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Seeing Colour
Dispensing Optician Evie Matthews has her life entirely planned out—that is until a surprise breakup ruins everything. Fleeing her conventional lifestyle, she escapes to Edinburgh, Scotland, accepting a position at a private optometrist's office. Proving that a complete 180° is more complicated than it looks, Evie loses her luggage, her flat, and her nerves, ending her first day abroad drowning derailed plans at the bottom of a mojito and in the arms of an unexpected encounter.
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235 pages, Paperback
First published April 10, 2020
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June 15, 2020
If you're seeking a fun and flirty romantic comedy, then Seeing Colour is the perfect fit!
Welcome to Scotland! Evie, a young adult from good ol' Alberta, Canada, packs her things and moves to Scotland as a bit of a rebellion against her troubles. She's an Optician (a person who makes the lenses for glasses), and manages to find a job working for an Optometrist named Mara, and with a sexy Scot named Connie. Did I mention that she manages to hook up with Connie on night one without knowing he was her co-worker? Oh yeah, it's awkward. And it looks like Mara and Connie are or were married? Just great! Things are getting better! Her luggage gets lost, her new living arrangements fall flat and life just seems to be giving her the book.
But don't worry! Her internet bestie has her back, Connie is the hottest Gaelic man you'd ever see and Scotland is... well, Scotland! It's super cool! But, things are only going to get more confusing, dramatic, funny and romantic along the way...
This book was such a fun ride! It has comedy, romance and drama all laced throughout the book. It's hard to believe this is Amber's first published novel because it's so good it seems like she's been doing this forever! I seriously need more books from Amber ASAP!
So, why did I like it?
1. There is nothing hotter than a man asking if he can have you. Go Connie for being decent!
2. "Gaelic god" kept autocorrecting to garlic god in my notes, and I kept laughing at myself and kinda wishing he would have been Italian or a vampire instead for a really funny joke in my review.
3. LGBT friendly! Yay! I won't give it away, or else it ruins the book!
4. The ending was surprising! It was the kind of plot twist I had thought I saw coming, but was still surprised by it nonetheless! There were really two fun twists to follow, but I won't tell you which one surprised me more. Comment or message me to find out which!
My only negative about the book was Mara. I wasn't entirely sure if she was supposed to be a sympathetic bad guy, if she was just mean, or if she was doing everything out of the kindness of her heart. We don't see her side of things often, so it's hard to tell. I'm an analytical person, I like knowing these things!
Regardless, I love this book! I highly recommend it to those who want a romantic comedy on their TBR. It's sugary sweet, sitcom level funny and by an indie author! Support the Indies! Insert joke about Indiana Jones here....
Five out of five stars!
I received a free copy of this book from the author, Amber Faucher, in exchange of an honest review.
Side note: The cute picture Amber drew in my book gives it a sixth star. IT WAS SO CUTE! Personalized books always make it on my office shelf! I can't wait to show it off! <3
Welcome to Scotland! Evie, a young adult from good ol' Alberta, Canada, packs her things and moves to Scotland as a bit of a rebellion against her troubles. She's an Optician (a person who makes the lenses for glasses), and manages to find a job working for an Optometrist named Mara, and with a sexy Scot named Connie. Did I mention that she manages to hook up with Connie on night one without knowing he was her co-worker? Oh yeah, it's awkward. And it looks like Mara and Connie are or were married? Just great! Things are getting better! Her luggage gets lost, her new living arrangements fall flat and life just seems to be giving her the book.
But don't worry! Her internet bestie has her back, Connie is the hottest Gaelic man you'd ever see and Scotland is... well, Scotland! It's super cool! But, things are only going to get more confusing, dramatic, funny and romantic along the way...
This book was such a fun ride! It has comedy, romance and drama all laced throughout the book. It's hard to believe this is Amber's first published novel because it's so good it seems like she's been doing this forever! I seriously need more books from Amber ASAP!
So, why did I like it?
1. There is nothing hotter than a man asking if he can have you. Go Connie for being decent!
2. "Gaelic god" kept autocorrecting to garlic god in my notes, and I kept laughing at myself and kinda wishing he would have been Italian or a vampire instead for a really funny joke in my review.
3. LGBT friendly! Yay! I won't give it away, or else it ruins the book!
4. The ending was surprising! It was the kind of plot twist I had thought I saw coming, but was still surprised by it nonetheless! There were really two fun twists to follow, but I won't tell you which one surprised me more. Comment or message me to find out which!
My only negative about the book was Mara. I wasn't entirely sure if she was supposed to be a sympathetic bad guy, if she was just mean, or if she was doing everything out of the kindness of her heart. We don't see her side of things often, so it's hard to tell. I'm an analytical person, I like knowing these things!
Regardless, I love this book! I highly recommend it to those who want a romantic comedy on their TBR. It's sugary sweet, sitcom level funny and by an indie author! Support the Indies! Insert joke about Indiana Jones here....
Five out of five stars!
I received a free copy of this book from the author, Amber Faucher, in exchange of an honest review.
Side note: The cute picture Amber drew in my book gives it a sixth star. IT WAS SO CUTE! Personalized books always make it on my office shelf! I can't wait to show it off! <3
May 10, 2020
This book is a great debut from this author. She did a wonderful job making you fall in love with these characters. This book just happened to be set in two of my favorite places (Canada and Scotland) so that may have swayed me a bit, but the characters bring this story to life. I would highly recommend checking out this book. If you ware in the eye care field it's a must read!
May 10, 2020
I'm glad I picked this book up. It's a bit different than my usual read. Nice change of pace. I'll be looking forward to more from this author.
July 13, 2020
This was a really fun, well-written read, I would highly recommend it. I absolutely loved how unpredictable the plot was with all the twists thrown in there, it kept me really engaged all the way through. The characters were all fully fleshed out and I found myself really invested in them.
A huge unexpected bonus to this book: I actually learned a lot about being an optician! I was not surprised at all when I read that the author is an optician herself, because she wrote with such detailed and authentic knowledge of the main character's profession. That fact really set this book apart from other novels that rely on cliches and gimmicky terms to make up for the author's inexperience about (for example) actually being a hot shot lawyer or the like.
My only minor complaint was that I felt descriptors like "the redhead" or "the optician" etc were overused, instead of just using pronouns. I feel like it kinda took me a little farther away from the characters if that makes sense, when I wanted to be right up close to them.
Overall though, loved it. Fantastic book and I will be waiting to read everything else the author has to write.
A huge unexpected bonus to this book: I actually learned a lot about being an optician! I was not surprised at all when I read that the author is an optician herself, because she wrote with such detailed and authentic knowledge of the main character's profession. That fact really set this book apart from other novels that rely on cliches and gimmicky terms to make up for the author's inexperience about (for example) actually being a hot shot lawyer or the like.
My only minor complaint was that I felt descriptors like "the redhead" or "the optician" etc were overused, instead of just using pronouns. I feel like it kinda took me a little farther away from the characters if that makes sense, when I wanted to be right up close to them.
Overall though, loved it. Fantastic book and I will be waiting to read everything else the author has to write.
November 13, 2023
Check out my first indie book. Closet fangirl meets Scottish rogue in this punch-drunk romantic comedy about love, fancy, and eyeglasses.
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August 15, 2020
No can do ...
after 5% of extremely arduous narrative. Excessive internal dialogue. The overuse of the character being referred to as “the redhead” was at the most basic level ... just weird. For giggles, I searched the whole kindle book for the phrase and it was used 172 times! Enough said.
after 5% of extremely arduous narrative. Excessive internal dialogue. The overuse of the character being referred to as “the redhead” was at the most basic level ... just weird. For giggles, I searched the whole kindle book for the phrase and it was used 172 times! Enough said.
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