Creative Chaos

by Kate O. Lynch

This debut novel by Kate O Lynch is about Jill, who is a scrapbooker and recent college graduate.  She is learning to balance her first grown-up job with her social and love lives.  Every month she escapes the chaos of her life and spends a Friday night at her local scrapbook store that hosts a "crop". There she can work on creating scrapbook layouts with her group of crop girls. The only thing she has in common with these ladies is the love of scrapbooking. However, scrapbooking isn't all this book is about.  In true chicklit form, there is a romantic dilemma. Jill must choose between Adam (a new acquaintance) and Brian (an old high school friend) to be her love interest.

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit

285 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 2, 2012

About the author

Kate O Lynch was born and raised in Dallas, TX, where she currently resides. For as long as she can remember she dreamt of writing a book. As a child she went so far as to take a section of a square notepad that was bound on one side to church with her; and while she was supposed to be listening, she would make up stories to write out on the pages of the notepad. Because of the binding, it actually looked like a book.

As a child Kate also loved to read, from her early years through high school. After four years of reading all of the “classics,” she attended Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas where she majored in English. Needless to say after 4 years of reading Shakespeare and Chaucer, she was ready for something just a bit lighter, and after discovering the 'Chicklit' genre, she was hooked.

It was during her years of working and traveling for a local Texas scrapbook company that the idea for Creative Chaos was born.

Reviews

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I dove into the story about Jill and her friends I found myself becoming invested in what would become of the various scenarios, almost like they were MY friends too. I really hope there will be a sequel written because I enjoyed this book. A light, easy read. Hats off to Kate Lynch, this is self published which is very exciting!

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creative Chaos was a fun and girly read that was comfortable and entertaining. I appreciate the fact that this is the author's first novel and she self-published! I find that very inspiring and exciting. The story left the opportunity for more from Jill and her friends, so I'm excited to see if there are more books to come. Great work, Kate!

[Misty · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very fun, entertaining book. This is this author's first novel (self-published, which is awesome), and I hope she keeps writing, because I really enjoyed it and would love to read more from her.

It's a quick read - light and easy. I liked Jill, the main character, and I would've enjoyed getting to know more about her as a person. The other characters were well thought out and nicely sketched, and didn't overwhelm Jill's story, which was nice. For a first effort, I thought the novel was very well done and the story flowed easily.

My only complaint (if you can call it that)? The end left me hanging! I'd love to know what happens to these characters from there. I definitely think there's sequel material here. I'd be interested in knowing more about Jill, and finding out how things end up for her and her friends.

All in all, a good book. Nice job, Ms. Lynch.

[Anja Mizner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute , quick and simple read. First time self publishing author. Wish she had an editor or some one proof read it since it has a lot of mistakes in it but other then that, nice little book. Will have to keep an eye out for her to see what other stories she may come up with. I enjoy reading self published authors since they bring " fresh air" to books. With a lot of established authors I have noticed that the books always seem so much alike and therefor I enjoy the self published and new authors that come out.

[Kimberly Thornburg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny, inspiring & a smooth read! Kept my interest throughout & can't wait to see what she writes next!

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good first book and I look forward to more from this author. Really enjoyed the red wine and scrapbooking theme of the book.

[Libby]

(E) I don't know how I got this, but I hope I didn't pay a lot for it. I see that it was self-published, which tracks. It really needs a good proofreader and an editor. It's like I wasn't reading a story, but an account of someone's social diary.

[Lara · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a self-published novel offered free on Kindle.

I finished it because I was interested in the story and I wanted to know what happened. That tells me that there is a good plot line in there somewhere, but it is in dire need of a really good editor.

It was too much like reading the diary of the main character instead of a novel. Lots of unnecessary details, rambling, and abrupt transitions. And not enough focus to the core of the story. I had too many details about things I didn't care about and too few about the things I did. This was especially true of the ending.

I do hope the author will hone her writing skills and keep at it. It was a fun story that was worth telling.

[Lorell · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story was cute and a fun read. As a scrapbooker, I enjoy reading novels that have it woven into the story. I had a great time getting to know the main character, Jill, and her friends and family. The book could use some revising and polishing...there were a fair amount of run on sentences and spelling errors. It's not my favorite book ever, and it's pretty cheesy and fluffy, but I still liked it.

[Annette · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book described as a story about a woman who scrapbooks with friends. But I discovered that it is mostly a droning first person monologue consisting of does that guy like me or not, with a few sessions of showing off photos of guys to her scrapbooking group. I thought it was painfully boring and the writing is terrible. What a huge waste of my time!

[Rebecca]

Can't give this an honest review.. it was on my Kindle and when I transferred devices it didn't transfer with the other books I don't feel its fair to give it a low review when I didn't finish..what I did read wasn't my cup of tea

[Stacey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Quite possibly the worst book I've ever read.

[Lena Gardner · Rating 2 out of 5]

I hate leaving a bad review, but this just isn't good.