Book Review: Objects in Mirror (Stonegate Series Book 1) by Tudor Robins @TudorRobins

 

Objects in Mirror 

(Stonegate Series Book 1) 

By Tudor Robins

• Publisher : Tudor Robins (29 May 2018)

Starving, starving … Grace is always starving these days.

But Grace is also strong, and determined, and skinny. For the first time ever Grace is as thin as she wants to be – nearly – and there’s no way she’s giving that up.

Except, what if she has to give up other things to be able to keep wearing her new “skinny” breeches?

What if it comes down to a choice between all the horses she loves – Sprite, the ferocious jumper, and Iowa, the sweet greenie, and Whinny, the abused but tough mare – and the numbers on the scale, the numbers on food labels, the numbers always running through her head?

Grace knows what her stepmother, Annabelle, wants her to decide. She knows what Matt – gorgeous, amazing Matt – wants her to do. She knows what the doctors think.

But she also knows nobody else can make this decision for her. And sometimes she’s not even sure if she’s got the strength to do it.

There is danger in living with anorexia, and there is also hope. Objects in Mirror is a truthful exploration of these extremes and of the struggles that lie between them.

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review

Objects in Mirror 

📚📚📚📚📚 

I don't care if you are not interested in horses. If you are interested in mental health and in particular how to deal with an eating disorder then this book is a must read. I honestly think that this novel should be given out in hospitals because it shines a glaring light on what it is like to not only be someone who has an eating disorder, but also what it is like to be around someone, whom you love, who so happens to have an eating disorder. This novel is a must read.

Grace is fighting a truly terrifying war with herself, and for those who choose to remain ignorant of what an eating disorder can do to a person this book will shine a light upon the disorder. Even the "specialists" at times seem to have no idea what the best cause of action is. 

The only thing that keeps Grace going and fighting is her love for horses and Matt.

This novel is one of those books that I would happily read again again. A first class novel by a first class author.

You can find it over on Amazon

Tudor Robins is the author of books to make you smile. Someday she may own a horse, but for now her guinea pig, Kiwi, is a better fit for the central-Ottawa neighborhood where she lives; commuting by bicycle and following her teenage children around basketball games and curling rinks. When she's not writing, Tudor loves riding, running, quilting, and spending time on Wolfe Island.

 

Book Review: I Dared the Duke: A Wayward Wallflowers Novel (The Wayward Wallflowers) by Anna Bennett

 I Dared the Duke:

A Wayward Wallflowers Novel

(The Wayward Wallflowers)

By Anna Bennett

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• Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks (April 4, 2017)
• Publication date : April 4, 2017

Alexander Savage, the Duke of Blackshire, is known throughout the ton for three things: the burn scars on his neck, his ornery disposition, and the trail of broken hearts behind him. None of which would concern Miss Elizabeth Lacey in the least—if she weren’t living under his roof. As his grandmother’s companion, Beth is all too concerned with the moody and compelling duke. Incensed by his plans to banish the sweet dowager duchess to the country, Beth refuses to do his bidding. If Alex wants her help, he’s going to have to take her dare…and grant her three wishes.

Alex adores his grandmother, which is precisely why she must leave. A string of unfortunate incidents has him worried for the safety of everyone around him—including the dowager’s loyal and lovely companion, Beth. But the notorious wallflower isn’t as meek as she appears, and as their battle of wills heats up, so does Alex’s desire. He’s dangerously close to falling in love with her…and revealing secrets he’d rather keep hidden. How can he convince her that his darkest days are behind him—and that, for the first time in forever, his heart is true?

I Dared the Duke continues Anna Bennett's Regency-era romance series, The Wayward Wallflowers.

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review 

 I Dared the Duke

📚📚📚📚📚

Anna Bennett should be the Queen of  Regency Romance as this book completely blew me away. It is so unbelievably good that I could not put it down. In fact, I read it in one sitting. It is one of those kind of books.

So, Alex is meant to be this notorious rake, but gossip has made him sound more notorious than he actually is. Which tells the reader a lot about gossip. Beth, is a wonderful lady who just seems to click with Alex. Their relationship was beautiful to behold.

This novel has it all, romance, action and drama. I throughly enjoyed every minute of it.

*I received a copy of this novel from NetGalley.

You can find it over on Amazon

Anna Bennett is the award-winning author of the Debutante Diaries and Wayward Wallflowers series. Her dream of writing romance began during a semester in London, where she fell in love with the city, its history, and its pubs. Now Anna's living happily-ever-after in Maryland with her family, who try valiantly not to roll their eyes whenever she quotes Jane Austen.