Here is the first review Flash received and you can't ask for a better reception than this. If 5 stars is Shakespeare....
My Thoughts:
Flash by Barbara Morgenroth is a book that hooked my from page one and
didn't let me go until I had finished the very last page. And even then,
it played on my mind for so long after I finished reading it!!!
Kip Chanin dreams of being a news photographer. Graced with talent and
artistic intuition when it comes to her craft, but to support herself
and her mother she puts those dreams aside and reluctantly joins the
ranks of the paparazzi. She takes a photo of actor Alex Milne and from
taking one single image both of their lives will be changed.
Kip is such a strong female lead. She's pretty much had to grow up
incredibly quickly to be able to get by, but she has this underlying
layer of vulnerability. Having been independent for so long it was nice
to see the relationships that she formed and see her allow someone to
get close enough to offer her some support. As for the relationship that
she has with Alex... It was very much a will they or won't they, are
they or aren't they scenario for a lot of the book, but there is no
doubt the impact that they each had on the other!! There is definitely
an intensity to their feelings for each other.
The author had this ability to end a chapter leaving me with so much
anticipation as to what was going to happen next that there was no way
that I could stop reading. I don't know how many times I said to myself
"Just one more chapter" and before I knew it, I had completely finished
the book.
I'm not usually a fan of huge cliffhangers, and let me tell you that the
end of this book was a doozy that completely blew me away. It was
definitely an "OH. MY. GOD. ending!!! But thank heavens that the sequel
is out and ready for me to purchase and read.
Never having read anything by Barb Morgenroth before, Flash turned out
to be a real gem of a book and I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to
read it. A fantastic book full of gritty and real characters!!
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