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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
At Least There's Chocolate ...
1:00 AM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)

But a quiet weekend is not in the cards for Jillian, a would-be novelist who works for a small publishing company in Portland, Oregon. When Jillian's long-lost younger sister shows up on her doorstep, cradling an infant, all chances of relaxing disappear. On the run from her drug dealer boyfriend, 20-year-old Evie needs a place to hide. Despite their estrangement, Jillian will do anything for her little sister. Then, Evie disappears, leaving baby Shiloh behind. Totally unequipped to deal with the situation, Jillian freaks out. Her strictly-managed life is officially out-of-control.

(Readalikes: Reminds me of other LDS romantic suspense novels, although no specific titles are coming to mind since I usually avoid this genre like the plague)
Grade: C-
If this were a movie, it would be rated: PG for scenes of peril/violence and references to illegal drug use
To the FTC, with love: I bought a copy of Of Grace and Chocolate at last year's LDS Storymakers Conference with a portion of the millions I make from my lucrative career as a book blogger. Ha ha.
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I just checked out several of your a-list recs, though two of them were missing from my library. (Wanna see the YA librarian get obsessive? Ask her if a new YA book is shelved somewhere else only to have her realize that it seems to have walked off on its own.) So heart your blog.
ReplyDeleteYou DOUBTED a librarian? Shame on you! No wonder she got a little crazy ...
DeleteI've started to think that of those failings you mentioned--which I hate too--as genre conventions. It's like they're actually what LDS readers/publishers want in books. Do you think that's true? What do you think causes that?
ReplyDeleteWell, yes and no. I think LDS readers want a clean, faith-promoting read -- I do, too. However, I don't understand why we can't have that along with complex characters, suspenseful (but not melodramatic) plots, and just all-around good writing. All readers appreciate those things, no matter what the genre. Right? A good story is a good story.
DeleteI know there are authors out there (Melanie Jacobson comes to mind, as does Carla Kelly) who are capable of writing a decent LDS story that is not just uplifting, but also entertaining and surprising, using prose that doesn't make me cringe.