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Afraid of Her Shadow by Carol Maloney Scott
5.0
I love everything about Carol Maloney Scott’s writing. It is real, down to earth and has you rolling throughout. None of her work is over the top or just humour for humour’s sake. It is always a series of events that I can actually see happening and I find it fun to treat as an inside joke, along with all the other fans of hers.
I fell for the author’s writing, after reading There Are No Men and was semi-patiently waiting for. Ok two, from the moment I closed the back cover. When I heard who the second book was about, I knew it was going to be excellent, but I had not idea just how much excellence I was truly in for.
In this book we take on the viewpoint and life of one of our previous main character’s friends. She played a huge part I TANM and, especially with some of the one-liners she pulled in that book, I knew I was in for a treat. She picky, brash, boisterous and loved hitting the hay…in the naughty way. She isn't afraid of what size she is, how she eats or to speak her mind, but she is afraid of commitment. Deathly afraid. Those aren't her only fears though.
Throughout the book, we get the opportunity to get to know her, watch her tackle her fears, run from her cougar past and befriend an unlikely ally. We see her deal with hair explosions, rituals and even loo roll showdowns. Every step of the way she learns, remains true to herself and in hilarious.
The pace of the story was excellent. I found myself really enjoying the moments where we slowed down and got to know more about the main character and her supporting characters, but I thoroughly enjoyed the faster-paced moments where we were taken along for a ride on the funny train.
The supporting characters we just as brilliant as the main. We already know a few of them, but we are still given details to get to know them more and see where their life has gone since book one. The new characters we are introduced to have a variety of personalities, characteristics and each trait really shines, whether that be in parallel with our main or as a complete clash. It makes for great arguments and truly hilarious situations that you can't help but giggle about.
The story that is told is one that I've seen people deal with, as an overall situation. Finding love at a later stage in life, whether due to divorce, loss of a partner or just not finding the right one, it is a tough situation and often leads to arguments, accidents and nights they just want to forget. All of those can be found in this book and so much more.
I really think this is a book you can't miss. It can be read on its own, but I highly recommend reading book one first, at some of the jokes will be even funnier and you will connect with the main character more.
Honestly, Carol Maloney Scott has hit gold with this book. I truly loved it, enjoyed it, laughed with it and cannot wait for book three!
I fell for the author’s writing, after reading There Are No Men and was semi-patiently waiting for. Ok two, from the moment I closed the back cover. When I heard who the second book was about, I knew it was going to be excellent, but I had not idea just how much excellence I was truly in for.
In this book we take on the viewpoint and life of one of our previous main character’s friends. She played a huge part I TANM and, especially with some of the one-liners she pulled in that book, I knew I was in for a treat. She picky, brash, boisterous and loved hitting the hay…in the naughty way. She isn't afraid of what size she is, how she eats or to speak her mind, but she is afraid of commitment. Deathly afraid. Those aren't her only fears though.
Throughout the book, we get the opportunity to get to know her, watch her tackle her fears, run from her cougar past and befriend an unlikely ally. We see her deal with hair explosions, rituals and even loo roll showdowns. Every step of the way she learns, remains true to herself and in hilarious.
The pace of the story was excellent. I found myself really enjoying the moments where we slowed down and got to know more about the main character and her supporting characters, but I thoroughly enjoyed the faster-paced moments where we were taken along for a ride on the funny train.
The supporting characters we just as brilliant as the main. We already know a few of them, but we are still given details to get to know them more and see where their life has gone since book one. The new characters we are introduced to have a variety of personalities, characteristics and each trait really shines, whether that be in parallel with our main or as a complete clash. It makes for great arguments and truly hilarious situations that you can't help but giggle about.
The story that is told is one that I've seen people deal with, as an overall situation. Finding love at a later stage in life, whether due to divorce, loss of a partner or just not finding the right one, it is a tough situation and often leads to arguments, accidents and nights they just want to forget. All of those can be found in this book and so much more.
I really think this is a book you can't miss. It can be read on its own, but I highly recommend reading book one first, at some of the jokes will be even funnier and you will connect with the main character more.
Honestly, Carol Maloney Scott has hit gold with this book. I truly loved it, enjoyed it, laughed with it and cannot wait for book three!