08/08/2013
Terrific review on Amazon Kindle for Alessia Brio's friends-to-lovers le***an romance "Double Decker"
After reading Double Decker, one word came to mind: WOW. It is not terribly long, but I had originally thought that I would read it in two sittings, but after the Skittles reference early in the story, I was had at "Kiss". Where the story was witty, I laughed. Where it was naughty, I flushed. When the twist in the story was noticed, I was...surprised. I put the last sentence in that way because I was surprised that Ms. Brio had totally surprised me. Usually, I can see pretty much where a story is going a few pages into it, if not sooner. It's not that I'm a neurosurgeon on predicting the fine nuances in a story, it's just seems to me that most stories are somewhat formulistic in nature. In Double Decker, Ms. Brio threw me such a curve ball, that I did not even notice it until the damage was done on my powers of observation. I was so surprised that I literally read back within the story to see if there really was a turn in the tide of the way I was originally thinking, or if I had read things incorrectly, but boom, the proof that she had tripped me up was right there in black and white. I was totally blindsided. I had to laugh. When an author is able to totally befuddle me with a story, I am truly and thoroughly intrigued and abundantly pleased. The only thing that I can say that might be an itty bitty bit critical is that the ending might have been better elaborated upon futurewise for the two main characters -- just a tad, a very very small tad. A tad so small that a big deal should not be made about it because the ending was good. It will suffice in my book. I'm just saying this about the ending to note that if I had a wish, then maybe a little elaboration could be made here, but then do we really want a good story to end most times? Ms Brio writes with a sort of naughty intelligent wit that I found hookafying. I know "hookafying"? Yes, hookafying. Ms. Brio, you have another fan. I tip my hat to you, ma'am.
http://www.amazon.com/Double-Decker-ebook/dp/B0035LC5QI/
Tess is determined to win the big karaoke contest at the Double Decker and the heart of the woman organizing it. Will her evening end on a high note? (19,140 words)
