RE: Let's look for love, stop the hate, and spread #positivity, as @freewritehouse @theluvbug and other communities do
I was going to give you a copy! I was waiting to hear if you prefer Kindles, like I do!
I hope you love this even half as much as I do. How anyone could 2- or 3-star it was beyond me.
The timing, the sequences of events, the convergence of events: it was Shakesperian, the way Romeo and Juliet have that exquisite sense of timing. If this, then that. Every even matters, even the transport van of prisoners early in the novel. The heroine's research, which was back story at first, but mattered, later on....in this age of the blockchain, not just of the internet:
this is the age of the internet, where every silly thing you say can leave a trace. And if you search hard enough you can still find some old references to the original article.
... every silly thing you say, particularly if it is read by many thousands of people, has the possibility of creating all kinds of ripples, coursing through the universe, causing all kinds of things to happen in people's lives that no one ever intended.
I can't wait to hear what you think of this novel! Whenever I discover an author I love, I want to form a fan club and discuss the whole story, spoilers and all. Book reviews prohibit spoilers. There goes the fun for me exclaiming over the best parts.
Amy Rogers, a publisher (ScienceThrillers) said at goodreads that she gets a lot of requests to review book (so do I) but
You might especially appreciate the urban mothers... but if you identify with them and agree with all of their parenting concerns, erm, sorry, I was laughing along with the heroine about some of their extreme views. :)
To be fair, these mothers entertain some crazy ideas, like returning not just to midwives but to mothers eating placentas.... for real....the heroine does not approve.
She's hilarious! And she's freewriting!