm glad as it made it easier to read wherever I was, since towards the middle
of the book until the end I found it unputdownable. Not to say I didn't enjoy
the start, especially the opening prologue.
The story is well told, and a relatively simple one of
troubled boy meets troubled girl and how they struggle to overcome their
respective pasts and dysfunctional families with the support of one another,
but also causing them obstacles to really commit to finding one another. Of
course it doesn't go so smoothly along the way and there are a few twists along
the way!
It is a story about love, friendship, family, music, life,
destiny and soul mates. Two people who need each other to become their true
self.
Neha has a way with descriptions that make the scenes really
vivid. I loved the London setting, that London itself becomes a key character
in the story. It would not have worked in any other setting!
The recurring themes also come full circle through the
course of the book, which I found unfolded beautifully.
I also couldn't finish the review without mentioning the
songs (the lead character is a singer!). I enjoyed them all, although in parts
I did think there were maybe a few too many - but that in itself was central to
the storyline, reflecting key insight into and reflection of the characters and
their state of mind. A great mechanism to add to the story telling.
Finally my hidden gem was the QandA with the author at the
end which was a nice surprise to allow us to share Neha's experience of writing
her first novel.
I look forward to reading some of Neha's other work
but hope I don't have to wait too long!"
Also, check out this lovely review from author I.C. Camilleri and check out her books here. Her characters are just as interesting and complex as the ones in the Soulmates Saga. Even though I read The Blake Soul a few years back, I can still remember the story and some scenes are still vivid in my memory! I can't explain how I feel about her liking my book :)
And the first two books in my teen urban fantasy/YA paranormal romance series, the Poison Blood series, can be downloaded for free via:
Amazon US
| Amazon UK
| iBooks US & UK | B&N Nook Store | Smashwords
Recommended for: Readers that love all things vampires,
slayers and witches!
Also, check out this lovely review from author I.C. Camilleri and check out her books here. Her characters are just as interesting and complex as the ones in the Soulmates Saga. Even though I read The Blake Soul a few years back, I can still remember the story and some scenes are still vivid in my memory! I can't explain how I feel about her liking my book :)
And the first two books in my teen urban fantasy/YA paranormal romance series, the Poison Blood series, can be downloaded for free via:
Amazon US
| Amazon UK| iBooks US & UK | B&N Nook Store | Smashwords
PB1 Book Details
Length: 29,000 words
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance / Teen Vampire Romance / Young Adult Paranormal
Fantasy / Teen & YA Urban Fantasy / Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy
Mood: Dark / Humorous / Coming
of age
Content: No violence / No explicit sex scenes / No erotica
Audience: Teen / Young Adult /
New Adult / Adult
