Book Review & Guest Post
June 9, 2013
Between Friends
by: Amanda Cowen
4 Stars ★★★★
Blurb ~ The only way to have a friend is to be one…especially between the sheets…
When neurotically challenged and unlucky in love Megan Daniels, is propositioned by her life-long friend Ben Romano with a coin toss (heads, they sleep together, tails they don’t) the night before they are about to attend a destination wedding, she drunkenly accepts his challenge. But when Megan wakes up the next morning with a bad hang-over and Ben in her bed, she is more than mortified. It isn’t until the tropical heat begins to ignite emotions Megan never ever believed she could possibly have, that she starts to question if risking their friendship is the answer to finding true love.
When neurotically challenged and unlucky in love Megan Daniels, is propositioned by her life-long friend Ben Romano with a coin toss (heads, they sleep together, tails they don’t) the night before they are about to attend a destination wedding, she drunkenly accepts his challenge. But when Megan wakes up the next morning with a bad hang-over and Ben in her bed, she is more than mortified. It isn’t until the tropical heat begins to ignite emotions Megan never ever believed she could possibly have, that she starts to question if risking their friendship is the answer to finding true love.
Review
This was a cute story about a bet changing everything
between friends. Megan and Ben know each other better than most married
couples. When Ben makes a bet that the two sleep together Megan jumps on board
and wakes up in the morning hung-over and with Ben in her bed. As the two
prepare to travel to a tropical locale to help a friend get married the stage
has just been set.
Megan is in complete denial the next morning. She wants to
forget the whole thing and move on. Unfortunately Ben’s eyes have been opened
and he sees what he’s been missing and he wants more. The two hide behind their
friends wedding as they explore their feelings and ultimately try to decide if
they even can. All the while Megan’s friend Jessica, the bride and total bridezilla,
runs around telling her what to do. There was nothing about her friend that was
redeemable, I could not understand how she was either getting married nor how
she survived the long trip there without someone throwing her off the boat or
out of the plane.
Megan fears Ben mostly because of his past and man-whorish
ways. The two have typical communication problems because neither wants to
admit what they want or what their scared of. This creates some interesting
island moments and an even more interesting wedding for their mutual friend. I
enjoyed Between Friends and was glad when Ben and Megan were able to put their
friendship back together and start an amicable relationship. The struggle as
the two found balance was certainly entertaining.
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Author Bio:
Amanda
Cowen can be found eating cupcakes, singing off-key, or watching a good
RomCom when she isn't trapped on her computer writing stories and
delighting her imagination. She has been writing since the ripe age of
twelve about ponies and princesses in brightly colored duo-tangs with
metallic pens. Thankfully, she now has a Mac with a keyboard where she
can write about love, sex and relationships. She is an "It's Always
Sunny in Philadelphia" fanatic, a hater of roller-coasters and a country
music junkie. She lives in Thunder Bay, ON where the summers are short
and the winters are long.
Amanda loves to hear from her readers! You can contact her via her website, www. amandacowen.com, become a fan on Facebook, follow her on Goodreads, or visit her blog.
**Guest Post with Amanda Cowen**
Finding Your Voice: Writing in First Person (or Third)
Deciding
which point-of-view to use when writing a novel, is probably one of the
most difficult decisions a writer has to make. The POV is so important
to a storyline, by either allowing the readers to get into the
characters’ heads, or letting the reader know things that the characters
themselves don’t even yet know. And while every writer is different, some
instinctively think that storytelling should be in the "I" form. Many
writers find it easier to unfold a story from a first person point of
view (my favorite style to both read and write). Other writers want to
offer readers additional insight through their writing in the third
person, (he-she form). I think that as a
writer, you must find your voice through your writing style and
identify your POV strengths (Do you express your writing better in first
person or third?) Whatever you discover will help guide your writing
and develop your story to eventually create your masterpiece!
Glad you enjoyed the book!
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