Review: An Author willing to take a chance, it worked!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2013
Have you ever wondered what you can learn about someone and their love life by reading their text messages? Now is your chance!I admire an author and this willing to take a risk and publish something completely different. I love books that give me a "punch of different " and this is certainly one of those books.I read Textual Encounters at the beginning of January this year. I think it was free on Amazon, the format had me hooked instantly. Most of the story is cleverly told through text messages between Jake and Christine who happen to meet after Christine sends a text to the wrong number.It felt so forbidden reading some's texts that it was an instant shot of adrenaline and I could not put it down.Because we are only reading text messages, we do not get Jake and Christine's inside thoughts on the relationship and what is happening, so Textual Encounters left so many questions I had unanswered. There is a pretty big cliff hanger at the end of TE1 and I was waiting for second book to see what happened to Jake and Christine. Well, when I was I started reading Textual Encounters 2 I was initially disappointed, it took on an entirely new direction that I was not prepared for. Although, my questions are left unanswered from the first book I really enjoyed TE2, but come on Mr. Parker I need to see what happened with Christine! I heard through the grape vine we will get the 3rd novella in Late June. I generally hate cliffhangers, but these little novella's are worth it. These are a quick read that keep you on your toes and wanting more.Both of these books are like a fresh breath of sunshine. I can not say enough about how much I loved the format. One of my favorite parts in Fiffty Shades of Grey was the text messages and email communication, there is something about reading these that is so personal and really gives us an insider view to the relationship, Textual Encounters takes it to the extreme, but it works.