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    Far From Home

    By Lorelie Brown

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    My name is Rachel. I’m straight . . . I think. I also have a mountain of student loans and a smart mouth. I wasn’t serious when I told Pari Sadashiv I’d marry her. It was only party banter! Except Pari needs a green card, and she’s willing to give me a breather from drowning in debt.

    My off-the-cuff idea might not be so terrible. We get along as friends. She’s really romantically cautious, which I find heartbreaking. She deserves someone to laugh with. She’s kind. And calm. And gorgeous. A couple of years with her actually sounds pretty good. If some of Pari’s kindness and calm rubs off on me, that’d be a bonus, because I’m a mess—anorexia is not a pretty word—and my little ways of keeping control of myself, of the world, aren’t working anymore.

    And if I slip up, Pari will see my cracks. Then I’ll crack. Which means I gotta get out, quick, before I fall in love with my wife.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRiptide Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2016
    ISBN9781626494510
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    Far From Home
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    Lorelie Brown

    After a semi-nomadic childhood throughout California, Lorelie Brown spent high school in Orange County before joining the US Army. Though she's traveled the world from South Korea to Italy, she now lives north of Chicago. She writes about romantic trysts that happen in warm places because sleet is a sad, sad concept. Lorelie has three active sons, two yappy dogs, and a cat who cusses her out for not petting him enough. None of them really care that her book won Bronze in the Foreword INDIES and was nominated for a 2017 RITA from Romance Writers of America. In her immense free time (hah!) Lorelie cowrites award-winning contemporary erotic romance under the name Katie Porter. You can find out more about the Vegas Top Guns and Command Force Alpha series at www.KatiePorterBooks.com or @MsKatiePorter. You can also follow Lorelie on Twitter @LorelieBrown if you like knitting, makeup, and people lacking social filters.

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    • 4/5
      While the plot is not completely believable its not completely unbelievable at the same time. However, it seemed rushed and almost like a short story. I would have loved if the characters relationship/friendship was allowed to build a little more.
    • 5/5
      I loved this story! Totally related to all the insecurities and self doubt of the main character but was so happy that she still kept an optimistic view and also made the attempt to overcome all that and be honest! Not everyone can be honest and it takes great courage to put your heart out like that.
    • 5/5
      Es un hermoso libro, bien escrito y que te captura, leanlo porque se van a enamorar.

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    • 4/5
      Really 3.5 stars. Sweet story, but the prose ranges from workmanlike to clunky.
    • 4/5
      I'm really torn on the rating of this one. I think it's better than just three stars and it's the characters and the inclusion of and handling of anorexia bumped it to a pretty solid 3.5 for me. I debated on whether I should round up or down - since Goodreads seems determined to never allow for .5 stars - and while there were a few things that really pulled me out of the story on numerous occasions, the strength of my emotional connection with the characters pushed me to round up.

      I thought that Rachel felt like a genuine and complex character and, even though the book is told in first person POV, I was comfortable with my level of understanding of Pari, too. For me, the most compelling part of the book was the way Rachel's anorexia was handled. I don't know anyone - at least I don't think I do - who has suffered with the illness but I feel like I've gained some insight into the condition and a bit of what it must be like. I thought the author did a great job of keeping it in the forefront but never in any sort of preachy way that may have felt forced or contrived.

      So what were these things that pulled me out of the story and prevented me from giving it a solid 4 stars or more? Well, the first person POV used with present tense was the first thing. It didn't mess me up all the time and I mostly got used to it but everyone once in a while - YANK! - right out. But probably the biggest thing was some of the word choices. There were times when phrases or passages seemed like they had the wrong words mixed in. One example was something along the lines of Rachel noticing that Pari was tired and the phrase "she could tell by the weariness of her cheeks" was used. Or words really close to that - I don't have the book open in front of me but it was the weariness of her cheeks. That pulled me out of the story so badly that I had to text a friend to make sure it wasn't just me because I don't know how cheeks can look weary. There were a few places where I felt like the author was trying to make a passage feel more poetic but the actual words didn't do it for me and I spent more time wondering what words would have made it flow better or make more sense than I did being immersed in the scene. Things like that.

      I was typing up the last sentence of this little review when I remembered that I wish so hard that there had been another chapter or three between the last chapter and the epilogue. How wonderful would it have been to experience what they went through to get to that epilogue? I'm not the sort of person who needs everything all wrapped up with a bow but damn, what a bunch of important things to not address. At least that's how I feel about it.

      So after reading all this you may be wondering why I still rounded up... It's the story, the characters, and how I felt while reading it. Also I didn't see any typos so that's a bonus. I'll stick by the 4 stars because I had a very hard time putting it down and I think I'm going to miss Rachel and Pari. And Pari's mom. That doesn't happen very often for me anymore.