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***finished a reread and it's still one of my absolute favorites. The chemistry and humor are just great. ***
7/17/14 - need an old favorite to listen to while working. I pick this one!
1/25/16 - been reading lots already this year and been jonesing for a few old favorites. This one tops my list for this time around. Started it tonight. Going to try to stop after this one instead of reading the whole series so I can read a few other faves.
**1/27/16 - Been two years since my last read (is that possible?!) and I've got the urge again. Love this story and the characters. Still.**
I love this book. Did I mention that?
**11/2017 reread. Missed Anna & Lily. Love them. Love this book.
**12/10/20 reread. Stopping with the first one. Think I'll do a reread of [b:Just This Once|747254|Just This Once|K.G. MacGregor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1359157048l/747254._SY75_.jpg|733397] because now I'm in the mood.
When I saw that there was a new book in the series coming up, I was literally giddy. It has been many years since we've had a look into the Kaklis home and I was curious about what Anna, Lily, the kids, and the rest of the family had been up to. Mostly I was excited to experience that chemistry and humor again. Unfortunately, there wasn't any of that.
No friends, this book is solidly family drama. Timely, politically and socially relevant family drama. Anna is selling her huge auto empire for half-a-billion bucks, Lily is a judge, Andy is nearly 17 and butting heads with Anna on the regular. Georgie and Eleanor are perfect in every way from what I could tell. There are some other family things going on with George and Martine but the focus of this book is really Andy and Anna. I have to say that I really didn't like Anna much at all. By the end, I didn't dislike her but I never got a warm feeling for her again.
Maybe if I had gone into the book knowing it was almost solidly about "The Administration" (the word Trump is never mentioned but implied regularly), I would have felt differently about it. As it was, it was too much for me. I'm about as left as I can possibly be without being on the fringe and I think "The Administration" was evil incarnate and every one of those fuckers should be in prison or worse. But I didn't expect this book to preach to me about the evils of ICE - particularly since I agree with the sermon - in such a heavy handed way. I hesitate to write this because I don't want to come off as a heartless asshole who can't appreciate the tragedy that is our immigration policy.
I expected something completely different - COMPLETELY - and was disappointed with what I got. It happens. I just took a peek at some other reviews on Goodreads and I'm clearly in the minority. Which is awesome! I'm glad that I'm the anomaly. Because Anna and Lily stories should be loved. This one just didn't do it for me.
Thanks to Bella and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to revisit one of my favorite couples in all of wlw. I'll still keep on reading Without Warning whenever I feel down.
I liked the inclusion of contemporary issues like dealing with the rise of hate crimes and such in the age of the Trumper. There's even a MAGA hat wearing lesbian. As my Southern friends might say, bless her heart.
If you liked The House on Sandstone, I absolutely recommend this one.
Thanks to Bella and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review The Lucky Ones!
**2012 - I've read the online version several times and finally bought the published version. This is, I think, the fourth time I've read the book. I'm not sure why this book touches me so much but I find myself drawn to read it at least once a year.
The final chapter of the published version is completely different from the online version. It's always nice to see something different or extra in a published version. But even without it, it's worth the price.
You can read my whole review at the C-Spot Review site: http://reviews.c-spot.net/archives/1710
A good, solid romance. I think this is the third time I've read it. I had already read my favorites of the author's this year and am working on my A-Z challenge and GR reading challenge so I didn't want to duplicate. I like the themes in Out of Love.
7/21/14 - rereading.Still like this one loads.
The first in the series will always be my favorite but I like this one a lot, too.
Our two protagonists are brought together through the chat feature on a forum for those grieving a loss due to suicide. What starts out as support and friendship quickly turns to attraction and love but there's more to the story. We've got a jealous ex who seems to have some serious issues, plenty of drama revolving around family businesses - one much more than the other - and a super sweet doggie.
There was a lot going on but it didn't feel like too much. I was engaged in the shady stuff going down just as much as I was the romance aspects. No spoilers, but I pegged the twist very early on. Well, not completely - there was still some twisty goodness to catch me.
Glad I got to go on this journey with Keenan and Gianna. Thanks to Bella & NetGalley!
3/29/13 - finished a second read and it's my least favorite of the series but that's because the subjects are pretty depressing. It's a good story and I'm not sorry to have been witness to the difficulties that Anna and Lily go through. It's nice to see that not everything is sunshine and rainbows for the couple.
7/18/14 - Doing a re-read
**Reread completed. I think I liked it more this time than the last.
7/19/14 - another reread.
I enjoyed the book. It didn't quite turn out the way I expected, which was sort of refreshing but I still feel a little dissatisfied. Don't get me wrong, the story held my attention and the characters felt true. I'd say that nearly half of KG MacGregor's books make it on my "Oh! I love that book" list, this one just wouldn't make the cut.
I like K. G. MacGregor's writing style. I always have, even when the book as a whole didn't live up to my hopeful expectations. I enjoyed the way she took on the butch/femme theme in Sea Legs.
To this story though. It's primarily about Britt and Ninah. Britt comes home to Lealand because her father nearly has an aneurysm burst. When she gets there she finds that her father has bought into a new venture that he wants Britt to help him with. And since Britt's life in California is cratering, she stays. Although her staying does have a little to do with Ninah.
Ninah is a history teacher at the local school as well as the faculty sponsor of the school's GSA group during the school year, and a semi-professional scorekeeper for the local Minor League baseball team during the summer.
Between the two women's back and forth relationship story and an intense subplot too it was an interesting and fun read. The only big weirdness was that about halfway through I wondered whether I'd missed part of NInah and Britt's story. Other than that it sucked me in though and kept me interested.
I received this book via Netgalley thanks to Bella Books.
After the escape from the collapsed building episode, the book switches to one of the usual formulas, i.e: girl meets girl, she's straight don't do it!, she couldn't love me, maybe she feels the same, should I, shouldn't I, confusion, angst, oh, she does love me, I am so stupid for not realising/I do love her, how could I have been so blind all my life?, one family freaks out, other family is cool with it, they finally get together and move in to a brand new house.
I did sometimes get the two protagonists confused, perhaps that's just me. It's not that they were not different in appearance or careers etc, however their style of speaking was very similar and I sometimes had to double check who was speaking. Aside from this, I found the novel relatively well written. A quick and easy read for an afternoon if you've got the time.
Oddly, the least realistic parts of this book were the 'good' parts, the actions of the 'good people'. Plus the romance was rushed, and not tremondously gripping.
I might think of more to say later, unlikely though.
April 19 2016
I really liked the first two books I read by this author (Touch of a Woman and Etched in Shadows), which apparently showed me a kink that I never knew I had: straight woman falling for a lesbian. It has nothing to do with my ex-girlfriend and wanting to "right" the way that our relationship ended horrifically, I am sure. But I just thought that this book was okayish.
Ashley was so withdrawn and self-contained that it was hard to like her character.
I almost feel like I should apologize for not liking this book, since everyone else seems to like it!
I really liked Etched in the Shadows by this author, so I was really looking forward to reading this book. It wasn't quite as good as EitS, but it was a decent read regardless.
However, the rest of the book was just so-so for me. The romance between Ellis and Summer didn't pack any heat, and I spent almost half of the book being pissed off at Ellis, who was completely willing to toss her relationship to the side because her daughter didn't approve (having seen that almost happen to my mother because of my step-dad's daughter being a royal bitch, I have no tolerance for such nonsense, even in fiction). Summer, on the other hand, comes across as pretty passive, which I also don't like reading about in fiction.
The premise may have not lived up to the execution for me, but I still found this book relatively readable. KG writes very well, and unlike some lesfic I have read, I never found myself bored (even though I wanted to throttle Ellis more than once). Three stars.
The book is mostly concerned with the selection process. And the competition to be one of the few chosen to go to Mars. Several characters pop up, but the two most important are the two who alternate telling the story. A 27 year-old woman from Bulgaria named Mila Todorov, and a 40-something woman from the US named Jancey Beaumont. Both of whom, naturally considering the nature of the competition, are super intelligent. Both, also, initially annoyed me when I meet them, but they grew on me.
This is one of those that I am not sure if I cared more about the science fiction story or about the romance. Also one of those books wherein the sex scenes had a purpose and reason for being included. I do not specifically recall, now, if I liked those specific scenes, but I do know why and appreciate why they were included.
In terms of science fiction - if you like reading science fiction, then I'd recommend this book. It may or may not have more sex and lesbianism than a reader might be used to, but that shouldn't keep them away. Granted, it's one of those near-future, earth bound science fiction stories (though with the ultimate mission of going and colonizing Mars), so if you don't like those kind, well . . ..
In terms of romance - well, if you are only reading for the romance, you might be vaguely bored. The two women whose point of view the book follows meet almost immediately, but the romance part doesn't start until much further into the book. I'm not giving anything away by pointing out that Jancey is the reason Mila has devoted her life to positioning herself to get into space, that's part of her personality, nor that Jancey herself is much more focused on getting back to space than any romance. Again, part of her personality the reader learns almost immediately.
In terms of story/plot - Good solid story. It was interesting following the women in the competition, as various tests came up, and they meet them. A logical progression. And seeds were successfully planted throughout the story for the "conflict point" that ultimately sprang up.
I'd recommend the book if you like science fiction (ground based, but looking to the stars), lesbian fiction, lesbian romance (a romance occurs, but it's more of a science fiction book than a romance book), or . . hmm, some combination of science fiction and lesbians.
Alice Choate, Johnelle's best friend, has been in love with Johnelle for almost as long as she can remember, but she's stood by without revealing her feelings to Johnelle, wanting to do nothing that would jeopardize their friendship. As Alice attempts to help Johnelle put together the pieces of her former life, Johnelle finds that her love for her husband has seemingly disappeared, while her love for Alice has morphed into romantic feelings.
This is the first book that I've read by KG MacGregor, and it certainly won't be the last. The story felt very realistic to me, and the author really made Charleston come alive in the book, as well. The Circular Church, the street names, the neighborhoods, even the brief mention of the serial killer Lavinia Fisher - all of these things are real places and real history. First Calvary Baptist isn't a real place, but considering how it was portrayed in the book, that's a good thing. ;)
I also really liked the slow pacing of the story. It gives Johnelle a long time to recuperate from her injuries, both physical and mental, and to allow the relationship between Johnelle and Alice to develop well. A lot of romance books I read seem to suffer from the "instalove" phenomenon, but not this one; it takes Alice and Johnelle a long time to transition from friendship to relationship, and I really appreciated that. It definitely made the story feel much more realistic. Some might not appreciate the lack of "heat" in the book, but I think that it definitely fit the story and the characters (and there were a couple of sex scenes toward the end of the book).
I really liked the character of Ian, who was Johnelle's son. He seemed like a very realistic, very caring young man. Dwight (Johnelle's husband)...not so much. I could sort-of empathize with him at points, because his whole world was turned upside down with Johnelle's accident. But even at the beginning, he was hinting that he wanted Johnelle to give up her job, because he wanted her to be there when he was home (he traveled a lot for his own job).
The ending of the book wasn't tied up in a neat bow, and I actually quite liked that. There were a lot of loose ends that were still "loose"
My only quibble with this book (and it's a small one) is that it really needed more commas, which would have made many sentences flow more smoothly.
I would definitely recommend this book to people who are looking for a good f/f romance that has a slow build with a lot of realistic characters.
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