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Muse
January Morgan is a talented reporter. Her tenacity and drive have helped her land impactful stories that have caught the eye of the New York-based networks. She is moving closer and closer to making her career dreams come true, but her love life seems to be slipping through her hands. When she needs to be comforted, she turns to the encouraging and loving words of Alexander Lane, who is just as driven as January. He is a world-traveling professor, but no matter how far his journeys take him, January is never far from his mind. After fifteen years, their strong connection has not diminished with time; instead, it has grown stronger. The dear friends believe they have a handle on their feelings until Alexander is offered his dream job in the same city where January lives. Will their love only ever exist on paper? Now that fate has placed them in the same place at the same time, will they run away from or toward each other?
241 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 16, 2019
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January 17, 2019
The debut novel by Melanie Snow is a page turner that will not allow you to put the book down until you are finished.
As a man, this book takes me into the psyche of a woman dealing with multiple relationships while still having ‘The One’ always within her grasp but is never quite obtainable.
January is focused on her career, her marriage, but is beautifully haunted by her one true connection. Throughout the book are her flashbacks of their times together. Staying in touch by texts by foolishly playing the ‘just friends’ card. How does it play out? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
There are passionate love making scenes with a bit of a “50 Shades of Gray” twist in them. Melanie builds believable characters and makes them gorgeous in the imagination of the reader.
Melanie as an author also has a sly sense of humor that makes you laugh at unexpected times.
In the chapter: ‘Phoenix 2010’ we get the basis for the title
of the book, “January rationalized that any artist or writer needed a muse; therefore, she must keep Alexander in her life. For the sake of sanity and for her creativity.”
Fascinating to delve into the world of January and Alexander. Does Alexander become more than a “Muse”? You must read the book to find out.
For her debut novel, Melanie Snow has demonstrated that she truly knows how to tell a story that has romance, sex, drama, and love.
As a man, this book takes me into the psyche of a woman dealing with multiple relationships while still having ‘The One’ always within her grasp but is never quite obtainable.
January is focused on her career, her marriage, but is beautifully haunted by her one true connection. Throughout the book are her flashbacks of their times together. Staying in touch by texts by foolishly playing the ‘just friends’ card. How does it play out? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
There are passionate love making scenes with a bit of a “50 Shades of Gray” twist in them. Melanie builds believable characters and makes them gorgeous in the imagination of the reader.
Melanie as an author also has a sly sense of humor that makes you laugh at unexpected times.
In the chapter: ‘Phoenix 2010’ we get the basis for the title
of the book, “January rationalized that any artist or writer needed a muse; therefore, she must keep Alexander in her life. For the sake of sanity and for her creativity.”
Fascinating to delve into the world of January and Alexander. Does Alexander become more than a “Muse”? You must read the book to find out.
For her debut novel, Melanie Snow has demonstrated that she truly knows how to tell a story that has romance, sex, drama, and love.
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February 13, 2019
This book was purchased as a gift for me by a mutual friend of mine and the author's. This is the author's first book, and I think it shows a little, but it was still an interesting story. It's ultimately the love story of January and Alexander who met in college. There was chemistry then, and January tried to make something happen before Alexander graduated (he was a few years older than her), but Alexander thought she was too young, so he put her off. But after he graduated, they kept in touch. First, through letters and later through text messages. Very rarely did they actually meet up in person. Along the way, they each met someone else and married, but they retained their connection... without really revealing their odd "relationship" to their respective spouses. Both tried to make their marriages work, but things happen and they suddenly find themselves unattached and without a single reason to deny their feelings any longer.
The story started off slow for me. It picked up about midway through, when Janny's career was taking off but her marriage was crashing. And then all that went down with Alex and his wife was compelling reading. But there was a lot of head hopping... we'd be reading from Janny's perspective and suddenly, we're hearing Alex's thoughts about what's going on for maybe a sentence or two, and then we're back in Janny's head. Every once in a while, we'd get the perspective of Janny's or Alex's spouse and sometimes I don't really think it was necessary information to move the story forward. I'm also really not sure why ! I can understand that it might affect Alex's career, but even then, it's not a choice he made. And, in the grand scheme of things, the only one close to "celebrity" is Janny, so not sure why anyone would care about the video subject. The information about the Centurion program for journalists was interesting, but I wouldn't have missed it if there was just a short paragraph about it instead of a chapter or two. She also sometimes had a stilted writing style. At first, I wondered if there were going to be contractions in the story, lol, and it was going to drive me nuts if the answer was no, but it only started off that way. She also had a habit of using "at least" a lot. While technically correct, all the commas around "at least" broke up the sentence in my head. I think a lot of the instances could have had the commas stripped and the sentence would still have made sense. (Example, but not from the book: "He had at least five dollars in his pocket" is clearer in my head than "he had, at least, five dollars in his pocket".) But maybe that's just being too picky.
Generally speaking, it was an interesting and sweet love story and I think the author shows promise should she continue to write.
The story started off slow for me. It picked up about midway through, when Janny's career was taking off but her marriage was crashing. And then all that went down with Alex and his wife was compelling reading. But there was a lot of head hopping... we'd be reading from Janny's perspective and suddenly, we're hearing Alex's thoughts about what's going on for maybe a sentence or two, and then we're back in Janny's head. Every once in a while, we'd get the perspective of Janny's or Alex's spouse and sometimes I don't really think it was necessary information to move the story forward. I'm also really not sure why ! I can understand that it might affect Alex's career, but even then, it's not a choice he made. And, in the grand scheme of things, the only one close to "celebrity" is Janny, so not sure why anyone would care about the video subject. The information about the Centurion program for journalists was interesting, but I wouldn't have missed it if there was just a short paragraph about it instead of a chapter or two. She also sometimes had a stilted writing style. At first, I wondered if there were going to be contractions in the story, lol, and it was going to drive me nuts if the answer was no, but it only started off that way. She also had a habit of using "at least" a lot. While technically correct, all the commas around "at least" broke up the sentence in my head. I think a lot of the instances could have had the commas stripped and the sentence would still have made sense. (Example, but not from the book: "He had at least five dollars in his pocket" is clearer in my head than "he had, at least, five dollars in his pocket".) But maybe that's just being too picky.
Generally speaking, it was an interesting and sweet love story and I think the author shows promise should she continue to write.
February 1, 2019
The very first line got my attention. The concept of twin souls and "what should have been" held me captivated throughout the twists and turns of the well developed plot. Ms. Snow shares a story of the complications of romantic relationships that most readers can relate to in some way. Most people wonder eventually in life what would have happened if they had ended up with the one who got away. This novel beautifully explores that question and shows how nothing in life is ever perfect even if it is right.
January 31, 2019
Wow! What an amazing book! I actually felt like I was January. The plot twists that weren’t expected! Once I started reading it, I could not put it down, I NEEDED to know what happened next. I finished the book in two days. Hopefully there is a sequel in the future. I highly recommend this book. Great read.
February 3, 2019
Couldn’t put it down!!! Almost missed dinner date night with my hubby!!! What a page turner!!!!
Melanie brought me into the pages, paragraphs and words to the point where I felt like she was writing about me at times.
I couldn’t wait to get to the next plot twist to find out if January and Alexander would end up together!
Melanie brought me into the pages, paragraphs and words to the point where I felt like she was writing about me at times.
I couldn’t wait to get to the next plot twist to find out if January and Alexander would end up together!
January 24, 2019
Not usually my genre, but this book was fun, entraining, and quite steamy, that kept the pages turning. Great vacation read!
January 30, 2019
Perfect mix of love, friendship, and tragedy. Great character development, I felt like I knew the characters personally. Excellent writing. Loved this book!
February 10, 2019
This was a great book! From start to finish, I couldn't put it down!
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