Woman Reading

This is an indie 'New Adult/Mature YA' book that I'm reading right now. It has sexual situations, and is more romance with romantic intrigue, but I'm really enjoying it so far, I'm at 45%. (I'll review fully later today when I'm finished.)

Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else wanted to give it a shot.

****Review****

I don't often read books that haven't been recommended to me by one of you GR friends, or that have reviews from people I rely on. Too often randomly selecting a book turns out to be a miss.

Not this book, this book was a hit!

Hale is on a mission to protect her charge, Teeny, from the sordid undergoing of the cabaret theater where she resides and sings. She has a 'plan', one that most women in this time period rely on, finding a rich husband. Her plans are waylaid when she meets Beau, the stagehand, who steals her heart. But before she has the chance to choose love, her choice is taken away from her when dastardly doings happen.

Hale, despite having a few moments that made me want to kosh her about the head, was a determined heroine. Nobody was going to talk her out of doing what she needed to keep Teeny safe. She would put herself between any villain and the 12 year old child, and that was beautiful. I could forgive her poor choices because it felt right for the time period and because she was a 17 year old girl. She was a believable heroine.

My one complaint would be that Beau and Hale fell in love just a little too fast. In one chapter he was a 'lowly no good stagehand', and in the next she was swooning from his kisses. Still, I loved the throwback feel of old black and white movies. Every time they kissed I pictured this: 



So romantic....

BUT, my most favorite character in the entire book was Roland... I see that this is #1, per Goodreads, I hope that means there will be sequels. And if there are, I hope that he'll make it through the events at the end of this book. I'm looking forward to more!