Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Chick Lit
Approximate word count: 80-85,000 words
Availability
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Author:
Dog lover Marika Christian lives in New Orleans. This is her first novel. For more, visit Christian’s blog.
Description:
Wannabe newspaper reporter Emily is shy and slightly overweight. When she gets fired from her foot-in-the-door job at the paper, she takes a position that seems totally unsuited to her personality, as a phone sex worker, and discovers she has a hidden talent. All goes well until a client is murdered and Emily decides solving the crime is her ticket to a reporting job.
Appraisal:
In spite of a problem with typos and proofing errors, primarily missing “little” words (of, a, and such) enough to cause me to trip over sentences as I was reading, this is a fun story. The main character, Emily, is fun, humorous, and much more likeable (to both the reader and other characters) than she would think, given her self-esteem issues. Emily’s friends, especially the gay couple who run one of her favorite restaurants and her love interest, are all entertaining characters who add a lot to the story. The combination of mystery and chick lit should appeal to fans of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum.
FYI:
Limited adult language and situations. (Much less and more mild that you might expect based on Emily’s job.)
Format/Typo Issues:
A large number of typos and other proofing errors.
Rating: *** Three stars
9 comments:
Marika here, thank you for the kind review ... I want you to know that the book has been reproofed and corrected.
I really fell in love with my gal Emily, so I am always so happy when someone else likes her too!
Hey, Big Al--thanks so much for your nice review! I'm Marika Christian's publisher and had no idea we had errors when we sent you the book, which was many months ago--bless your heart for getting around to it! We had it re-edited and re-formatted as soon as we found out. Sending you the revised version now--again many thanks.
Fun premise. Looks like a good read. My Kindle (my first!) shipped today, so i think I will check this one out... Thanks!
ps--me again. Since you're not accepting submissions right now, I couldn't find a way to send you the revised book. If you'd like to have it, can you let me know? You can write me at julieorleans@cox.net. Loved the review and thanks for mentioning how squeaky-clean the book is--not sure how Marika accomplished that feat!
Julie and Marika,
No reason to send me a new copy, but thanks for offering.
Yes, on the "squeaky clean" part. I was impressed that Marika was able to keep it so clean, given the premise, and yet still take advantage of all the potential humor and conflict. It is a fun book.
Thanks, Big Al--I was impressed too!
I love Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, so I'll be checking this out. Glad to hear the book has been cleansed of typos--since I've started writing, I can't stop my inner editor, which would have spoiled the book for me.
Yes, Joan, that inner editor keeps tripping both of us up. Last week my granddaughter asked to read a section of a book to me out loud from her Kindle. (It's a popular, legacy published series.) I glanced over her shoulder and immediately spotted a too, to, two error. :(
I will now attempt to write an impossible English sentence: "There are three tuz in the English language. ;-)
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