Before the Clock Strikes Thirty
Author: Aubrey Mace
Publisher: Covenant Communications
Published: April 2014
ISBN: 978-1-62108-250-7
Paperback: 193 pages
FTC FYI: Received a paperback copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Goodreads Summary
With wedding festivities swirling around her, the bride's fortune-telling aunt transfixes young Shannon Fielding. The gypsy woman foresees love in the girl's future: before her thirtieth year, Shannon will meet the man of her dreams. The promise of romance is absolutely thrilling it's almost enough to compensate for the groom's annoying younger brother . . .
Shannon has remembered, and loathed, Nathan since their childhood meeting at the wedding reception that set her on a never-ending quest to find her Mr. Right. When Nathan steps back into Shannon's life, she is forced to reconcile her memory of the obnoxious boy he once was with the endearing man he's become. Nathan quickly becomes the best friend a girl could ask for but when their friendship threatens to develop into something more, can Shannon give up the idea of the mysterious soul mate she's sought for so long?
My Review
From the first page, I knew this was going to be a fun read. Aubrey's humor brightly shined through in writing these fun characters and enjoyable story. I laughed a lot, smiled a lot and at times, I wanted to smack Shannon. As fun of a character as she was, she was stubborn and clueless. But that turned out to be my favorite thing about her. Her inner voice and the back-and-forth way about her made for a great read. We first meet Shannon in a closet with her best friend, Nathan, while they are hiding from an interesting situation at a wedding. The rest of the story is told in flashback, starting when Shannon was younger, and when she first meets Nathan, AKA: Jerkface. (I'm going to let you figure out why/how he is called that.) I loved how this story was told. Very clever and entertaining. Shannon, of course, stole the show for me. Darling character who is trying to figure out her life, while trying to figure out who she loves.
4 out of 5 stars. I know I sound like a broken record, but this is a very fun read that will leave you happy at the end. The characters are strong and Aubrey's writing is solid.
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Oh, man. How often do we want to smack characters in books? Or people we know in real life? lol
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fun read :)
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