Well hopefully you will have seen my earlier post with the promo info for the new book from Jane Washington 'I Am Grey' - but if you haven't go back one day in my blog and you will! I would encourage this if you haven't got the book yet and maybe don't want too many details - which this post may have.
There are NO SPOILERS in this post, but I may venture into more detail than just the book synopsis, without meaning to. You've been warned :)
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Right, let's get on with this shall we? So the BRAND NEW book from Jane Washington is out TODAY.
Now for starters those of you who may not have come across this author, here is her official bio:
Author Bio: Jane Washington:
Jane is a quarter-century old caffeine-addicted manic, stuffed into the body of a passably-functioning human being. She lives in Australia, with a few potted plants and a miniature dachshund [see: dictator]. She writes borderline unconventional romance books … and then tells everyone not to read them.
Isn't that one of the best bio's? Makes me laugh every time.
Also for those of you who may not have seen it, this is the synopsis for the book, those of you that were here yesterday, you can scroll down past this bit to the amazingly clever title of My Review (it's even underlined):
I Am Grey by Jane Washington
Release Date: 31st July 2018
Genre: Contemporary New Adult/ Psychological Romance
“Me and you. It’ll never happen. Not today, not tomorrow, not five years from now. Not when some idiot breaks your heart, or when you realise what your little sundresses do to everyone. Not when you’re thirty, not when you’re fifty. I’m going to push your limits, break you down, make you cry, and in the end … I’ll save you.”
Some people exist in the blessed light of day, but I'm not one of those people. I exist in the bleak grey of a post-twilight world, where the warmth is sucked from the air and the weightless shadows come out to play. I will never be free, because I have a demon. It wasn’t always with me, but something happened, something bad. I lost a year of my life, and now here I am, just me and my demon.
Maybe the demon is him: Nicholai Fell. He exists in the horrible darkness of a moonless night: quiet, full of mystery, completely unreachable. He might be in the profession of saving people, but it isn’t going to work this time. Not even when he starts to break all of his own rules.
Because maybe …
Just maybe ...
My demon is me.
This is a full, standalone novel, over 90,000 words.
My Review:
I flat out categorically undoubtedly LOVED this book. I read it in one sitting. Well as you will learn over the course of this blog, I have a tendency to read books in one sitting. I am a tad greedy when it comes to a new book. However, my glutinous behavior in this instance was because this book was SO DAMN GOOD!
Yeah, I know, shouty capitals. Sorry. Not sorry.
Our heroine is Mika Grey - there's been a debate about how you pronounce this in social media, Jane has informed us that it is Me-Ka. I read the book as MY-Ka but in the long run how you pronounce your vowels is up to you :)
We learn very early on that something horrible has happened to Mika, plus it's hinted at in the synopsis. I'm not going to tell you what, it's not really a spoiler if I do, but I want you to be as invested in this book as I am. This event has resulted in Mika having to have some counselling. Enter Nicholai Fell. Start epic journey.
I am not going to apologise for gushing over this book. I could not put it down. There were parts where I couldn't even breath.
So the book is the simple story of Mika and Nicholai right? Not quite. The book has so much more!
Mika is quite frankly lost and there are times as you travel through the story that you will want to slap her, throttle her and hug her. It was not uncommon for me to feel all these emotions and more all at the same time. I quite often was caught saying 'no no Mika don't' or 'c'mon Mika.....really?'. Yeah she made an impression on me that's for sure.
Nicholai Fell is a complex man and hides his own turmoil well. For example his uncluttered office is the perfect mask that is the unrest of his own life. He's not your typical 'hero' and I think that's what his appeal is. Plus the fact that the author describes him as hot as hell may help ;) Nicholai also had me muttering out loud, one scene in particular where I was just shouting 'No no no what are you THINKING!?' There was me again with the emotions and the shouting!
Early on in the story we are introduced to two other characters, Marcus and Duke. One you will like and think a companion novel may be nice and the other will stir up an emotion of loathing. However, in a way I felt that loathing was also as a result of one of the main characters actions and when I think about it, I think I am mad at Jane Washington for making me feel that way.
There are two other highly important characters and again they play their own important parts that I don't want to dig into without risking telling you too much, or having to give you too much context.
Needless to say by the time you get to the end of this book, whatever emotion the author has made you feel, Jane leaves you feeling SOMETHING and you cannot help but feel raw at times. It truly amazes me that great writers can make you live an emotion just through their writing skills and Jane Washington is one of those writers.
As I said I read this book in one sitting and in that time I lived this book. I was sad, I was happy, I was scared, I was INVESTED, by the end I was absolutely drained, it is beautifully written.
A rollercoaster of emotions is a description that I have read in many of the book reviews and it really is. As I sat on my couch (well after midnight on a work night), my overall reaction was 'wow'.
This is really what my review is, just 'wow'. I will read this book many more times and I will experience it as I did the first time because the pure emotive storytelling will enrapture me all over again.
I shall leave you with some reviews;
"I Am Grey is absolutely, hands down, one of my favorites.", "So beautifully written, I dare you not to love it.", "This book is an absolute work of art."
That second review is mine and I stand by it - I dare you not to love it.
Thank you so much for joining me today, now go follow the links to get this book into your life. Available on Kindle Unlimited too so even better. I've linked to Amazon in the UK and US, other countries, you get the gist :)
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Eve x
