Didn't feel like Amelia
595219
Let me start by saying that I love, LOVE, The Fae Chronicles. Amelia created a wonderful world and amazing characters. Because of TFC, I was eagerly waiting for the release of Darkest Before Dawn.

This book started out great. My interest was piqued with the virus and government-CDC stuff and then it just went away. I guess all of that was used to set up the world they now live in, but it felt forgotten or left out. A lot of things were briefly introduced and then BAM no more.

I was really liking the main characters but about 30ish% into the book I felt like someone else started writing. The characters changed how they interacted.

The writing is awkward; words were being left out or used wrong. In the beginning she is comparing herself to Grayson and in the middle of the sentence she switches to Addy.

Emma describes Jaedon by stating, "In my darkest hour, he was my dawn." After reading, I am not 100% team Jaedon. I don't know if I like him enough for him to be her light in this dark world. The dialogue between Jaedon and Emma was wishy-washy. No, I am not...Yes, I am. Etc etc they would say one thing and in the next paragraph they would contradict themselves.

The writing is uncomfortable and the commas seem to be everywhere. This book is awkwardly enticing. By this I mean that the writing didn't flow. I would reread sentences to make them sound better. BUT I couldn't put the book down. I wanted-nae-needed to know what would happen next.
(The nae was for ye, Lach)

Would I read this again? Yes
Would I buy the sequel? Heck yes!!
Would I recommend this? Sure it was good and I have high hopes for the follow up. I just hope Amelia gets her groove back and the awesome writing returns!
1880373
I bought these as I was having pain in my foot and got a recommendation for these from a friend. While they are well sized, I really didn't like the feel of them. They are very spongy and almost felt unbalanced walking in them. They certainly make your feet roll in a different way, which I'm sure you get used to if you stick with it. I have friends who swear by these for easing foot pain, but they were not for me and I gave them away to someone who enjoyed the feel. Colour is lovely :)
4616091
just a little clunky looking and feeling on me
4807061
Was surprised to find that I didn't enjoy these as much as the previous installments of the Undraland series. It was too dark and maudlin for my tastes and felt drawn out. Wasn't as laugh out loud funny either and didn't leave me feeling good about anything. I read it to the end with hopes that the story line would lighten up and become what I was hoping but it was hard to keep with the story especially until she was released from the dungeon.
3411976
I did enjoy this book but did feel that it was missing something, what that something is I cant tell you. Ill be honest I couldn't write a book to save my life so admire all those that can and do. I just felt that maybe it was emotion that was missing, just not sure. The start had me very intrigued and then in the middle things started to pan out but by the end I felt it was rushed. Darcy & Elizabeth did act out of what we would think to be their normal character although I think that might be what was grabbing me, it was unlike what I had already read. I really think you need to try this book for yourself, as I said, I did enjoy it and read it in only a few days.
740951
I'd recommend it. I really didn't become attached to the characters, but I still felt creeped out and bad for them.
104311
This is a nice bra but I had trouble with the bottom support riding up and not staying in place like needed to feel comfortable and supportive all day.  This could be different in smaller sizes, but I didn't feel it was a bra I could wear for many hours and would be better for a night time bra or something I wore when I wasn't looking for the added comfort and support of an all day bra.

I loved the color, and the material and I really wanted to love the bra, but the band flipping and riding up and down made it feel like it needed to be adjusted often and made me feel self conscious, even when it didn't need to be adjusted.  Perhaps those with a longer torso would also have better luck as I have a very short torso and things tend to fit differently at times.
1287823
I found it frustrating that the two main characters had feelings for each other but were unable to verbalize them.  There was also a lot of repetition of the north/south conflicting points of view.  I felt that Hunter went to great lengths to help Andrea and she didn't seem to appreciate all he did.  I realize she had had a rough life but she couldn't seem to let that go and see future possibilities.
1484990
I wish it was longer so i don't feel like everything had been rush for me. I felt as if the two character had not really connection.
1208903
I picked this book to read because I thought it was a fluffy girly book. It was okay. While I found I could relate to the protagonist, the book was soooo heavy. I mean no levity whatsoever. Clearly the author was not the 32 year old woman she was writing about, because the whole thing was so weirdly intense and didn't really feel like any kind of an "escape" for me. Felt like I was plodding through it. Overall it was well-written, but I didn't find myself caring what happened to the characters next when it was over, which is saying a lot for someone like me who LOVES sequels!
2879585
Simply not my cup of tea. Felt too much like reading a blog, with the chapters feeling very randomly placed. I enjoyed some of the chapters but others felt disjointed, repetitive, or irrelevant. Interesting life and I like the idea of the honesty of it all, it just doesn't work as a book for me.
2684370
Clearly I like Lynda Chance, although I always feel a little guilty for doing so.  I feel like I should be picking outside her house or something.  Instead I'm buying everything she's written, everything. This one, however was not my favorite.

SPOILER ALERT  The whole drug lord thing was a little out there. And I certainly do out there, but give me a little explanation, please. The baby skunk thing. No, just no. But what bothered me most was the period pain. I've had three children and I've never been incoherent with pain.  I don't get that. Bad cramps.  Ok, but this was just over the top. END SPOILER

However, with those exceptions, which I could deal with, I enjoyed the book, and will probably read it again. I like the insight Lynda has into the alpha male.  She does go really far sometimes, but other times, her males are more realistic, more like some of the men in my life, than many I've read, who were just too nice to be real.

So, in all, keep writing Lynda, just like this, and I'll keep buying.

Marita - see my stuff at
http://www.amazon.com/Marita-Baxter/e/B00L1CZOS4
3317720
Alot of people seemed to really love this book - so I bought it based on the reviews but I didn't find it particularly pleasant to read and the channeling was very repetitive, IMO.  Stephanie seems like a charming and interesting person and her own story intrigued me - but the life she had with her husband did not constitute a true love story from my perspective and it made me feel anxious and annoyed for her.  Even after he died - his visitations were bossy and self-centered and I was so disappointed that he was still that way - can't imagine how she must have felt!  I was certainly on the sides of the guides who said "let him go".  Maybe that was the point of her story but it was not at all what I was expecting and altho there were nuggets of wisdom - I didn't feel like I really gained anything from reading it.  I did however read to the end - hoping for something more.  This was not a love story to me.
3129399
My main problem with developing empathy for the heroine was the author's constantly referring to her as "Lady Newbury" instead of "Chloe".  It just seemed so formal, I couldn't get close to Chloe and feel like I knew her.  After awhile, I just started substituting "Chloe" in my brain every time I saw the words "Lady Newbury" and I thought it sounded so much better.  The story was interesting and not the same old plot, but the name thing really made it choppy for me.
469212
Sometimes you read books with shifters and feel like some things were a little weird but this was waaaay out there I felt like.
4274628
The problem with this one was I didn't feel personally involved. It was written more for her family and friends with memoirs.  I had never heard of ALS before and this was an eye opener. With me just coming out of a 8.5 hour surgery - 3 hour recovery for my cancer, (sarcoma) I wanted to feel more of the emotions that she was feeling. I didn't get that in this book. She was a brave woman and did certainly have a good attitude.
3211192
I think her writing was great in the other books; this one was a little disappointing. The other books had me captivated at the very beginning, on this one I had to keep reading for a while to try to feel connected to the characters. The characters weren't very real, as I do not see a good connection between the 2 main characters, the connection seemed unnatural and unreal.the story's time development was short and unrealistic
Other than that,it was nice to read the guest appearance of older characters.